Thursday’s eight-race card is the last at Brighton until shortly after the 2017 Grand National, and there are plenty of familiar names making the trip to the coast in the hope of adding one more win to their record at this idiosyncratic track.
Moss Street (3.40) is more of a recent convert, having broken his duck on the Flat at the meeting here a couple of weeks ago, but he stayed on strongly to beat Purple Party a little more readily than the winning margin of a neck might suggest. Today’s field does not look as strong and he should follow up from a 5lb higher mark.
Titan Goddess (2.30) will be making her Brighton debut this afternoon, but she has found plenty of improvement in her last three starts and will be very hard to beat, while Burauq (4.50) must also go well later on the card from his handy draw in stall two. Milton Bradley’s sprinter ran well to finish third over track and trip a fortnight ago, beaten less than two lengths, and can race off the same mark here.
The six-furlong sprint at Chelmsford this evening is a competitive event, with Maakaasib (6.20) the pick at the prices to beat the likely favourite, Dubai One. Simon Crisford’s colt got off the mark at the second attempt at this course last time out, making all the running in a decent time, and while Dubai One also looked a decent prospect when successful at Kempton last month, he did not achieve anything more than Maakaasib and is half the price.
Twin Point (7.50) is another to consider on the Chelmsford card, while Battle Of Shiloh (3.30) and Major Ivan (4.25) are the picks on the jumping cards at and Carlisle respectively.
