Chain Could Be Golden At Cartmel

Louis Oosthuizen has played well so far in The Open, and hopefully the wind stays away tomorrow morning when he ventures back out to complete his 2nd round. He is in prime position, just three shots off the lead, and hopefully will go on to do the business for us on Sunday.
The last few equine selections have been running terribly, unfortunately, but sometimes that is just the way it goes, especially when trying to find bigger priced winners. The run of Camillas Wish at shortish odds represented a new low however, and the only consolation is that things can hopefully only get better.
Saturday's selection is Gold Chain, who goes in the lucky last (5.30) at Cartmel. This is a mare that has been out of form for quite a while. As a result she has dropped down the handicap, and with her current mark of 109 she is four pounds lower than she was on her last run over timber. She is trained by Dianne Sayer and will be ridden by her daughter Emma, who takes off a valuable three pounds and who also knows Gold Chain inside out.
Cartmel is a quirky old track, and is the type of course that a horse will either relish or downright hate. Gold Chain seems to fit into the former category, and has run well here on two of her three visits. This includes a win and a second, and she was staying on well when unseating at the last on the other occasion.
The win came in a seller, which was admittedly a weak enough contest, and she then finished second in this race on her next start here, off a mark of 105. She also won at Perth in September in a Class 4 handicap hurdle, and that came off 108, just a pound lower than today's mark. She won easily that day, and subsequently ran a decent race at Musselburgh to be third off a mark of 115.
She has a  clear liking for the track, is on a mark she has shown she is capable of winning off, and showed signs of a return to form on her last run on the flat(over too far a trip) a couple of weeks ago after a short break which should put her cherry ripe for this. Hopefully she can go one better than last year and emerge victorious. At her current odds of 11/1 she looks well worth an interest.

Selection: 5.30 Cartmel: Gold Chain (11/1).