Unfortunately Wednesday's selection, Epsom Salts, was declared a non runner so that's 3 days in a row with no selections from me. I feel it's time to put that right on Thursday though, and fingers crossed for a winner or 2!
Haydock 4.00 - Hacienda - 3pts win @ 11/1 (William Hill)
A competitive class 3 handicap over a mile, where a low draw is important if the last few years are anything to go by. The Mark Johnston trained Hacienda is the one to be with in my opinion. He ran a cracker on his seasonal debut, coming 2nd to Joseph Henry in a similar standard race to this. Hacienda was raised 2 pounds for that effort, but he ran a very encouraging race next time out in a higher class to come a relatively close up 6th, only beaten 2 and 3/4 lengths behind Wannabe King. Last time out, he didn't run his usual solid race when 10th of 15 at Thirsk behind Justonefortheroad. On Thursday he drops back in grade, and he's now back down to the mark of 90 he ran off for his seasonal debut. This contest has quite an open look to it, with 6/1 joint favourites She's A Character and Tartan Trip. I feel Hacienda should be around a 6/1 shot myself so the 11/1 available with William Hill is very enticing. Hacienda has been drawn in stall 4, which is perfect as low draws are important in this race, with the last 3 winners of this race coming from stalls 1, 5 and 3. With the good ground to suit, the drop in grade and his mark dropping back to 90, I feel he has a great chance to win this and the 11/1 is far too big.
Haydock 5.35 - Warlu Way - 2pts win @ 7/1 (Paddy Power)
A previous selection on this blog, Warlu Way won that day at Windsor at 12/1. He now takes a step up in trip to 12 furlongs, which looks sure to suit judging by his performance last time out. He's been raised 5 pounds for that win last time, but there looks to be more improvement to come from him. The good ground will suit, and as mentioned already, the step up in trip will be right up his street. He stayed on exceptionally well at Windsor, eventually getting up to win by a neck, so the extra stamina test will suit in my opinion. Tomorrow he looks to be coming up against 2 progressive fillys in Rock My World and Kitty Wells, but they both haven't run in over 3 months so race fitness has to be taken on trust. Warlu Way is assured to be race fit having only run 17 days ago, and this lightly raced colt looks to have a very good chance of following up here. The Dunlop stable are also in form, which is a bonus. Overall, I really feel Warlu Way is well capable of seeing out this longer trip and winning off this 5 pound higher mark. The 7/1 on offer looks generous, as I feel he should be 5/1 at the most.
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