1:30 Bangor - Tidal Way (2/1) - 3pt win - This horse ran a race full of promise on his hurdling debut and was only beaten by Spanish Fork who had hurdling experience. The horse was a bit sloppy at some of his jumps that day but I expect his connection to have ironed out the creases since that run and he should be more polished today. He takes on a few horses today who were inferior to him on the flat and Longsdon has a stunning record with his hurdlers at the welsh course. All things considered I think the McCain horse is the one to beat but if Tidal can improve from his last run, then he should go close.
2:30 Bangor - Mount Hope (3/1) - 3pt win - Not a particularly strong race and once again McCain looks to have a very strong chance of winning it with Mount Hope. I doubt anything in this race will turn out to be a superstar but Mount Hope won his bumper in fine style and looked to have the makes of a nice handicapper. He's related to Brady who is also in training at the yard and his Dam's sire is prolific in NH breeding. I know very little about his Sire but with a solid NH bloodline on his Dam's side I would be surprised if he wasn't capable of winning an average maiden. My only slight concern would be whether he would handle the ground but his bumper win did come in soft conditions so hopefully he will be ok.
3:30 Bangor - Investissement (8/1) -1pt e/w - A race in which Jonjo's favourite is extremely short considering he's never run competitively over hurdles and if there is one yard that I'm happy to oppose a fav from, it's this one. Investissement was a smart horse on the flat and at his peak won a Class 2 event off a mark of 95. He moved to the Pipe yard this year and made his reappearance following 426 day absence in a Novice event at Fakenham. He went off towards the head of the market that day but was eased round the course and was never put in a position to really get competitive. Now it may well be that this horse is being played for a handicap mark, in which case this bet has no prospect of being successful but I just have a feeling that we may see a much better performance today and although he may not win, I expect Tom to at least ensure that he's competitive.
4:30 Bangor - Clondaw Draft (3/1) - 3pt win - I said last week that the Clondaw horses are to be followed this season and my winner yesterday proved that comment to be correct as Clondaw Kaempfer won in fine style. Today it's the turn on Clondaw Draft and he has the pedigree of a really nice horse being out of a sire who is really on the up and up. For me CD has more than enough potential to win a weak bumper such as this and I expect him to be competitive first time out as the McCain horse's usually are. He's not the strongest of the Clondaw group but I'm sure he will be a nice type and the current price is definitely attractive. Side Bet - 0.50pt Reverse Forecast - Clondaw and What A Good Night.
From now on horses from my to follow list this season will be highlighted in Red.
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