City Of Memphis ensured it was a small profit day for Sunday, but I feel like we could have had another winner.
Paddy Twomey has his stable in fantastic form, and he racked up a couple more wins for the season on Sunday. City Of Memphis drifted out to 7/4, but won with lengths to spare. She is going to take some big steps forward this season, and I think she could easily be competitive in a Group 1.
As for the Donnacha O'Brien pair that I tipped. The first one was poor; he never looked like he was going to stay on, and the trip didn't look ideal. The last horse was given a very tough task from the rear of the field. She was travelling the best of any, but had a wall of horses in front of her. Unfortunately, she had to switch wide, but lost all of her momentum at the same time.
Under The Twilight 6/1 (0.5pt EW, 3pl) – Windsor 6.17
The Windsor sprint series qualifiers are always tough to call, and normally get a good turnout. This race is no different, but at the bottom of the weights is Under The Twilight, who enjoys running at this track.
He's drawn in stall 6, which isn't the worst. If he breaks well, he can tack across to the rail, which is the place to be; if not, then he can still get handy on the outside.
This horse won twice at this venue last season, and since then, he has put in some bad performances elsewhere, which has seen his handicap mark drop to his last winning mark. His most recent run at Leicester was much more like it, and if he's slowly coming to boil, the return to Windsor could be what unlocks another win.
Star With Purpose 14/1 (0.5pt EW, 3pl) – Windsor 6.47
At a very backable price, I thought the journey made from Yorkshire for Star With Purpose was noticeable.
John & Sean Quinn have only sent one runner to Windsor since they combined as a training partnership. Prior to that, John had had 22 runners at Windsor in his long training career, so it goes to show that he doesn't send many to this venue.
Jason Hart is 3/6 at Windsor, which is a very strong strike rate, and given he had the opportunity to ride a horse for the same trainers at Catterick, but has opted for the trip to Windsor, it's very interesting.
The horse made an okay start on his debut; he finished fourth and ran on towards the end after being anchored in last place. I will be hoping that he won't be deploying the same tactics, as this is not the track to do that. He has a good enough stall if they want to swap it up and run prominently.
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