MYKONOS ST JOHN can rack up a hat-trick of all-weather wins with a victory in the Ministry Of Sound Classical 21st August 2021 Handicap (6.10) at Chelmsford City.
Ridden for the first time by trainer Jamie Osborne’s daughter Saffie, Mykonos St John gained a second career victory with a score at Wolverhampton on May 4.
The four-year-old son of Swiss Spirit turned out under a penalty at Lingfield Park six days later and followed up, beating Prince Rock by one length.
My selection has another 5lb penalty to shoulder here, but he’s thriving under his new jockey and the threesome is very much on the cards.
At Sandown Park, ZINC WHITE is fancied to take his tally this season to 2-2 by beating five opponents for the Casumo Horse Racing & Sports Betting Handicap (5.55).
The Ralph Beckett trainee failed to make the frame in three outings at Salisbury, Newmarket and Wolverhampton last autumn.
Those efforts earned a British Horseracing Authority rating of 69, and Zinc White, stepping up from a mile to a mile and three-quarters at Wetherby on his return, proved ahead of that assessment with a three-and-three-quarter-length success.
There is an 8lb rise in the weights to deal with, but Rossa Ryan’s mount is proven on the prevailing soft ground and can win again.
Thursday tips
LINGFIELD PARK
1.00 AZOR AHAI
1.35 MILITARY TWO STEP
2.10 HIGHWAY ONE
2.45 SMITH
3.20 SONG OF THE ISLES
3.52 SILVER REFLECTION
4.22 BOMB SQUAD
4.55 TILSWORTH ROSE
MARKET RASEN
1.10 AMBASSADOR
1.45 SERJEANT PAINTER
2.20 LOUGH HAR
2.55 COMMANCHE RED
3.30 HIGH NOON
4.00 MINELLA VOUCHER
4.30 GROZNI
WOLVERHAMPTON
1.20 CAP D’ANTIBES
1.55 TAVRINA
2.30 ALGHEED
3.05 RIKNNAH
3.40 TRUE DESTINY
4.10 NUBOUGH
4.40 ACES
5.10 MOSTAQQER
CHELMSFORD CITY
5.05 BARTAT
5.40 MASHHOOR
6.10 MYKONOS ST JOHN (NAP)
6.40 HABIT ROUGE
7.10 PUNTING
7.40 GLINT OF AN EYE
8.10 SOLAR PARK
SANDOWN PARK
5.25 BETWEEN THE SHEETS
5.55 ZINC WHITE (NB)
6.25 SISKANY
6.55 HIGHLAND AVENUE
6.25 COUNSEL
7.55 SAYIFYOUWILL
