Kirk's Charge Could Cause A Shock At The Curragh

A poor day for the blog yesterday. Bayan ran a strange race, and to be honest the very last thing I expected was for him to try and make all. I wasn't surprised he didn't get home given the way he was ridden. Sanus Per Aquam got 3rd, but with only 7 runners we were quids out. Dutch Mist was very disappointing, but that's the way it goes sometimes, and hopefully Sunday's selection will see us back in the money.

The horse I like the look of here is the Sylvester Kirk trained See And Be Seen. He was last sighted at Goodwood back in July when well beaten in a class 2 21f handicap off a mark of 80, the same mark he races off today. That trip was too far though, and you can put a line through that run. Previously he absolutely bolted up over 18f at Pontefract off 75, winning a class 4 handicap by nearly 5 lengths.

That was his first win since a superb run of form in 2014 that saw him win 5 races, culminating in the class 2 Cesarewitch trial at Newmarket last September off 75. That was by far the best performance of his career, and the way he has been campaigned this year suggests that Kirk has had this race in mind.

He has had just 6 runs this season, compared to 15 last term, and he has been freshened up since that run at Goodwood. The win at Ponty ensured his mark would be high enough to get in here, and with Gary Halpin taking off a handy 5lb he is effectively on the same mark off which he won at Ponty.

Now admittedly, that was only a class 4, but his win at Newmarket last year showed he is well able to mix it with the big boys, and at odds of 40/1 he could well run a big race. Surely he is worth a few pennies each way. Time to dip into those Union Rose winnings I think....

STEVOS'S SELECTION: 4.05 CURRAGH-SEE AND BE SEEN (E/W) 40/1