Evans' Charge Could Run Well At Newbury

Powersbomb was desperately disappointing for us yesterday, never landing a significant blow. He seemed to be travelling well as they turned into the back straight, but once they hit the rising ground he faded. He is a better horse than that, he just didn't produce what he is capable of on the day.

I have already put up Contrapposto and he is my nap of the weekend. I think he looked a machine when winning his maiden, and he would have finished a lot closer to Rivet on his second start at York in a 7f maiden if it was run over today's trip of a mile. This looks a pretty average renewal of the Racing Post Trophy, and hopefully Contrapposto can hit the frame. He is widely available to back at odds of 16/1 this morning.

Regular readers of the blog may remember me putting up Letmestopyouthere when he ran at York in a big handicap race during the summer, and he very nearly snatched a place at huge odds. He again ran well in a big sales race at the Curragh on his next outing, beaten just over 3L in a 30 runner field. He returned to handicap company at Haydock on his penultimate start (5f gd) off a mark of 83. He ran a cracker to be 4th behind Merry Banter, finishing like a train and looking as though he was ready to step back up to 6f.

He got that step back up in trip last time out at York, but he had a high draw there and all the leading horses were drawn low. I think he can be forgiven that run, and on his effort at Haydock off 83 he looks to have a big chance here off 3lb lower. Promising young apprentice Clifford Lee has ridden plenty of winners for Karl Burke, and with his 5lb claim Letmestopyouthere is effectively 8lb lower than for that excellent Haydock effort. He has a decent draw, the good to soft ground is ideal and at huge odds I think this son of Sir Prancealot is worth chancing each way at Newbury.

STEVOS' SELECTIONS: 

4.30 NEWBURY: LETMESTOPYOUTHERE E/W 20/1

ALREADY ADVISED: CONTRAPPOSTO E/W 14/1 NAP (now 16/1)