A cracking day of racing ahead which will be a great watch all over. It was a grueling one to try and pick apart, which had me going round in circles in numerous races, so on that basis it is one I’ve decided to treat carefully on. There was one standout bet on the day though, who I right fancy at a decent price.
Taken down early, towards rear, switched right and headway from over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed but kept on inside final furlong (op 28/1)
This Tasleet filly, Eternal Solace, remains a relatively unexposed sort but what she has shown already is enough to suggest she is capable plenty beyond her current mark. She won two of her first three career starts, but was surprisingly only nudged up 1lb for the second of those, her first AW run at Lingfield.
She was chucked in fairly deep following that run, entered in the Bosra Sham at Newmarket, where she was never in the race, but then back on the All-Weather she put a huge bid in, running Ten Carat Harry to a neck, getting just 2lbs from him, from her mark of 85 to his 87. He has since gone up to a mark of 97, and ran every bit to it when running in a Listed Stakes at Newcastle.
With Eternal Solace’s since running a 1½ 3rd of 8 in a decent Lingfield Handicap, she looks to have room to keep improving beyond her mark and has somehow been eased 1lb for that run by the handicapper, meaning she now meets Ten Carat Harry off of 82 to his 97, meaning she gets over a stone from him in the weights despite only a neck seperating them when 2lbs split them. With Ten Carat a solid yardstick in this, she looks unbelievable value at the odds at ranks a sound Each-Way punt.
Others noted… Apache Outlaw (17/2, Lingfield 14:40), My Fermoy (6/1, Lingfield 15:15).
Best of luck with your punting today,
