The shape of this race strongly reminds me of my biggest ever winning punt, on Makfi in 2010.
The winner was a once raced French horse up against a cast of contenders without a great deal of convincing form. As usual there was an O’Brien hotpot (St Nicholas Abbey at evens!?!) plus many with decent but not overwhelming form and my boy had obviously been properly prepared for the race. Admittedly the 3rd Canford Cliffs eventually proved himself a star miler but I’m struggling to locate a potential superstar in this year’s lineup.
Hence I’m inclined to row in with Maddy Playle’s suggestion of Take Me On who is the winner of a mile race at Deauville last backend and is apparently an intended runner. The race description sounds impressive but i can’t locate a video to judge it. ATR reports video not available yet and i can’t find it on youtube… Any suggestions gratefully received!
