No argument – it has to be Quarrel at 11/2
Quarrel is potentially thrown-in at the weights in the 2.10 Yarmouth and is of serious interest at 11/2.
The gelding was an above average juvenile who after scoring on his first two starts went on to finish a cracking third to Awzaan in the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes when officially rated 95.
That run saw him start off 2010 on a rating of 108, but he proved a major disappointment for the season and failed to trouble the judge in eight starts.
However he showed much more of his old sparkle when a fine third on his reappearance this season after a lengthy lay-off when staying on really to be beaten 2 1/2 lengths Time Medicean at Newmarket when trained by Julia Fielden.
He has since moved back to his original trainer William Haggas, and if building on that effort has got to take all the beating this afternoon.
The grey is now running off a mark just 72 – 36lbs below his highest rating.
OK he may not be the force of old, but I don’t think that he has regressed by over two and a half stone and this represents the easiest opportunity he has had for a while.
With a good draw in stall 13 and his optimum conditions he must take all the beating.
With bookmakers paying 1/4 odds 1,2,3,4 he looks an each-way steal.
Daily Sport recommended bet: 2pts each-way Quarrel (11/2 generally available – BOG firms)
20/1 Major ready to conquer
Major Conquest drops back to sprinting in the 3.15 at Yarmouth and looks worth chancing at 20/1.
John Hills’ gelding shaped as if a return to 6f would suit when fading late on over 7f at Epsom last time out having been in front a furlong from home.
Prior to that hid form had been a mixed bag, but he did run well when third to the progressive Emilo Largo over 7f at Sandown three outings ago and prior to that had chased home Bertiwhittle over 7f at Chester.
Those two runs suggested he was on his way back having lost his way since showing progressive form as a juvenile.
He ran well on his debut at two to be fifth of 12 to Strong Suit at Newbury before going on to score at Salisbury and Ascot.
The form of those races looks strong in the context of this race, and he is only 1lb lower than his Ascot success where he scored with more in hand than the winning margin of a neck suggests.
He is certainly well treated enough to go very close if the drop down in trip works, and also has a good draw in stall in 14 from where he should be able to get a good early pitch.
Too me he is too well treated to ignore at the 20’s on offer and has to be an each-way play at those odds.
Daily Sport recommended bet: 2pts each-way Major Conquest (20/1 generally available – BOG firms)
14/1 Boundaries can hit bookies for six
Boundaries has slipped down to a winning mark, and having shaped a if one the way back last time out makes plenty of appeal at 14/1 in the 3.45 at Yarmouth.
Tim Easterby’s gelding scored twice as a juvenile and looked the type to keep on the right side in handicaps when a very promising third to Lexi’s Hero at Chester’s May meeting off a mark of 83.
He made good headway from the rear to throw down a challenge entering the final furlong, and only lost out on second place close home to be beaten just over 2 lengths.
The winner is now rated over 100 whilst the runner-up Jamesie has gone on score twice before being narrowly beaten at the Galway Festival and is officially rated 96.
It was therefore disappointing that Boundaries has failed to cut any ice and ran some shockers in four subsequent outings, but last time out he left those runs behind when staying on strongly to finish runner-up to the progressive Elusive Prince at Ripon.
The handicapper has left him unchanged on a mark of 78 for that effort, and that means he is now just 1lb higher than when last successful at Chester last September.
That gives him a great chance from a handicapping perspective, and if he can build on his last run then he is no 14/1 shot in my book.
Daily Sport recommended bet: 2pts each-way Boundaries (14-1 generally available – BOG)