Camilla To Relish Step Up In Trip

Due to other commitments I have been unable to update the blog for the last couple of days. Reckless Lad continued the superb form of Pat Martin in Kerry earlier this evening, and hopefully some of you were on him.
Today's selection runs on home soil (kind of!) in a handicap hurdle up at Downpatrick. Camilla's Wish was the subject of a bit of a gamble last time out across the water and although she finished 2nd, beaten by the narrowest of margins, that was only because Kentford Heiress fell with the race at her mercy. In fact it looked as if Johnny Burke had accepted his fate on the Dreaper horse, and only decided to really go for it once the leader fell.
She was badly outpaced in that race, and looked in need of a proper test of stamina which she gets today. From a handicapping point of view she looks well treated too as she races off a mark of 86 despite the fact she went so close last time in England off a mark of 89. Young Jonathan Moore takes off another valuable 7lbs too, and he is a useful pilot on his day (bar one mess up on The Nutcracker which I will forgive him for if he does the business today!). With his claim she is effectively racing off a mark of 79.
She has already run well at the track, with her highest RPR of 92 coming here over this sort of trip. That was on soft ground though, and she was beaten almost four lengths on the day off a similar mark to today's. She is by Presenting, and showed in England that decent ground holds no fears, so today's ground conditions should be fine. I was surprised to see her available to back at 11/2 (Betvictor) at the time of writing, and at that sort of price she looks an outstanding bet. The Elliott horse looks to be the one to beat, but I believe he might struggle to concede a stone in weight to the Dreaper horse, and Camilla's Wish is a confident selection.

Selection: 5.45 Downpatrick Camilla's Wish (11/2)