Wednesday 8th July

Newmarket (July)
1.30
Photographic 0.25pt E/W - 5th
Mastoora 0.25pt E/W - unplaced
Balaagha 0.5pt win - 2nd

2.00
Shamwari Lodge 0.5pt win - 8th
Rowayton 0.25pt E/W - 4th 25/1 (adv)
Akhenaten 0.25pt E/W - unplaced

2.35
Crown 0.25pt E/W - 5th
Raddy 'Ell Pauline 0.25pt E/W - 7th

5.30
Dingaan 0.25pt E/W - 2nd 25/1 (adv)
Admiral Dundas 0.25pt E/W - unplaced

Catterick
3.30
Always Bold 0.5pt win - 2nd 4/1

4.05
Go Alone 0.5pt E/W - 2nd 8/1

Kempton
6.20
Global Village 0.75pt win - WON 9/2 (adv)
Another Try 0.25pt win - 3rd

6.50
Astarta 0.25pt E/W - 3rd 9/1

7.50
Pauls Pet 0.25pt E/W - unplaced

8.50
Isabelonabicycle 1pt win - WON 9/2 (adv)
Warrior Conquest 0.25pt win - 2nd 16/1 (adv)
Drum Major 0.25pt win - unplaced

All bets proofed to Racing Post

The start of the Newmarket July meeting and an extremely busy day.

Balaagha has her quirks but is extremely talented (and well treated), she looked an unlucky 2nd in the 1.30 at Newmarket after a tardy start. Photographic ran a solid race in 5th.

Shamwari Lodge and Akhenaten (2.00) finished their races well from off the pace. The former could have been ridden more aggressively but the latter may do better back over further. Rowayton did very well to finish 3rd and his performance was most impressive. The race was ran at a decent clip and he fared best of those up with the pace. He doesn't usually front run so I was surprised to see Jimmy Quinn adopting those tactics here, especially considering there were plenty of others willing to do that job. This was the 2nd decent big field performance from Rowayton this season there could be a decent prize in him. Long term he could be the replacement for Mine, who was a very successful handicapper for the yard.

Crown and Raddy 'Ell Pauline ran ok at big prices in the Cherry Hinton but are short of this level.

Elusive Pimpernel was impressive in taking the 3.45 on his debut. An exciting prospect.

I was shocked to see Dingaan rag of the field for the 5.30 and believed his morning odds to be an insult. Although he hasn't won for some time he is in form and well handicapped. It was no surprise to see him well backed on-course and run well. Another decent effort in defeat, a case of running into a better treated rival unfortunately.

At Catterick, Always Bold looked an unlucky loser in the 3.30, just failing to get up from an impossible position, it wasn't Freddy Tickle's finest hour.

Go Alone kept on well for 2nd in the 4.05. Was no match for Real Diamond but again showed enough to suggest a handicap win is on the horizon.

Another decent Wednesday evening card at Kempton. Global Village looked well treated and was crying out for a return to 7f. The early bird price of 9/2 was huge and he was well backed down to 9/4 before taking the 6.20 with something in hand. Another Try ran well in 3rd, he is still on the up.

Astarta finished well after losing his place in the maiden at 6.50. Should find a race.

Isabelonabicycle (8.50) is a horse I've followed with success this season and I was pleased to see William Buick take over on her for the first time. David Probert threw the race away on her LTO but Buick made no such mistakes. She travelled well but had to be shaken up before putting in a storming run down the outside. Warrior Conquest ran a cracker in 2nd and will be winning soon. Drum Major continues to disappoint.