Should be a brilliant race today, very hard to find the winner. Mandesha has stacks of class, but her debut this year was far from impressive and i know she was coming from a break but even so it wasn't a great race (not anywhere near these standards, anyway). At odds on, i think i will be taking her on.
The softer ground will suit Youmzain, but he is a strong stayer and there doesn't look to be much pace in the race. There are no proven front runners, he might be playing for place money here.
Mountain High is a tricky customer, but he can make the running if he wants to, which could be the difference between winning and losing today. If Fallon can dicate a average pace and kick early on, i think he may be able to run it out of the others. He needs to find a bit on form, but he might just get a very easy lead, and if he does, he might be hard to peg back.
However, if Mandesha does leave her last race form well behind and reproduces her form from last year, she will prove very hard to beat.
Predictions:
1st Mountain High
2nd Mandesha
3rd Youmzain.
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