Thursday sees some decent action on both sides of the Irish Sea, and hopefully the meetings go ahead. That wasn't the case at Bangor today when the meeting fell foul of the horrific weather we have been having the past couple of nights. Warwick should be fit to race tomorrow, and the horse that looks interesting to me is Jonjo O' Neill's Mister Dick in the opening 2m Juvenile Hurdle.
The ground is forecast to be soft at Warwick tomorrow, and with only a few showers forecast before the action is due to start it shouldn't change too much. Mister Dick had his first run on easy ground on his second UK start over course and distance early last month and he seemed to appreciate the underfoot conditions with a decent effort in 4th. He had previously shown ability in his former life on the flat in France, staying on well on a couple of occasions over 10.5f without managing to win.
He is a 4yo son of Japanese sire Great Journey whose most famous offspring would be the classy Willie Mullins trained Max Dynamite. He is out of a dam called Lyric Melody who was a 4 time hurdle winner on soft ground in France at 18f, including a listed race. It is a very interesting pedigree and it would be no surprise to see further improvement from Mister Dick tomorrow.
Patrick Cowley takes the ride and, very interestingly, he is 2/5 for the owner and +11.50 for a £1 stake. The owner is 1/3 at Warwick and it seems that when they do get winners they are usually at rewarding prices. Now it will be hard for this fella to win today as the two market leaders set a fairly high standard to aim at. However, I think he has every chance of getting 3rd, and if there are any mistakes from the front 2 he should be in position to capitalise.
Cowley takes off a handy 7lb so he will be getting a stone from the Henderson trained favourite, while he will also be carrying 7lb less than the King filly. He showed he handled the track here last time and he has been given plenty of time to get over those exertions. Once all 8 runners go to post he looks worth a small interest each way in what could potentially be a very interesting race.
STEVOS' SELECTION: 1.50 WARWICK-MISTER DICK E/W 33/1
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