Sand Stormers: Chambles one for next time

Sand Stormers

/ Paul Smith / 18 January 2012 / Leave a Comment

Lingfield is the venue for Paul's best bet of the week.

"she [Chambles] made good headway in the closing stages and didn’t lose much ground on Pearl Rebel in the straight. That rival is potentially very useful and she did comfortably better than the others that were held up in the race...."

It has been a quiet week on the all-weather but Paul Smith has found a couple more horses to follow in the latest edition of Sand Stormers.

Although there has been the usual amount of aal-weather action in the last week, it has had a very low-key feel to it with some uncompetitive fare on offer.

Incomparable missing his intended run last week was frustrating as although it wasn't a straightforward task by any stretch, it was at least under his optimum conditions.

It might not have been the most exciting week's racing ever but there were still a couple of performances that were noteworthy and both Chambles and Showboating are worth keeping on the right side of.

Chambles has made steady improvement in her five runs, making a successful nursery debut and then running a cracker when third to Pearl Rebel at Kempton last week.

Held up a long way off the pace, she made good headway in the closing stages and didn't lose much ground on Pearl Rebel in the straight. That rival is potentially very useful and she did comfortably better than the others that were held up in the race.

She is only rated 64 so is eligible for weaker events than that 0-75 event and it will be disappointing if she can't be placed to good effect in the coming weeks, be it over 7f, or even stepped up to 1m.

The case for Showboating is fairly straightforward - he finished very strongly in a race in which nothing else got into it from behind and the fact he was forced out very wide adds to the merit of the effort.

A strike-rate of 1-20 will put some off but he is clearly fully effective on Polytrack and this mark is clearly within his range. He is unlikely to find too many 6f races run at such a leisurely tempo and a more truly run event can see him oblige.

He's got an entry in round three of the Blue Square series on Saturday and although last week's effort won't have gone unnoticed by the layers, he has to be respected.

The first couple of weeks of the Blue Square series have seen the races divide and hopefully that will be the case this week as Picansort and Steelcut are also entered.

Obviously they can't all win but all three are primed to strike - perhaps Picansort has the most to prove after his lesser effort last time.

Aiaam Al Wafa lines up at Lingfield on Wednesday (13:55) but she ran deplorably last time and the return to maiden company doesn't look the answer - a respectable effort would at least offer some encouragement ahead of a return to handicaps.

Kames Park continues to run well and he is persevered with in the hope that a race will be run to suit him at some stage. He is entered at Wolverhampton on Monday (15.30) in a race which doesn't look too bad at the five-day stage.

Sand Stormers NAP
Showboating 14:25 Lingfield, Saturday

LIST OF HORSES TO FOLLOW
Aiaam Al Wafa (likely big improver when switched to handicaps (27/10))
Adorable Choice (underrated filly who did well to last as long as she did at Newbury (21/10))
Bond Fastrac (still well handicapped on old form and good second at Nottingham (11/10))
Chambles (going the right way and latest third (12/1) better than it looks)
Clear Praise (promising return from a break (8/12))
Even Stevens (looked Fibresand monster (22/3))
Flag Of Glory (shaped nicely on first run for Peter Hiatt (27/10); can do better)
Forever's Girl (best of those held up (10/11), return to 6f, Polytrack a plus)
George Guru (lightly raced and still on the up; poor draw (2/11))
Glastonberry (stuck to the inside (7/1) and still open to improvement)
Global Village (did well to make up as much ground as he did (2/1))
Greek Islands (looked worth upping in trip (12/10))
Incomparable (looks ready to strike when dropped back to 5f)
Intransigent (related to smart AW performer and promise on debut (10/10))
Kames Park (no chance the way he was ridden in slowly run race (12/10))
La Capriosa (forced an overly strong pace over the wrong trip (8/1))
Picansort (met trouble in running at a crucial stage on reappearance (17/12))
Priestley's Reward (ran best race so far when second on All Weather debut (22/10))
Showboating (good effort in slowly run race (14/1))
Steelcut (best of those held up at Lingfield (7/1))
Wrapped Up (no chance from a wide draw last time (18/11); still unexposed)