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/ Neil Munro / 04 April 2012 / Leave a Comment 
The sunshine may have gone but the Flat season is here to stay
"The Cheka keeps finding when expected not to so he does tend to trade bigger in the run."
Neil Munro hails the beginning of the flat season and considers the merits of betting in-play on four intriguing runners...
The Flat season is here. Doncaster and Kempton started the ball rolling with some big field challenges. Having had the Lincoln we now go through a couple of weeks of non-descript average racing so I think the authorities still need to work on the narrative of the Flat season. But there was still enough to interest me over the weekend.
Charles Camoin
So often the horses that I research for in-running trading are a little quirky, or don't like to get involved in a battle. So it is nice to talk about Sylvester Kirk's four-year-old gelding who seems to have battling qualities. Charles Camoin has now won three of his eight starts, a good ratio, and proved his scrapping qualities in all of those victories. Indeed, at times he has been pushed along quite early but he has just kept on finding. He won on his seasonal reappearance at Kempton recently but, if you need proof of how he keeps trying, watch his first run of the season last year when second at Sandown. He did everything he could to win that race and proved everything I have seen in him. He just wasn't quite good enough that day. His qualities mean that he trades bigger in the run: [12.21] BSP (42.0 in the run); [13.0] BSP ([6.10]); and [10.43] BSP ([23.0]).
If you believe Charles Camoin has the right conditions, split your back stakes with 50% at BSP and 50% in the run at double the BSP.
Kyllachy Star
This horse is one of many owned by Dr Marwan Koukash, but is it good for the industry that we have these new owners who are willing to invest huge amounts of money? Kyllachy Star was one of four of his runners on Saturday to either win or be placed at odds of 10/1 or bigger. Although the six-year-old hasn't won on his seasonal reappearance, he has run well before and did so again in the spring mile. He likes to be delivered late and normally has a minor turn of foot which can lead to him trading big in the run when he wins. However, this also means he has some low trades as they do try and deliver him as late as possible. We may see him at Chester's May meeting.
Back Kylachy Star over 7-8 furlongs on good or faster ground, splitting your stakes between BSP and double BSP in the run. But leave an order up to lay out your stake at one quarter of your matched price.
The Cheka
This six-year-old won on his first try over six furlongs, coming off a strong pace and confirmed that he runs well on seasonal reappearance. This really does open up other opportunities for connections of The Cheka. He keeps finding when expected not to so he does tend to trade bigger in the run.
If you fancy The Cheka split your back stakes with 50% at BSP and 50% in the run at double the BSP.
Eton Forever
Yet again Roger Varian's lightly-raced five-year-old traded short in the run in the Lincoln without finding what in-running backers expected. Eton Forever obviously has class, but does he have the will to put it all in?
Back Eton Forever pre-race at BSP and then lay out your stake at half BSP, with further offers to green up the field.
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