Indigo Could Outrun Odds At Nottingham

Pray For Paris looks as though she might need divine intervention to win a race judging by how she ran on debut. She was well backed the night before the race but it was a different story on the day. She drifted out to as big as 66/1 with a couple of firms in the hours before the off and she was even bigger on the exchanges when the race did get underway.

She ran accordingly and looked as green as grass. That is what happens sometimes when you take a chance on backing a horse first time out but at least Mininggold saved some face by finishing 3rd. Tim Easterby has his string in superb form and any of his runners are worth keeping an eye on at the moment.

Another trainer that is flying at the moment is Berkshire based handler Mark Usher. He had a number of horses run well last week, including Maramjuke Bay winning impressively at nice odds. He also had a horse called Bayston Hill go close at odds of 50/1, and that fella's half sister is the filly I am interested in today.

Indigo goes in the 3.00 at Nottingham, a class 4 (0-80) handicap that will be run over 8f on good to firm ground. This 3yo daughter of Medicean showed her best form as a 2yo on synthetic surfaces, her two wins coming in class 6 contests at Kempton (7f) off 59 and then at Chelmsford off 62. She signed off last season with a more than creditable effort off 69, again at Chelmsford, beaten just a length in 2nd on her first run in a class 5.

She was kept to the all weather on her seasonal return at the start of this month and she ran a lovely race off 69, this time upped to class 3 company. Considering it was her first run back of the season it was a fine effort,and she returns to turf off the same mark, with Josephine Gordon taking off a handy 5lb. She drops back down into a class 4 and this will be just her 3rd run on turf.

She was well beaten on debut at Windsor (5f good) and then her only other start on grass came on her handicap debut at Newbury (7f good to firm) off 61, when she ran a grand race to be 3rd, beaten just 2L. She has been very consistent in handicaps and she has only been out of the first three once. With her stable flying and fast ground to suit I think she looks far too big a price at 28/1 and at those sort of odds she is definitely worth chancing for small stakes each way.

STEVOS' SELECTION: 3.00 NOTTINGHAM: INDIGO E/W 28/1