Lightly Raced Three-Year-Old To Repeat Course Win

Rivals Publishing
December 4, 2019 7:45 am

Fanshawe Gelding Looks The One With Conditions Ideal

Tom Queally’s mount in the Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap this afternoon is SKERRYVORE, and the son of Toromore can take the beating on a course that clearly suits.

He made his debut last April when down the field at Nottingham and then had three more turf outings, getting placed in a couple, before tackling today’s Tapeta surface at Newcastle over a clearly suitable mile and a quarter.

Backed into favourite, he raced prominently before taking it up a furlong out and winning well.

He had a couple of months off before reappearing at another all-weather venue, Chelmsford, where he was beaten two and a half lengths by Champs De Reves on the Polytrack surface.

That horse is a good yardstick with a win and a close place in his two previous outings and the second, Amjaady has gone down by under a length since.

Skerryvore goes off the same mark of 78 today and the return to Newcastle, where the progeny of his sire are a convincing 28%, plus normal improvement should see him home.

Trainer and jockey are five from 19, an impressive return.

ARABIC CULTURE is top on BTO ratings but is up 4lb for a two length second over further here in October.

HOME BEFORE DUSK is on a hat-trick but his new mark of 84 reflects that and MUSTAWAA is being backed, possibly in the hope that first-time cheek-pieces will give him the improvement he needs to win this.

The 9/2 easily available about Skerryvore looks about right.

G Lees