With any luck this week’s Flat Handicap trends shortlist can do as well as the Lincoln last Saturday, and the following will help you land on the winner…
There’s only one race to attack on Saturday, the Queens Cup Handicap from Musselburgh (3.35pm).
Plenty of caution is advised, more so than normal, as there have only been eight renewals and the sample pool isn’t that big… 8/104 runners, 24 places. However, with 14 runners this year, a few pointers that may (or may not!) help…
8/8 aged 4-7
8/8 ran 61+ days ago
8/8 had 0-1 runs in prev 90 days
8/8 had 0-2 wins in the class
8/8 were 3rd to 10th in the weights (exc jockey claims)
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Applying those five pointers would have found 8/8 (8/29 runners, 11p, +73 BFSP) and IF upholding, would point to a more manageable list of five…
Berkshire Rocco, Struth, Capital Theory, Emiyn, Manu Et Corde
7/8 winners have been 3rd to 6th in the weights, which is a narrow band (and small sample numbers of course), and it may just pay to focus on those five, however applied to the list above would reduce further to three… Berkshire Rocco, Struth and Manu Et Corde
Trainers (to have won race/with runners)
- Faylaq
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GL with any bets, Josh