Jersey Stakes 2019

[KevMc]

Momkin 12/1

Keen in the Craven, bumped when coming through with his run and just denied i think this beast will be perfect over the stiff 7F. Horse stepping back from a Guineas mile have a great record in this race.
Hold up horse so should suit the straight mile & blinkers to sharpen him up will hopefully give me some more improvement. Think it’s a poor enough renewal with Space Blues the one to beat and this beast is the each way value in the race.

[TheTinMan87]

Agree regarding it being a very weak renewal when you think the likes of Ribchester and Expert Eye have won in recent years. There’s nobody of that quality here this year on paper. Space Blues and Happy Power started the season as handicappers.

I like Momkin as well at the prices KevMc the Craven he nearly won was pretty slowly run and he nearly got there. He’ll need the ground to dry right out, form is all on Good-Firm but don’t think there’s much rain forecast now before the meeting is over and it does drain quickly. I don’t see masses of pace on here, a few can go forward but I wouldn’t call them tearaways. Atzeni won on him as a 2YO and first time blinkers could eek out a bit more on that Craven form.

Of the others if the pace was decent Angels Hideaway is not the most reliable but she’s got the best form in the book on her 1000 Guineas run and she travelled like a dream when winning the Princess Margaret over 6F off a good gallop. She ran well in the Albany as well come to think of it so we know the track suits. She also needs quicker ground than we have atm.

[Frenchy15]

I’m all over Momkin in this, very strong on the trends

[Chivers1987]

Definitely worth a shout in this field. It was a poor renewal last year as well bar a couple and Emaraaty went off 4/1 fav (previous run finished close 2nd in a Goodwood handicap). A bit different this time around considering the top two in the market come into it with recent progressive form at listed level.
I imagine Happy Power will enjoy the stiff finish but would have preferred the rain to have settled later in the week so I would agree with the bookmakers who have made Space Blues the favourite. I think 3/1 would be a fair price on what he has shown.

[Frenchy15]

Not sure it was a poor renewal with Expert Eye in the field last year. This normally goes to a pretty decent horse that’s been tried and failed at group 1 level already and mainly in a Guineas last time out, a horse that’s never run over a mile at 2 and with a sire that’s not quite a miler at the early stage of his career. Momkin fits the bill perfectly as a horse that’s decent(2nd in Craven) but not quite good enough to win at a mile yet, gets trashed in the Guineas as it’s way out of his league then drops back to win a group 3 over 7F. Not many if any others fit that. Horse racing’s never that simple and the faster the ground the better but at 12/1 it’s a very promising EW bet I think

[raymo61]

Looks like most of us are with MOMKIN guys!!

[Chivers1987]

I’d say barring Expert Eye and James Garfield there wasn’t really anything in last years race that had done anything substantial beforehand and indeed afterwards. (Glorious Journey was decent to be fairer to him)
This year has a listed winner lto (Space Blues), two 2000 Guineas runners (Urban Icon finished ahead of Momkin who had a little trouble in running) a group 3 winning filly lto (So Perfect), A listed winner lto (Happy Power), a 1000 Guineas close enough fourth (Angels Hideaway), a close enough group 3 4th and listed winner against elders before that (Bye Bye Hong Kong), an Irish 2000 sixth, not miles behind (I Am Superman) and the rest aren’t donkeys barring Air Hair Lair as the rank outsider.

Sorry to go on, I just want to point out that there is much more depth to it than last year and is a better race than maybe what was first thought.

[Middle_Of_March]

I was at Epsom when Space Blues won and he was impressive enough but his main rival that day Angels Hideaway ran poorly. A neck win over Urban Icon surely won’t be good enough here?

Anyway.. I think So Perfect is huge at 5/1. Id have her half of those odds tbh.

She’s a bet to nothing at 5/1 so I’ll whack her each way knowing her consistent self should surely place at least.

So Perfect E/W at 5/1

[buckers]

It’s another vote for Momkin from me.

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