Rumstar 11/4 – Sandown 1.50
If Asfoora is the Asfoora of old, she should win this race, but I don't know if she is.
Rumstar won this race last year, and that was his best performance to date. He isn't a prolific winner, but he knocks on the door in a lot of big sprint races.
Last time out at Royal Ascot, he was on the wrong side of the track, so he can be forgiven. From a wide stall, he should be able to slot in towards the rear and then swoop in with a fast finish down the outside, with a clear passage.
Pacific Mission 3/1 – Sandown 3.00
I put up Pacific Mission on her latest start, and things didn't go to plan.
Epsom that weekend shouldn't be taken literally. The ground was horrendous, and some weird and wacky results were happening, so I'm happy to give another chance to Pacific Mission.
Her pedigree gives me plenty of hope that we haven't seen the best of her. She ran well at York on her return to racing, and I thought she would have come on plenty for that run, so she was tipped up at Epsom.
The yard is going well, and the price is fair.
Klassleader 11/8 – Newmarket 3.15
He is a short price, and one which is definitely shorter than I'd like to put in for a Lucky 15, but I think he has a very good chance of winning.
I went against him on his latest start at York, and I was very impressed by how he got the job done. He stayed on powerfully at York and looked like he had improved from last year.
This will be a tougher race than last time, not just because of the opposition, but because he has gone up 8lbs in the handicap.
Rajaking 7/2 – Newmarket 3.50
I have already profited from the form line of the Windsor race that Rajaking was a part of, so I have to put up Rajaking for today's Lucky 15.
Indian Run was a 2pt winner for us on the main page the other day, and as I said in that piece, I think the form is very good. Rajaking ran well and ran to a +4 mark to his handicap mark at the time of the race.
He is 1lb lower than Windsor, and a further 3 lbs have been removed by Jack Callan in the saddle.
Rajaking runs well at this track, and I think it's very difficult to say that he won't be there at the finish.
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