Jef­fery Ross

Find­ing big-priced win­ners on South­well fi­bre­sand has of­ten bore fruit, 'Dream' On! So many thor­ough­breds fail to re­pro­duce any­thing like their form on the 'deep stuff.' Be­cause the first two favourites in the Maid­en Stakes over 12 fur­longs to­day were beat­en a to­tal of 72 lengths, I've dug deep­er. Dream In Blue has a re­al­is­tic chance on?of­fi­cial rat­ings?and is fore­cast at mas­sive odds. In ad­di­tion, train­er, Je­re­my Glover has booked AWR cham­pi­on jock­ey, Chris Catlin.

By a process of elim­i­na­tion, there are three 'live' run­ners, at best, in what must be one of the worst races I've ever analysed, pe­ri­od. Ta­per Jean Girl land­ed my nap last week. There is no rea­son why Ruth Carr's charge shouldn't fol­low up?over course and dis­tance, in the Claim­ing Stakes be­cause she won eas­i­ly and con­fi­dence will be high. Be­ing able to act on this sur­face mas­sive is a ad­van­tage and that's why I'm in­clined to­wards Pre­mier Lad in the all-aged hand­i­cap over six fur­longs; trained by 'The (David)?Bar­ron!'