DONCASTER ST LEGER FESTIVAL DAY 1 BEST BETS THURSDAY

Race 3 No3 JOHANNES BRAHMS
Coach: Aidan O’Brien – Jockey: Ryan Moore

Dragon Chief accomplished a hat-trick in nice model at York to stay unbeaten and will have extra within the locker, however although having to concede 10lb to his foe JOHANNES BRAHMS is narrowly most popular. The Coolmore runner has black kind to his identify from a close to miss within the Windsor Fortress Stakes and located solely Lake Forest his superior within the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes at York. He has a cultured look now tried on this useful Gross sales race, and may convert.

Race 4 BETFRED MAY HILL STAKES (Group 2)

No6 MERIBELLA
Coach: Ralph Beckett – Jockey: Rob Hornby

Too Darn Scorching has made a brilliant begin at stud and his consultant DARNATION units a excessive commonplace for her foes to purpose at. She produced a wise flip of foot to take out the Group 3 Status at Goodwood and is clearly proper at residence on the forecast gentle floor. ROMANOVA impressed with a large margin first profession triumph at Salisbury for rookie handler Ollie Sangster. The Golden Horn filly now takes a bounce up the category ladder however may simply have extra to provide moved as much as a mile, and wishes respecting. Sea The Stars filly SEE THE FIRE has additionally made a great begin to her profession, and seemed to have loads up her sleeve pulling away from her opponents when hitting the rising floor at Newmarket. A pea out of the identical pod is the Ralph Beckett-trained MERIBELLA who shares that sire. She additionally opened her account at Newmarket, and although the shape was devalued when runner-up Woman Pagasa flopped final week the choice has been giving out excellent alerts in her homework.

Prediction: 1st MERIBELLA, 2nd Darnation, third See The Hearth, 4th Romanova

Race 5 BETFRED PARK HILL FILLIES’ STAKES (Group 2)

No6 SUMO SAM
Coach: Paul Cole – Jockey: Rossa Ryan

In a comparatively weak renewal of this historic race for staying fillies SUMO SAM brings simply the most effective current credentials to the desk. The Nathaniel filly made a mockery of her elevated worth when making hacks of her rivals within the Lillie Langtry at Goodwood to point out that following the sidelining of Royal Scotsman she is the flagship of her veteran handler’s operation. That race was run in monsoon circumstances, and Sumo Sam shall be proper at residence on this straightforward going.
Geoffrey Freer Stakes runner-up CHING SHIH has good kind towards males and can certainly be extra snug again towards her personal intercourse, whereas additionally fascinating is NIGHT SPARKLE on a primary outing for Andrew Balding after assembling a four-race profitable sequence when primarily based in Eire.

Prediction: 1st SUMO SAM, 2nd Evening Sparkle, third Ching Shih

Race 7 No9 EL JASOR (Nap)
Coach: Charlie Fellowes – Jockey: Jamie Spencer

EL JASOR benefitted from a traditional ready trip from her jockey to attain snugly although by a slim margin at Newbury. The son of Le Havre took his time to heat to the duty, however when reaching high gear seemed spectacular. His coach provides cheek items and in a bid to make this a 3rd success from his final 4 outings it wouldn’t come as a shock to see assist for the choice.

Race 8 No4 SPANISH BLAZE
Coach: Marcus Tregoning – Jockey: Trevor Whelan

SPANISH BLAZE additional bolstered the popularity of his sire Phoenix Of Spain when scoring at Sandown earlier within the month. His clear reduce triumph on nursery debut was that of a colt with extra below the bonnet, and he can discover that further at present to thwart the equally promising Haydock scorer Mafnood.