Our columnist on his team for the opening two days of the Newmarket Craven Meeting.
Wednesday
15:35 Pretty Crystal
A Nell Gwyn with an odds-on favourite in Dance Sequence and a filly of Aidan O’Brien’s (Matrika) who is already a Group Two winner. That tells you how good a race this is but my filly is fairly straight for her return and if she could finish in the first four I’d be delighted.
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