Lightly Raced Three-Year-Old To Repeat Course Win
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 LeesFollow us on Twitter racing365dotcom and like our Facebook page.
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