Wichita Line Could Answer The Call At Sligo

Unfortunately, we finished York with just one short priced winner but, thankfully, on Friday we had places in three of the last four races. Dark Intention and Banditry both ran crackers to place at advised each way prices of 12/1 and 14/1. Champirisi was sent off at 20/1, but she was widely available at 40s throughout the day so I hope some of you managed to get the bigger odds. She finished 4th advised at 25/1, and I am hoping a filly at a similar price can run big for us tomorrow at Sligo.
 

Wichita Line could be well handicapped back on soft off 58.

Mick Mulvany is a trainer I have a lot of respect for and I think he has a potentially well handicapped filly in Wichita Line at Sligo tomorrow. This very well related 3yo daughter of Roderic O’Conner is a full sister to the very talented miler Sir Roderic (won off 90) and she is a half sister to 4 time winner Dew Line, another Mulvany inmate that was beaten just 0.75L in a 12f Listed race at Naas.

Wichita Line looked like she possessed none of the ability that her siblings had on debut at Naas over 6f (sft), but it was a different story on her second start when upped to a mile at the same track. This time she was trapped wide early and looked well held as the race began to develop, but inside the final furlong the penny seemed to drop and from an unpromising position she just missed out on 2nd by an ever diminishing head to House Call (beaten 2L off 74 at Killarney since).

The winner of that race, Still Standing, was just 3L ahead of the selection and he is now rated 81, while the 6th home Queen Rabab (4L behind Wichita Line) has since won off 62. Mick Mulvany's filly runs off a career low mark of 58 today at Sligo. Wichita Line has disappointed on her three outings so far this season, but she has had excuses on all three occasions.

She was entitled to need the outing on her return to action at Naas and the ground was very testing too. That was again the case when she was upped to 10f on her handicap debut off 64 over 10f at Navan on bottomless ground, and I was there that day so I can vouch for the fact that the conditions were atrocious.

She was beaten 10L off 60 last time at Dundalk, but I think the all weather surface just didn’t suit her and the drop back to a mile was not in her favour either. This will be her first run on genuinely soft ground since her standout effort at Naas, and the step up to 10F should play to her strengths. She has a great draw in stall 2, Mick Mulvany has his string in super nick and Gary Carroll rides. At odds of 25/1 I think Wichita Line has to be worth a small punt each way.

STEVOS’ SELECTION: 8.20 SLIGO-WICHITA LINE E/W @ 25/1