Say Go heads Sprint market
Patrick Janssens’ Druids Say Go heads the ante post market for Romford’s Coral Golden Sprint which gets underway on Friday.
To date, the white and black has six wins and two seconds from her eight outings over the Sprint course with a best of 23.69 (actual) and 23.66 (calc). Whether punters are tempted at 5/1 looks less certain given the quality of opposition.
On the plus side, Say Go comes from a kennel with a great tradition in the event having won it in 2023 with Droopys Good, 2021 with Bockos Jon Jo and 2020 with Goldies Hoddle. On the minus side, her fastest times are bettered by several in the field including Cunnigar Yousir (23.63 FOY), Brinkleys Ginger (23.52) and Droopys Eddie (23.56) to name but three. Romeo Cypher was only 19 months old when doing 23.87 in the second race of his career – and he has since broken the Oxford 450m record. Value at 14s?
On the other hand, times aren’t everything. The last six finals were 23.92, 24.13, 23.77, 23.86, 24.04 and 24.03.
Best of luck!
5/1 Druids Say Go, 7/1 Crafty Shivoo, Cooliogold, 8/1 Droopys Eddie, 14/1 Romeo Cypher, Whitewood Lenny, Yahoo Megan, 16/1 Bombout Bullet, 18/1 Aero Convey, 20/1 Bombay Zero, Cunnigar Yousir, Stonepark Champ, 25/1 Brinkleys Ginger, Front Alice, La Gitana, Romeo Crusade, 33/1 Kila Detail, Kilara Roberto, March On Mini, Roadsea Gun, Stormy News, Supa Nova, 40/1 Ojay Rocket, Sir Oreo, 50/1 Antigua Sun, Hopes Knight, Leaha Salha, Seomra Paws, Shirleys Boy, 66/1 Indian Bob, Leeview Glory, Rapido Lady, Romeo Firebrand, Without Justice, 100/1 Hellofavalentine, 150/1 Burgess Coolio
Out of the Brambles came Elvis
It has been a while since the ‘Bramble’ prefix has been a regular feature on the open race scene but Newcastle promoter Steve Anderson is hoping to bounce back with three promising young hounds.
The most notable is the former Pat Buckley trained open racer Glengar Elvis. A runner-up in the Barry 600 Final at Shelbourne, he has 29.56 550 yard form at Limerick and was 10 spots off the fastest 570 clock at Tralee last year.
Now named Bramble Elvis, he is yet to race for Steve but clocked a calculated 28.72 in his final qualifying trial at Newcastle this morning.
Steve said: “I thought the track was heavy so was delighted with the run. I want to check out the conditions with Towcester but providing they are as they appear, we’ll be heading for the Maiden Derby there.”
The kennels other hopes include Bramble Oreo, a litter brother to Ballymac Johnjo with 28.89 on his card at Newcastle and lightly raced pup Bramble Tango.
Steve said: “As a few people are aware, we had a very tough and sad time last year last year and hopefully these three will raise the mood. It isn’t easy to replace the likes of (Brambles) Reggie, Magpie and Millburn, but hopefully we can have some fun with these.”
Opens
Thursday: Suffolk Downs • Swindon •
Friday: • Romford •
Saturday: • Central Park • Hove •
