Strong Suit preparing to come good at Haydock

Published on 08/09/2012 04:28

STRONG Suit could be the joker in the pack for the Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock.

Australian confidence will be at near hysterical levels on Merseyside as Ortensia bids to become just the third horse since 1990 to complete the Nunthorpe-Sprint Cup double.

Make no mistake, Paul Messara’s mare is a worthy favourite.Although Ortensia easily has the beating of most of this field, the curveball contender could feasibly be Strong Suit, who is worth serious consideration at the prices.

And while it is fair comment to suggest he has not shown top-draw sprinting form since winning the Coventry Stakes as a juvenile, there have undeniably been extenuating circumstances of late.

Richard Hannon’s experiment in campaigning him at a mile backfired in both the Breeders’ Cup Mile and the Queen Anne Stakes, while he should not have really run in a July Cup which was competed in a quagmire. Big things were then expected of him in the Hungerford Stakes last month, and 
connections were clearly mortified after he finished second to Lethal Force.

Moore is champion quality, of course, but Richard Hughes knows Hannon’s inmate better than anyone on the planet, 
having ridden him in 12 of his 
13 outings, and will not be caught napping once the pace is intensified.

Modun carries today’s nap to win the Betfred Mobile Sports September Stakes at Kempton for a second consecutive year.

Sheikh Mohammed’s team should also hit the target with Ahzeemah in Ascot’s big race, the Ladbrokes Mobile Handicap.

Mince looks the star attraction at York on Sunday as she bids to bring home a significant hat-trick.

Trainer Roger Charlton has done a fine job with this three-year-old daughter of Medicean, who goes in pursuit of consecutive Listed victories in the Celebrating 45 Years Of Betfred Garrowby Stakes. York’s forecast looks exceptionally good 
at the weekend, and the recent dry spell should mean she gets the rapid conditions which made her such a force at Pontefract.

As, too, might Heeraat, who runs in the York 800 Stakes 
for the William Haggas-Paul Hanagan axis.

The key action, of course, is across the Irish Sea at the Curragh. There is no chance of any post-Irish Champion Stakes blues as the Moyglare Stud Stakes invariably sets pulses chasing.

This year’s renewal admittedly looks pretty open, which could feasibly tilt the balance of power in the direction of the unbeaten Sendmylovetorose.

SELECTIONS

Ascot

1.30 Telescope

2.00 Fleeting Smile

2.35 Royal Aspiration

3.10 Wahylah

3.45 Bannock

4.15 Ahzeemah

4.50 Intransigent

Haydock

1.45 Makafeh

2.15 Bosun Breese

2.50 Chil The Kite

3.25 Strong Suit

4.00 Tropical Beat

4.30 Yourartisonfire

5.05 Beyond Conceit

Kempton

1.55 Mutazamen

2.30 Modun (nap)

3.05 Chapter And Verse

3.35 Red Orator

4.10 Odooj

4.45 Lyssio

5.20 Cantal

5.50 Midnight Rider

Stratford

2.05 Prime Design

2.40 Geneva Geyser

3.15 One Term

3.50 Laudatory

4.20 That´s The Deal

4.45 Farleigh House

5.25 Sign Pro

Thirsk

2.20 Lady Of The House

2.55 Pearl Ransom

3.30 Mon Brav

4.05 Miss Topsy Turvy

4.35 Nawwaar

5.10 Main Beach

5.40 Giorgio’s Dragon

6.10 Cracking Choice

Wolverhampton

5.30 Lady Layla

6.00 Marford Missile

6.30 Right Result

7.00 Powerful Pierre

7.30 Miako

8.00 Kames Park

8.30 Azrag

9.00 Wind Star

Saturday Yankee

Fleeting Smile

2:00 Ascot

Modun

2:30 Kempton

That’s The Deal

4:20 Stratford

Chil The Kite

2:50 Haydock

TOMORROW

Fontwell

2.05 Feb Thirtyfirst

2.35 Nebula Storm

3.05 Five Out Of Five

3.40 Titch Strider

4.15 Shropshirelass

4.45 Quaddick Lake

5.15 Dunkelly Castle

5.45 Miss Mayfair

York

1.50 I’m Back

2.25 AJ Cook

2.55 Mince (nap)

3.30 Scottish Star

4.00 Lexington Bay

4.35 Heeraat

5.05 Veiled Applause

Double

Shropshirelass

4:15 Fontwell

Mince

2:55 York