DAILY RACING PREVIEW BY ANDY HOLDING
SUNDAY MARCH 15
4.20 CURRAGH
As is often the case at the Curragh on the opening day of the Irish turf Flat season, heavy ground greets the runners for The Lincoln, and they are conditions that will suit AKECHETA down to the ground.
Kevin Coleman’s mare almost kicked off last season with a victory over today’s C&D when runner-up to course specialist, Indigo Five, and when encountering similar conditions at Gowran later in the campaign, she duly went one place better.
Tackling listed company on her final two starts of the season, a solid effort at Naas was followed by an unlucky experience at Doncaster a month later but it least it proved the six-year-old mare stays beyond a mile well enough.
That stamina she has might end up being invaluable over today’s stiff mile and with the last three winners of this prize all being draw high, stall 24 provides her with the perfect platform from which to build her challenge towards the nearside fence.
The booking of Cheltenham festival-winning jockey Colin Keane is also seen as another massive positive.
AKECHETA – 1-point each-way@9-1 (six places)
5.17 MARKET RASEN
TRUST HOUSE shaped with plenty of encouragement at Warwick last time out and with the strong possibility Olly Murphy’s inmate will improve in all departments on his first run for 395 days, he is fancied to take advantage of a drop in grade.
The jockey arrangements and position in the market (28-1) very much foretold what was likely to happen at the Midland venue but despite the son of Lope De Vega following the script, he did more than enough to offer up plenty of hope for today.
The way he went through the race before just getting a bit tired late on was pleasing and it must be significant that Sean Bowen takes over in the saddle.
TRUST HOUSE – 1-point win@9-4