DAILY RACING PREVIEW BY ANDY HOLDING
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18
5.13 NAAS
PRIME ARTIST (best price 7-2) gets a quick turnaround after running a pleasing race on debut at The Curragh over the weekend but considering Jack Davidson’s inmate wasn’t subject to the most arduous of rides, he might be worth chancing despite just four days rest.
Although not one of the strongest sales races of the season, it was still a bit of a baptism of fire for the son of Churchill, so the fact he managed to finish a close-up fourth on his first racecourse outing was testimony to his ability.
Add into the fact he didn’t get the clearest of runs throughout the final two furlongs and it is easy to upgrade his effort – maybe even say he was second best – and based on that theory, he should easily be good enough to take a hand in an ordinary looking maiden such as today’s.
PRIME ARTIST – 1-point win@7-2
5.32 PONTEFRACT
MILTEYE (NAP) (best price 11-4) has turned out to be a brilliant purchase for new connections since leaving his Irish base and Harriet Bethell’s inmate fine series of results look set to continue over a track where he has gone well in the past.
Yet to finish out of the first three on his seven starts this term, the second of his two wins during that time frame came at Carlisle last time out when he made all the running to score in typically game fashion, backing up his victory over the same C&D two months previously.
Posting a career high speed figure at the Cumbrian venue, the five-year-old clearly shows no sign of dropping his guard, and having already proven his liking for today’s C&D when chasing home the useful Partisan Hero (now rates 91) on his first run for 241 days back in April, a return to the Yorkshire circuit should hold no fears.
MILTEYE – 1-point win@11-4