Saturday wasn't a bad day for both my picks,at Galway Buck Rogers was 4th. The 4/1 chance was at the rear early sitting 10th after the 7th. He made some progress from 2 out keeping on at one pace in 4th on the run-in with the 11/4 favourite Jiving Jerry winning by a head. At Leopardstown Duke De Sessa won,the 11/2 shot was at the back but made headway early in the straight to sit 7th a furlong out. He kept on well inside the final furlong to lead close to home beating Piz Badile by 1/2 a length.
Another weekend comes to an end with 8 races at Galway and 7 at Wexford, the main event at Galway is at 2.17 when 9 begin the Marlin Hotel Dublin, Supporting The National Breast Cancer Research Institute Handicap Chase. The Dabbler has 2 wins from 4 runs this season his last was a Chase at Gowran Park 22 days ago. He returns to handicap company here and the hat-trick is on the cards. Theatre World was on course for a win before unseating his rider at the last at Listowel 30 days ago so he has to be taken seriously. The other to keep an eye on is Tesseract who is a course and distance winner and was a good second in a handicap chase when last seen at Tipperary at the beginning of this month. He goes significantly up in trip here and definitely has a chance so is of interest.
The highlight at Wexford is the 4.20 when 13 line-up for the Jim and Kay Whitty Memorial Handicap Chase. Bold Emperor last won at Sligo in September and probably would have picked up another victory if he hadn't fallen 2 out when leading at Galway 3 weeks ago despite that he is still the one to beat here. Marshalled already has 2 wins from 3 runs this season his last was a career best at Gowran Park 22 days ago,he stayed on to win by 1/2 a length and is definitely the main threat. The only other on the shortlist is Exit To The West she last won at Cork in January and was a creditable 4th in a handicap chase at Navan when last seen back in March. Despite being off 7 months she has a slight chance if she can dictate how the race is run as she enjoys jumping to the right.
Big race predictions: Galway: 6: The Dabbler Wexford: 11: Bold Emperor.
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