Wednesday 20th May

Goodwood
2.15 Forte Dei Marmi 0.5pt win - WON 5/1 (adv)
2.15 Kaabari 0.5pt win - unpl
4.00 Isabelaonabicycle 0.5pt E/W - 6th
4.00 Look To This Day 0.5pt E/W -unpl

Lingfield
4.20 Kipchak 0.5pt E/W - WON 11/2 (adv) *15p R4
4.55 Uncle Fred 0.25 E/W - 2nd 20/1 (adv)

Worcester
7.20 Now Listen To me 0.5pt win - 4th

(+3.31pts)

Forte Dei Marmi (2.15 Goodwood) wasn't disgraced behind some useful types at two, especially when 9th on his debut in one of the hottest maidens of last season. He looked very well treated on those efforts and despite an unclear passage he made no mistake in making this lenient mark pay.

I wanted to oppose the short favourite (Kayf Aramis) in the 4.00 and despite his defeat I failed to find a place from my two E/W selections. Despite finishing 6th, Isabelaonabicycle looked the winner at one stage (11/10 and 1/4 (place) in-running), perhaps too much use was made of her. Look To This Day, virtually pulled, ran as if something amiss.

Over a Lingfield, Bramalea ran well for a long way in the 3.10. There could be a small race in her over 1m.

Kipchak looked to hold an obvious chance in the claimer at 4.20. His previous two (seemingly poor) efforts could be ignored - trip too short latest and he didn't act at Catterick on his penultimate start. But on the surface he loves he was subject to heavy support and made all to score again. He is 4 from 4 on the Lingfield polytrack now.

Uncle Fred wasn't disgraced in maidens and always looked the type to do better once handicapped. I thought he was overpriced for his handicap debut and that proved to be the case. He ran a stormer, after a slow start he was finishing best of all but the bird had flown, he went down by a fast diminishing half length.