Side Glance eyeing victory in Paradise Stakes
Side Glance is eyeing to clinch top spot in the Get Your Bet On At Blue Square Paradise Stakes (Listed Race), a Class 1 contest that will be held at Kempton racecourse on Wednesday, May 2. The break call is scheduled to come at 3:10 (GMT).
To cover the distance of 1 mile, the Andrew Balding-trained brown gelding will run against half a dozen rivals that include King Torus, Saamidd, Scarf, Skilful, Sri Putra and Titus Mills. The prize purse contains £11,342.
Side Glance owns a sterling track record. The five-year-old veteran horse bagged a couple of consecutive triumphs each on April 27 and May 9, 2011.
After finishing 3rd in a race on July 9, the son of Passing Glance out of Averami accomplished a magnificent triumph on August 11. He was 2-1 favourite for that event.
As a whole, the maverick sprinter has won 6 out of his total 17 starts to date, earning £199,566 as prize money. If he runs to his best and capitalises well on his capabilities, his chances to finish first in the Stakes will be as high as 90 percent.
However, Skilful can hurl an upset as the John Gosden-trained young colt is carrying immense winning momentum at the moment. After starting his career with a third on November 6, 2010, he broke his maiden in the very next race on May 21, 2011.
The skilful runner stepped ahead to bag two runner-up ranks along with an epic victory during September-October 2011.
Thus, the brilliant colt will surely give a tough time to Side Glance who needs to employ an offensive strategy in order to suppress Skilful.
King Torus is also likely to perform well in the race. Richard Hannon’s bay colt possesses 50 percent success ratio. He has 5 excellent victories to his credit. The dashing runner nicely finished first in his last outing on November 2, 2011.
In this situation, there will be a fierce battle among the Side Glance, Skilful and King Torus for the ace title of the Stakes. Let us see who carries the day. Good luck to all the contestants.
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