Mazurati Can Motor Home At Towcester

Trans Wood ran a very nice race for us at Punchestown earlier this week, and with a bit more luck I believe she would have gone a lot closer than 5th beaten 8L. Her young jockey always had her tucked away on the inner, but unfortunately she got caught behind a couple of horses that were going backwards as they turned for home.

Just as the pace lifted Trans Wood was caught in a pocket. Power-Roche had to sit and suffer for the guts of a furlong, but when he did find daylight 1.5f out Trans Wood pinged the last and flew home. Her turn is not far away and 2 miles looks her optimum trip for now. She is definitely one to stick in your tracker for her next few runs. A winner in waiting if there ever was one.

Mazurati is no Croco Bay but he could go well at Towcester. 

Tomorrow I am turning to an old friend of the blog in the hope he can get us back into the winner’s enclosure. Ben Case, trainer of one of my favourite ever chasers Croco Bay, has his string in super form at the moment. He has had two winners and a place from his last 6 runners and I think Mazurati could go well for him and young Max Kendrick at Towcester on Thursday.

This 9yo son of Definite Article has a very nice pedigree, being a half brother to top class jumpers Asian Maze and Quantitativeeasing. However, after a promising start in bumpers it has all gone Pete Tong for Mazurati and I think it is safe to say at this stage that he won’t be rated anywhere near as highly as his illustrious siblings.

However, he has managed to win a couple of point to points, including one on soft ground, and he ran a very nice race on his penultimate start over 26f at Doncaster (gd/sft). He went well for an awful long way there off a mark of 77 but he faded between the last two fences and was just run out of it for second.

Ben Case has his string in super form.

It was disappointing that he couldn’t build on that when pulled up last time out at Southwell, but that effort came just 15 days after his fine Doncaster run and he had a hard race that day. Case has given him a lovely 6 week break since and the drop back in trip looks sure to suit on the evidence of his run over 2f further at Doncaster. If his point win is anything to go by, soft ground will hold no fears either.


I think that Max Kendrick will go straight to the front with Mazurati and try to get him into a nice jumping rhythm. Hopefully he isn’t pestered in front and he is allowed to dictate the tempo on his own terms. Off a feather weight of 9st 9lb when Kendrick’s claim is considered, 4lb lower than at Doncaster, I think Mazurati could make a bold bid. At odds of 20/1 he is worth chancing each way for small stakes.


STEVOS’ SELECTION: 14.50 TOWCESTER-MAZURATI E/W @ 20/1