DAQMAN on Friday

Friday 28 November After a low-key start to the week, Daqman came back with three winning bets yesterday, posting a warning for another big weekend. He had been hitting four winners and more a day to achieve his recent century breaks of 100 wins in 27 days and then in 24 days. He told you earlier in the week that Richard Johnson would switch to Monkerhostin in Saturday’s Hennessy and to take the 32.0 on Betdaq about Royal County Star, now down to 11-1 with one bookmaker. Yesterday’s advice included: CAROLE’S LEGACY (won 11-4): oppose winning novices with penalties; previous penalized favourites of this race were well beaten. SHAMARI (won 13-8): all the right signs at home; in at a low level and a very interesting prospect. WEDDING LIST (won 11-8): showed the benefit of her recent second when stretching on easily in a gallop on Tuesday morning. One of the best chasers in Paul Nicholls’ yard but you won’t see him at Cheltenham: back him today, and later on at Sandown and Aintree, because Kicks For Free needs two-and-a-half miles. Kicks For Free (2.40) is a ‘natural’; he’s been doing everything at home with ease and any trade better than evens today is a bonus and you can get it on Betdaq this morning as I write. Philip Hobbs’ yard also expects to collect with two good chances in the big-field hurdles: Ballydub (2.05) and Copper Bleu (3.45). The same stable’s Eden Linty beat Miko De Beauchene in last year’s Pertemps qualifier and Ballydub may have most to fear from Galient, who is in the same yard that beat him at Cheltenham with Punchestowns. But that was a cracking effort on Ballydub’s reappearance. Copper Bleu, fifth in the Aintree Champion Bumper, made his return on the same course over further and was not punished after blundering two out. China Gold is highly regarded but his future is over fences and there is a stronger word on the day for Captain Americo (3.45), who got within three lengths of Imsingingtheblues last time he was seen in public. Riverside Theatre is a vulnerable morning favourite, not only under pressure from Copper Bleu and Captain Americo but for his inability to settle over hurdles at home; that’s why he returned in a bumper, and it was a slowly run bumper at that, with the close second, Abbevillian, only third in a ‘soft’ race here yesterday, and the fourth horse eighth, beaten a long way, at Taunton. French Derby pretensions – he was second in a top trial, the Prix Noailles – and his trainer’s description (“very exciting”) suggest that Mount Helicon (1.00) is a must for your Daq Multiples. At Lingfield, Spouk (1.20), who ran up to a special horse in Shemali last time, has already scared the life out of his rivals: there has been a flood of money, forcing the filly with a 5-1 paper forecast in to 3.5 on Betdaq.  Blessing, who has had her problems and is not straightforward (a history of bleeding explains why she finds little for pressure) has weakened in the market but Special Reserve remains favourite. I’m taking him on, with his eight places from 12 runs suggesting that he is no leader: ‘not clear run,’ ‘not quicken’ and ‘never going the pace’ when put together indicate an animal that doesn’t want to win. But ‘not clear run, kept on steadily’ is an encouraging report from one of three maidens which now put Musigny (1.55) into a lowly Lingfield handicap for the first time, with Michael Hills booked: I bet to win at 9.6 on Betdaq with place insurance at 2.6. Wedding List won comfortably for us last night at Great Leighs and her win signalled how much more to stake on the same stable’s The Magic Of Rio (5.50 Kempton); the speedy filly should be in a different league to her rivals over her ideal trip and her work at home has been particularly pleasing. Wedding List had been working just in behind The Magic Of Rio, and if you had stopped last night’s race at the furlong pole before she sauntered to a comfortable win, Wedding List was a good five lengths clear. I was going to lay Tarruji (6.20) but you’ve been busy doing that already; you have opposed Dimander, too, and Rebel City now leads the Betdaq market from Choisharp. Watch out for Pepin in a handicap shortly. There’s a steep descent by Aeroplane (8.50) from Group-2 via Listed, to Class-2, and now down to a Class-3 handicap tonight, with his rating dropped from 102 to 90. Once a serious horse with Peter Chapple-Hyam, he continues to work smartly at home: morning glory or did his recent spin with Red Alert Day confirm the old ability is still there? And can Hayley Turner work her magic, where Jamie Spencer, Dane O’Neill, Joe Fanning and Alan Munro have all failed. The price is right.
TODAY'S BETS
LAY to win 10pts SPECIAL RESERVE and 5pts win SPOUK (1.20 Lingfield) BET 3pts win and 2pts place MUSIGNY (1.55 Lingfield) BET 6pts win BALLYDUB (2.05 Newbury) BANKER 10pts win KICKS FOR FREE (2.40 Newbury) LAY to win 10pts RIVERSIDE THEATRE and 3pts win on each CAPTAIN AMERICO and COPPER BLEU (3.45 Newbury) BET 8pts win THE MAGIC OF RIO (5.50 Kempton) BET 1pt win and place AEROPLANE (8.50 Kempton) DAQ MULTIPLES; Ballydub, Kicks For Free, Mount Helicon (1.00 Newbury), Spouk and The Magic Of Rio, charged to the account as 1pt win doubles.
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