Chelmsford hosts arguably the pick of the afternoon action and the two most significant movers come in the first two races.
To Arms is 11/2 from 10/1 for the opening East Coast IPA Novice Stakes. This War Front colt is beautifully bred, trained by John Gosden and ridden by Ryan Moore, but he'll have to show a lot more than when 12th of 14 at Yarmouth on his debut just a fortnight ago.
In the second race, Hugo Palmer's Omeros is extremely strong in the betting and it's easy to see why. He was a taking winner over course and distance on debut and, despite racing keenly, has gone well in two decent handicaps since.
Returned to the all-weather and from the box draw in stall one, he looks sure to go well down in grade and is perhaps the best-backed horse on the card.
There are some more speculative moves at Musselburgh, while the opening nursery at Bath has been a lively betting heat with both Go Bananas and, more significantly, Johnnysimpson well-supported.
The latter was the subject of a big gamble on his debut and now runs in a handicap for the first time off what could be a generous mark. He was 12/1 first thing but is now 15/2 and very strong at that.
In the evening there's been money for the aptly-named American Hustle at Sedgefield, while Silver Star has been a big springer at Bellewstown.
1.20 - To Arms 10/1 into 11/2
1.50 - Omeros 5/1 into 9.4
3.20 - Medicean El Diablo 7/1 into 4/1
3.50 - The Dukkerer 9/1 into 13/2
4.20 - First Summer 14/1 into 13/2
4.50 - Nelson’s Touch 9/1 into 4/1
2.00 - Ray Purchase 8/1 into 11/2
4.00 - Forever A Lady 18/1 into 12/1
4.35 - Trick Of The Lyte 18/1 into 11/1
1.40 - Jonnysimpson 12/1 into 15/2
2.10 - The Salmon Man 20/1 into 14/1
4.15 - Silver Star 6/1 into 3/1
6.55 - D K Travel 16/1 into 12/1
5.00 - American Hustle 20/1 into 10/1
7.30 - Tekthelot 10/1 into 13/2
6.40 - Llameri 16/1 into 11/1
7.10 - Top Of The Bank 14/1 into 9/2
2.10 Bath - Tobouggaloo
2.50 Chelmsford - Raven’s Lady
4.00 Musselburgh - Peach Melba
4.15 Bellewstown - Low Sun
5.40 Wolverhampton - Wolfcatcherjack
5.55 Tipperary - Music Box
6.30 Sedgefield - Highbury High
Tip from the Traders
Nelson's Touch - 4.50 Chelmsford
Four-year-old Nelson’s Touch has shown smart form on all starts to date and looks a model of consistency for the Denis Coakley yard. The grey finished a very respectable 10th of 22 in the Champion Bumper following a solid effort when beaten just seven lengths in a Newbury Listed bumper back in February. He ran into the progressive Sir Michael Stoute-trained Abjar on his debut in the Flat sphere, and it’s unlikely there’s anything of that class in today’s event. Fran Berry takes the ride and will be hopeful of a big run in the finale at the Essex track.
