No Dramas For Dalgleish Three-Year-Old

This One Should Get Home North Of The Border

Consistent Type Ready To Get His Head In Front With Conditions To Suit

A horse running into form off a favourable handicap mark can be a lucrative proposition and we might have one in the Bob Valentine 80th Birthday Celebration Handicap at Ayr today in the shape of THEATRE OF WAR.

The aptly named son of War Command out of a King’s Theatre mare has run eight times in total with a win and four places resulting, and he gets ideal conditions today.

His win was over today’s distance of seven furlongs, a trip that is something of a speciality, and he has run well on all types of going, from Southwell’s Fibresand to good to firm at Carlisle, so the good ground today should be ideal.

He reappeared at Musselburgh in early June after a six-months break and was down the field, before getting a fourth but beaten just under two lengths by Murdanova last Monday at Catterick.

He goes off the same mark of 78 today and should now be in optimum shape to take this; he was performing well off marks in the mid-80s last season.

Stablemate at Keith Dalgleish’s Lanarkshire yard and last-time-out winner HOWZER BLACK looks a danger and FASTMAN is second on BTO ratings and is a son of Elzaam, whose progeny are five from 30 at the course.

At Bet 365’s 8/1 Theatre of War can battle past his rivals.

G Lees

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