More to come from ‘lovely’ Newbury winner Reina Del Mar

THIS WEEK

THINGS are understandably quiet away from Ascot this week but I run a well treated horse at Lingfield on Thursday.

Though Lowndes Square is nothing like as good as his halfbrother Lightning Moon, he starts life in handicaps on a good mark. He’s a big horse and I hope he can win a few races.

I’m also hoping for better from the disappointing

Petalite on Wednesday at Chelmsford, where the tempo of the racing should suit her.

Last month’s Haydock winner

Molls Memory has options back there and at Pontefract and Redcar this weekend but needs plenty of rain to fall.

Canoodled could bid to improve on her Leicester second at either Haydock or Lingfield.

Cotai Bear, who has a couple of entries after being off for a long time, showed good form at two last year. While he’s not totally straightfor ward, he’s certainly got ability.

LAST WEEK

ANOTHER successful week underlined what good form the yard is in – and It could easily have been six winners for us rather than four.

Semper Augustus got the job done well at Newbury on Thursday under a patient ride from Oisin and ridden like that over a straight mile on fast ground he can win again and rise up the handicap.

Reina Del Mar is a lovely filly who’ll progress again after her win later on the same card while there’s also more to come from Tenaya Canyon – dropping back to five furlongs at Haydock brought about the hoped-for improvement and she won really well, showing a good turn of foot.

I was really impressed with Saffie Osborne on Temple Bruer at Bath as things didn’t go to plan at all in the first couple of furlongs. The horse was clearly not in love with the ground and was hitting every ridge.

However, she was very patient for such a young jockey. Plenty of riders would have forced him whereas she didn’t panic – which she could easily have done on a short-priced favourite.

She let him get organised and find his feet and Temple Bruer won well in the end.

It also felt like a couple of winners got away last week, including Paxos who was beaten just a short head in a seven-furlong handicap at York.

He doesn’t do a lot in front and Paul Mulrennan was kicking himself afterwards as he felt had he known the horse better he’d have sat on him a bit longer.

At least Paxos showed that he’s a horse who remains on the up, with more still to come.

He’ll do better when stepped up to a mile as well.

Sunset Bay was also an unlucky second at Salisbury on Sunday. She’s a filly who needs cover but you can struggle for room there and that’s what happened to her.

Oisin couldn’t get her out when he wanted to and, though she picked up really well once she was in the clear, the winner had f lown by then.