Salisbury and Wolverhampton pointers
BLUE PRINCE (7.51, Nap) could be just the tonic for punters at Salisbury on Tuesday evening in the Highclere Castle Gin Handicap. The five-year-old, trained by David Evans, won over seven furlongs at the Wiltshire track in June when travelling smoothly throughout to finish two lengths ahead of Dragon King. And he showed his well-being last time when an eyecatching third under Tuesday's rider Rossa Ryan to Grizedale over today’s distance of a mile. My selection made good headway inside the final furlong before finishing strongly but could not quite reach the leaders. The form looks solid as the winner ran away with a handicap at Newbury a week later. And Blue Prince has only three rivals to beat today.
At Wolverhampton, MASSIMO BLUE (9.00, nb) is fancied to overcome top weight and take the finale. The George Baker-trained four-year-old was a close third over course and distance last time out when, despite dwelling at the start, travelled and kept on well to finish just a half length behind Initial Blue. The runner-up, Serenity Dream, franked the form by winning next time at Chepstow. Previously, the son of Territories was only fifth on turf at Newbury but is much happier on the all-weather and meets nothing of Serenity Dream's calibre today in the 6f Call 01902 390016 To Name A Race Handicap.
TUESDAY'S SELECTIONS WOLVERHAMPTON 6.00 ZARAQUELLE 6.30 BELLASIO 7.00 SYNDICALE 7.30 MISTER MOET 8.00 OH SO PERFECT 8.30 OCEAN FORCE 9.00 MASSIMO BLUE (NB) NOTTINGHAM 2.45 NYMPHAEA 3.15 MARCH OF TIME 3.45 GLAMORIZE 4.15 SAHM NAIF 4.45 DISTANT SHIRE 5.15 EMPEROR CARADOC 5.50 VELVET GOLDMINE SALISBURY 6.21 CALL GLORY 6.51 SOLDIER OF THE SEA 7.21 TOPAZ 7.51 BLUE PRINCE (NAP) 8.21 LITTLE MISS MAGIC 8.51 CURRAN NEWSBOY'S DOUBLE: BLUE PRINCE and MASSIMO BLUE
