Will soon be time to take this thread off the shelf and blow the dust off. First day on the turf is 24th March but I'll be looking at some of the young ones on the all weather leading up to that.
No bet for me today but I'll be watching the 145 at Lingfield with great interest. No More Thrills would have been my pick of the race based on its last run where it battled on well on its third start to land the spoils. However, there's an expensive unraced horse called Intense Pleasure in the race and the money is down for it which, in itself would tend me towards caution but in addition to that, James Tate who (as this thread will testify to) I am a great fan of as a trainer, has a horse called Wide Acclaim in the race. It had a decent enough debut finishing 3rd but didn't stand out as one that would be underrated in the betting and looks a pretty straightforward horse to me. I'll be looking at signs in this race that it's going to be an improver.
Intense Pleasure is likely to be the fav at around 2/1 but anything can happen in a first run and I'd prefer to take No More Thrills' relative experience over that at 5/2. However, if I can get 4/5 on Betfair on Wide Acclaim to finish in the top three, that will be where my money goes but it will be one to watch with an eye on upcoming races.