Horses drawn high had a considerable advantage in the big sprint races at Haydock a year ago and I suspect it will be same again tomorrow, even though the going is much softer than 12 months ago. There could be a particular advantage for front runners if they claim the near-side rail early on and don’t go too fast in order to keep that advantageous position.
There are other complicating factors, however, for punters, notably the ground which, as of this morning was ‘soft, heavy in places’. That’s almost certain to mean there will be several non runners between now and tomorrow afternoon, with horses that prefer good ground kept for another day.
In the Group 2 Betfred Temple Stakes (tomorrow 1.50 p.m.) over five furlongs, the obvious horses to tip on this terrain are Charlie Fellowes’s Vadream, a horse with plenty of top-class form on soft and heavy going, and Adam West’s Live In The Dream, who is the top-rated horse in the race and seems to go on all ground conditions.
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