Wednesday 30th May 2018



20:10 Ripon

Sandra's Secret made all in impressive fashion over course and distance last time out, is drawn to attack again and is 2lb well in under a penalty so has solid claims with Silvestre De Sousa remaining in the saddle. However, in the hope that Dougan and Henley put more pressure on the lead this time I'm going to take the favourite on. The obvious one would be Pipers Note who has dropped to a mark 1lb lower than when winning this last year and ran creditably in a better race than this at York recently. Mont Kiara is the one I like at a bigger price though. Having won off marks as high as 90 in the past this mark of 84 should be within his capabilities and if the leaders go fast enough they could set it up for him. He ran well to finish sixth in an Ascot handicap last time out won by Dreamfield who has some fancy Royal Ascot entries as well as a July Cup entry. He was unchallenged for the lead that day which was always going to make it difficult for Mont Kiara given his racing style, the form of the race has worked out well with the second winning on his next start and one of the other hold up horses (Fifth placed Raucous) won in a higher grade next time out.

Mont Kiara 9/1 - 1 Point Win

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