Lavinia Rose represents an excellent example of a solid ‘price to chance’ each-way bet in the Maiden Stakes over five furlongs of Wolverhampton Tapeta today, when ‘Saturday-night diners’ will enjoy an eight-race programme menu.
As mentioned several times it’s a unique floodlit experience on a superb surface; Lavinia Rose improved considerably on turf time-handicap marks at Chelmsford last time out and, signicantly, gets a 5lbs fillies’ allowance under Graham ‘The Enforcer’ Gibbons!
Previously sharpened up by an experience against handicappers, in a Newmarket nursery, this Ralph Beckett-trained Compton Place filly comes out similarly on the TH to Entertaining Ben.
William Muir’s charge has to be ‘on the premises’ and others with form figures are fancied but Lavinia Rose ticks enough boxes; ‘Gibbo’ has been booked for a good reason!
Leoncavallo puts an unbeaten record on the line at Cheltenham in the £20000 Triumph Hurdle Trial over an extended two miles, what beats John Ferguson’s charge will surely win!
His mark when an unchallenged winner at Market Rasen makes Leoncavallo nigh on a ‘cert’ and he’s game; that was illustrated in the following race at Wetherby six weeks ago.
Penalised Leoncavallo was ‘under the cosh’ a long way from home but kept battling and eventaully drove others into submission, scoring by a dramatic short-head; no wonder he’s been ‘spelled’ since, that was tough.
These juvenile hurdles start to get classier, several rivals could improve and be in line for the ‘Festival’ next March, if they can beat an in-form Leoncavallo!
Later ‘Triumph’ winner Peace And Co makes his seasonal debut but needs to imrove in what preomises to be an informative International Hurdle; we’re more interested in Atlantic Gold for the Novices’ Hurdle over three miles of ‘good to soft’ Doncaster.
Trainer Charlie Longsdon has booked his stable conditional jockey, Tom Humphries, and takes advantage of conditions which allow him to claim 10lbs.
Take the hint, get on!