Perfect Monday

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The Handicap Ratings and Speed Ratings combined top three strike rate for Sunday was 81%. If a horse wasn't in the top three rated of the handicaps or the speed ratings, then it was highly likely it didn't win. You can see an explanation of the Speed Ratings HERE. They are an addition to the handicaps at no extra cost and you can subscribe HERE. There has never been a better time to join us.

All four(4) and (5) UK graded races were successful, Sunday. Three were won by the clear top rated horse, the fourth race was won by the joint 2nd top rated.

Two of Clive Cox's regular riders have gone elsewhere to ride for their respective stables (Adam Kirby goes to Goodwood to ride Pinpoint (3-10) and Phillip Robinson travels to Leicester to ride Dhushan (5-40) ) which leaves the Leicester ride on Perfect Silence (3-15) available to the regular third choice, Eddie Ahern. Ahern has an excellent record on the Cox 3-Y-O's but not on his 4-Y-O's. But that could change, Monday. Perfect Silence was on a steep upward curve last season and enters this season on a very reasonable handicap mark. She finished her races very strongly over 6f last year and goes here defending her unbeaten handicap record. The race will have been pencilled in as the ideal race to start her 2009 sprinting campaign and she will be fit to do herself justice. And if the rains arrive her chance will be more improved. That the Cox horses are running well gives extra confidence. Filligree and Doric Lady seem the obvious dangers.

Kingdom of Fife (3-55 Redcar) should provide Michael Stoute with his second Heritage handicap winner in three days. He really should have won last time at Chester and I am confident he will reverse placings with his conqueror, Cheshire Prince, for whom the post came just in time. Many have said it was a weak race that day but had the race run been run to suit, he would have won fairly comfortably. The 5lb rise for being beaten is a bit irksome, but he should have the class to win off the official 87 handicap mark.

Have a good Bank Holiday.