Troopingthecolour, the most solid option in Bordeaux Fine Wines Conditions Stakes
Initiator to sway things in his favour in Invest In Fine Wines Handicap
Troopingthecolour has not tasted success for over a year, but the form he showed on his last start makes him the most likely winner of the Bordeaux Fine Wines Conditions Stakes, being held at Epsom on Monday, August 27, 2012.
The Steve Gollings-trained has plenty of things in his favour, including various doubts over the stamina of others. Troopingthecolour regained his momentum by notching up the runner-up spot at Newbury last month. The Oakley Coachbuilders Handicap saw him
missing the gold medal by a length’s distance only.
The son of Nayef has only four rivals to face in today’s 1m2f18y meeting. The class 3 clash is due to be kicked off at 15:40 GMT. The winning runner will leave the field with a handsome cash prize worth £7,470.
Rockinante and Mehdi have some issues with their stamina. So, the pair cannot be trusted blindly. Troopingthecolour, on the other hand, showed useful form over this sort of trip on three of last four starts. Hence, the punters should not look elsewhere for
the victor.
Invest In Fine Wines Handicap is another class 3 meeting, to be held at Epsom today. The £7,763 event has seven runners in the line-up, and will be started off at 16:50 GMT.
The choice seems to rest between Universal and Initiator, who are two lightly raced 3-year-olds. Both horses have already won 1m2f handicap earlier this month, and will look to continue in the same fashion.
Initiator certainly possesses plenty of potential, and showed his class last time out. The spectators at Sandown saw him bagging the big prize by half a length.
Similarly, Universal is in superb form these days. He gained his handicap win on good to soft ground and despite the fact that the conditions are slightly different this time, it is hard to dismiss his name.
According to our calculations, it will be tough clash between Initiator and Universal. The former registered his last triumph on a hard surface, and would not face any difficultly in adjusting to Epsom's conditions. Good luck to all the runners.
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