Gulf Of Poets has dropped to a handy mark and has a good record fresh, so looks decent each-way value at 20/1 in the 3.45 at Haydock today.
This Mick Easterby trained eighet-year-old landed back-to-back contests at the start of last season.
After winning eased down by 2 1/2 lengths at Pontefract he made light of a 5lb penalty when slamming Fire Brigade by 3 1/2 lengths over this course and distance off a mark of 91.
Gulf Of Poets got put up 7lb for that victory but went down all guns blazing in his ha-trick bid of his revised rating of 98 when a 1/2 length third of 15 to Original Choice at Wetherby.
He also ran well first time up last season when a 4 1/2 length fifth of 16 to Petrus in the class 2 Spring Mile at Doncaster off 82 and when a neck second to Borodin at Ripon in a class 3 off 89.
Gulf Of Poets is now able to race in this class 3 off 88 at a venue where he is unbeaten in two starts.
The start of the season is also clearly the right time to catch Gulf Of Poets as in 2017 he rattled up a four-timer, so I thnik he has more going for him than his odds would suggest.
Daily Sport recommended bet: 2pts each-way Gulf Of Poets (20/1 Coral, Ladbrokes – BOG)