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Track, ground and Reveley’s talent point to Pepsyrock
JAMES REVELEY bids to build
on an already burgeoning
reputation by booting home
Pepsyrock (2.40) in Newbury's
Novices' Handicap Chase.
The son of Lingdale trainer,
Keith Reveley, James continues
to catch the eye with a string of
very stylish performances in
the saddle.
Pepsyrock, based in France
with Gui Macaire, has tried his
luck a couple of times on these
shores, his best effort when
finishing a decent third at
Warwick last November.
The five-year-old has since
hosed up by ten lengths on
home soil, a sparkling run
about which the handicapper on
this side of channel is unable to
make an accurate assessment.
It's not a straightforward call,
but Pepsyrock might just prove
to be one step ahead of the
game, especially with both
track and ground in his favour.
The Gallic theme is
maintained in the following
Novices' Handicap Hurdle, a
race for which French import,
Pamak d'Airy (3.15), holds
outstanding claims.
It's a hands-and-heels only
affair so don't expect the whips
to be administered, although if
Pamak d'Airy is on top form,
his jockey might well have an
armchair ride.
The Nicky Henderson-trained
selection opened his account
with a cosy victory at Sandown,
after which he's twice run
competently without actually
troubling the judge.
Second-guessing a trainer's
thinking is all part of the
circus, and it's not beyond the
realms of possibility that
Henderson has been keeping his
powder dry with this race in
mind.
Late-maturing middledistance
horses such as
Lingfield raider,Vice Consul
(4.50), are typical of his stoutlybred
sire, In The Wings.
Add into the melting pot the
fact that Vice Consul's mother
is by Rainbow Quest, and we
have a crystal-clear profile as
far as stamina reserves are
concerned.
Given Joe Fanning's mount
ran green over what was an
inadequate trip, he did a pretty
good job to nab fourth place on
his mile-and-a-quarter course
debut.
Bearing in mind the abovementioned
information, it's not
hard to envisage Vice Consul
improving sufficiently to open
his account in the Pontin's
Maiden Stakes.
As soon as Lingfield has
finished, Joe must leg it up to
Kempton, where he partners
the strongly-fancied
Viscountess (7.50) in the Maiden
Fillies' Stakes.
Like so many of her gender,
Viscountess was extremely slow
to come to hand last term, only
once making it to the
racecourse.
That said, it was an outing
full of promise, since she stayed
on to finish fourth in a sevenfurlong
Yarmouth event in
which many of the top stables
were represented.
The going was slow and since
her pedigree suggests she needs
it quick, Viscountess should be
far happier on this evening's
much faster man-made
polytrack surface
8:53am Friday 28th March 2008
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