Timeform 1-2-3 
/ Philip Spink / 25 September 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Sunday's three selections come from Epsom.
"Gabrial's Gift looks the type to progress further with racing..."
Following two successful selections at Newmarket yesterday, Timeform's Paul McIvor is hoping to go one better with his three from Epsom today...
Just the two meetings in the UK on Sunday and there can be no moaning about fixture clashes as we have racing in Scotland from Musselburgh and from the south of England at Epsom. It is to Epsom we head for our best bets, the first of which comes at 2:30 in the shape of the David Simcock trained Gabrial's Gift. This grey colt by Verglas has progressed in each of his three outings to date, relishing the step up to a mile for the first time when powering away from his field at Kempton last month. He looks the type to progress further with racing and should have too many guns for his main market rival Mister Music.
Saeed Bin Suroor has a 28% strike rate at Epsom in the last five seasons and he can add further gloss to that record today in the handicap at 3:35 with Con Artist.. A winner at Windsor on his handicap debut last June when making all the running, the four-year-old subsequently ran two very creditable races, finishing second at both Newbury and Sandown. That Sandown run in particular worked out very well with the winner Jet Away placed in listed company this season and the third and fourth placed horses both picking up handicaps since. On the face of it Con Artist was disappointing on his seasonal return at Newmarket in May, only beating one home. However, Con Artist shaped better than the bare form that day as the drop back to a mile and a lack of a recent outing both counted against him. He returns today from a break of four months and will be fresher than most at this stage of the season. Back over his favoured distance and with the possibility of a fairly uncontested lead he is given the vote to resume the improvement he showed last season.
With only 45 winners on the board so far during the turf season, 2011 has been a disappointing season for Sir Michael Stoute given the high standards we usually come to expect from the Newmarket handler. The Mongoose can't shoulder much of the blame for the poor results this season as he has only had the one start, making a belated reappearance last month in a Windsor maiden. Placed twice over seven furlongs as a juvenile, this son of Montjeu shaped with a great deal of encouragement in finishing fifth, leaving the impression there was plenty more to come with the run under his belt. He has always looked the type to improve given time and under the usual patient approach of his watchful trainer he can start to fulfill his potential by taking today's maiden at Epsom.
Recommendations
All at Epsom
Back Gabrial's Gift @ [2.92] in the 14:30
Back Con Artist.@ [6.0] in the 15:35
Back The Mongoose @ [4.7] in the 16:45
Three selections from the Timeform Free Form Site, with our bet of the day coming from Newmarket......
Three selections from the Timeform Free Form Site......
Three selections from the Timeform Free Form site......
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