In the Connaught Access Flooring
Abernant Stakes (3.30) at Newmarket on Thursday, it’s difficult to
get away from Music Master, who returns from an absence of 222
days, but has won on his reappearance for the last two seasons
running and is officially the highest-rated horse in the race. The
son of high-class sprinter Piccolo won the Hackwood Stakes at Newbury
last July, but also ran creditably in defeat in the Diamond Jubilee
Stakes at Ascot, on good to firm going, and the Sprint Cup at
Haydock, so could, conceivably, prove a cut above this opposition.
His nearest market rival, Astaire, has
5¾ lengths to find on their running in the Sprint Cup and is just
2lb better off at the weights. Kevin Ryan’s 4-year-old made a
promising reappearance in the Cammidge Trophy at Doncaster, but
didn’t find as much off the bridle as seemed likely at one stage
and it may be asking too much for him to reverse the form. Music
Master is fairly lightly raced for a 5-year-old and, on balance,
looks fair value at 5/2 in the early price lists to make a winning
start to the campaign.
Selection: Newmarket 3.30 Music
Master to win
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