Merchants-What say you?

Looks a cracking race--->> field on Formgrids Looks wide open any 3 from 6 or 7 imo. Heart says Blue tiger, head says Villandry or Casey Cool or Gaultier.

1:Villandry
2:Gaultier
3:Blue tiger
4:Casey Cool

ohh forgot Kapil..

Gaultier in a difficult race

The rain we've had makes this an impossible call. If it carries on like this then we won't race Saturday

Lady windmere

I would love to see Kapil win it......One of my fav horses 3 years back!!!

Morning Tommy, possibly a bit on the short side?

Possibly, but he has a turn of foot second to none. If stan freshens him up after the break I wouldn't be surprised to se him win.

If they go a good clip up front I would expect to see him running on real nice.

If I had to pick another horse I would side with Blue Tiger or Villandry. (I'm still not sure if the Var's will train on.......We wait with anticipation)

Casey Cool well weighted and won't dislike soft or heavy going.

Although Gaultier has won on the soft some of his early bad runs could be blamed on the soft going?

3 1/2 years since kapil won a race, and no form on soft,Blue tiger has some decent form on Soft ..

Not sure how Villandry will do on the soft, Thought Var would have won on the Soft in france,but it must have been only one of the few times the abbey was run on fast going..

Yep..the condition of the track IF they race will go a long way in determining the winner.It will be very soft on Saturday and if they prefer the inside rail then Kapil, Blue Tiger and Lady Windermere will have their work cut out to win.

Blue Tiger will be a serious runner as usual and Villandry will get most of the votes...but will he get the distance???

Consider me crazy but I will be watching Alvaro with keen interest...not his fave dist. but if he's over his problems he could make them run....

Lady Windermere

How is the weather looking now?