Daily Placepots 
/ Harry Bowles / 27 June 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Monday Night = Windsor
"After two starts Royal Red's form is just as good as that of likely favourite Amis Reunis, however, and she looks the one with more scope to progress."
It's almost too hot to think, and personally I fancy watching the tennis over some humdrum Flat racing today. Never mind, Windsor gets underway this evening and, by then, a speculative double on Marion Bartoli and Sabine Lisicki will have gone west, so maybe my heart will be back in it.
18:40 - A triumvirate of Richard Hannon-trained runners complicates matters no end in the opening two-year-old maiden. After two starts Royal Red's form is just as good as that of likely favourite Amis Reunis, however, and she looks the one with more scope to progress. She's a banker to get us underway.
19:10 - Dear Maurice looks best off at the weights and will win if turning up in form, with a sound record fresh adding confidence. That said, he's dipping into selling company for the first time, perhaps pointing to a problem of some kind, so it would be dangerous to take him alone, and Anjomarba rates as sound insurance. She built on a creditable run here last month to win at Folkestone last time, and is fully entitled to go well again.
19:40 - News has just come in that Aristeia is a non-runner in the following maiden, and she had been banker material. Annoying to say the least. Passing Stranger is a most interesting newcomer and appears to be odds-on on Betfair. We need to be dealing with form, however, and Midnight Feast and Rafaaf have enough of it to imagine one, if not both, will hit the three.
20:10 - Always try and side with three-year-olds against their elders in races such as the fourth leg. Aldwick Bay makes that bit more appeal than Canaveral, enough for him to be a stand-alone choice, as things stand anyway. If putting your placepot on closer to time, just check there haven't been any non-runners, as a seven-runner field will mean just two places and, in that case, it may prove prudent to stick Brian Meehan's runner in there as well.
20:40 - A very tricky fillies' handicap makes for the fifth leg, and I'm taking three to be on the safe side. I backed Undulant Way at Bath last time and got the impression she didn't handle the track. Keep the faith. It's a similar case with Miss Topsy Turvy. She left her chance in the stalls when a warm favourite at Nottingham last time, rearing and losing all hope. Her previous success at Salisbury suggests she can take a progressive path for a while to come. Alongside that pair, Diverting is also worthy of consideration after returning from a break at Lingfield last month with a run which suggests she's yet to show all of which she's capable.
21:10 - The lightly-raced Foxley is liable to prove popular in the finale, but he hasn't looked in any way progressive in three starts to date, and I'd much rather take the in-form Prince of Sorrento. He slashed up over course and distance three weeks ago and didn't get the run of things when bidding to follow-up seven days later.
Selections: 12 lines
18:40: 7
19:10: 3,4
19:40: 3,4
20:10: 4
20:40: 8, 10, 12
21:10: 1
While the Irish Derby at the Curragh provides the Sunday highlight, Uttoxeter's Summer National meeting gets the nod for the day's Timeform 'pot....
Plenty of cards to choose from on a busy Saturday, but Newcastle gets the nod as there's likely to be a good dividend.......
Plenty of races and plenty of runners today and though Folkestone is just about the least glamorous venue for the placepot, it looks just about the most gettable and it won't take many lines, either......
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