Well it’s nearly upon us now, and I’m happy enough with Chiberta King and Clowance Estate. The Pricewise horse, Tiger Cliff is gathering momentum in the market and I’m not about to disagree with the great man on it’s chances, but 7-1 is not for me in a race like this.
If I were to throw another horse into the ring, and consider a small e/w. I can’t for the life of me work out why Platinum is 28-1, when he won the Old Borough Cup last time out, with Oriental Fox 20 lengths behind, and Oriental Fox is best priced 12-1 and as low as 9-1 when they both meet on the same terms. He also had one of my fancies, Clowance Estate 1 1/4 lengths behind, but Clowence is now 4 lbs better off so I would hope he would come out on top.
It could be he’s from a somewhat unfashionable trainer in Philip Kirby, and a relatively unknown jockey in Russ Kennemore. Nonetheless, Russ obviously knows the horse very well, having won 4 times on him, and 28-1 is too big for what he has shown to date.