Fallon Could Swoop On Return To Haydock

When glancing through the cards earlier I noticed that Kieren Fallon was back in town for a couple of rides. He heads to Haydock for two, and as you might have guessed it is the bigger priced of the two that interests me.

He rides a horse called Siege of Boston in the 3.55, a 2yo colt trained by Sarah Hollinshead. She is not a household name (yet) but she can train a winner, as she demonstrated with Munaawib on Tuesday at Beverley. He hacked up at 16/1, and when she gets winners they are generally at least 16s but usually much bigger. Prisgnov Dancer also went close for her recently, so the health of her string is not in doubt.

What really drew my attention to this colt though was his pedigree. He is by Starspangledbanner, who was as speedy as they come. But his dam, Milton Of Campsie, is a mare that I hold close to my heart. She was the final leg of a four timer for me back in 2009, and it was my biggest win up to that point. And guess who rode her that day? Kieren Fallon.

She had bags of speed and three of her four wins came over the minimum trip. There are soft ground winners in his pedigree too, and Starspangledbanner has done well with his few progeny that have run on soft (31% strike rate). Maybe it is just a coincidence that Fallon has been booked to ride this colt, but there is always a chance it has been planned, and he did show plenty of dash before fading late on in a strong race last time out. Dropped in trip on his handicap debut he looks worth a little bit of interest each way at odds of 25/1 off a mark of 75.

STEVOS' SELECTION: 3.55 HAYDOCK-SIEGE OF BOSTON 25/1 (E/W)