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Analysis & Selections by
.i.l. .r.o.o.k.
Whether it be
"the
race of the day" or a small prize round the gaffs, we will attempt to use our knowledge of the formbook to highlight the fancied horses participating each day and their characteristics
and requirements. Hopefully this 'second opinion' provides you with a winner or two each day, or even reinforces your own view on a particular may even convince you to back some of those horses which we feel are the "ones to fear", or have decent eachway claims. whichever is the case, we hope the information is of use to you.
SELECTIONS - For each race, we have given you who, in our view, are the likeliest winners;
(1er CHOICE), as well as
the next best runners (in our view, this can include any horses who could run well at eachway
odds). Any runner from our features are shown before each race's analysis.
MERANO
Domenica 16 Giugno
Sunday, June 16th 2002
¦ 1° MERANO ¦ ¬> 15.40 - Premio Resia - Asc.All E 10.000 - Mt. 3000 - Siepi - TRIO
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¦ .i.l. .r.o.o.k. ¦:¬> Seven runners line up for this hurdles race over 3000m. You can give chances to Toni Morris [who
finished well behind Almuhtaram here over 3500m at the end of May, who'd previously won over course and distance at the beginning of that month], Italo [who beat Londrina - who reopposes here -over
course and distance at the beginning of June], Rhythm Golden [whose gone off the boil since winning at Torino in April] and Hammerklavier [a winner at the beginning of May, who ran well behind here behind Prinz Felix three weeks ago]. Italo appears to be the logical selection and gets my vote of approval.
¦ 1er CHOICE ¦:¬>Italo
¦ 2nd Choice ¦:¬> Hammerklavier
¦ 3rd Choice ¦:¬> Londrina
¦ 2° MERANO ¦ ¬> 16.10 - Premio Monguelfo - Recl.Fnt E 13.200 - Mt. 3000 - Siepi - TRIO
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¦ .i.l. .r.o.o.k. ¦:¬> Eight runners line up for the second on the card.
Several of these met here last week over course and distance. On that occasion, Monblond did best of them,
finishing ¾lngth behind the winner Shadow Kings, with Sopran Siren another
5½lengths back in third, and Sell Golden further back in sixth. I cant see those placing
being reverse, however Sound Of Sand could be dangerous if he can refind
the form that saw him finish not far behind Shadow Kings at the beginning of May
¦ 1er CHOICE ¦:¬> Monblond
¦ 2nd Choice ¦:¬> Sopran Siren
¦ 3rd Choice ¦:¬> Sound Of Sand
¦ 3° MERANO ¦ ¬> 16.40 - Premio Sergio Cumani - Disc. Gr. E 7.000 - Mt. 1600 - P. Grande - TRIO
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¦ .i.l. .r.o.o.k. ¦:¬> Eight runners line up for the third race - a mile event. Ranchipur and Blummer reoppose, having
finished second and third respectively to King Lear over course and distance three
weeks ago. Up against them are Lilleman [formerly trained by Gerald Butler,
who hasn't yet found his form in Italy], Bel Tag [A winner over 1700 Mt. on his latest start at Milano], Pino Carniglia, [the winner of his last two starts], and Monacosevenhundred [who
finished in front of Bel Tag, earlier in the year, but has gone of the boil somewhat - though there is
evidence of a revival]. This should be very closely contested however Bel Tag beat a useful tool in Stracch last time out and that sways me his way.
¦ 1er CHOICE ¦:¬>Bel Tag
¦ 2nd Choice ¦:¬>Blummer
¦ 3rd Choice ¦:¬> Monacosevenhundred
¦ 4° MERANO ¦ ¬> 17.10 - Premio Veio - Cond. Fnt E 13.000 - Mt. 3500 - Siepi - TRIO
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¦ .i.l. .r.o.o.k. ¦:¬> Eight runner line up for race four, in which Bigger [a winner here in May], Fortunio, [ who won here over 3000 Mts. last weekend], German raider Just Flash, [who won at Pisa in
February], and Waipikarau [in good form of late] make most appeal. Fortunio is a model of consistency and will be difficult to beat, however I do like the level of
form shown by Just Flash better, and this five- year-old son of Hernando is
just preferred
¦ 1er CHOICE ¦:¬> Just Flash
¦ 2nd Choice ¦:¬> Fortunio
¦ 3rd Choice ¦:¬>Bigger
¦ 5° MERANO ¦ ¬> 17.40 - Premio Palade - Asc.Gr. E 6.000 - Mt. 3500 - Cross Country - TRIO
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¦ .i.l. .r.o.o.k. ¦:¬>Konic, Melozzo, Aunt Daphne, Marco Garden and Gennargentu look best of the eleven runners who contest this cross
country race... They're all much of a muchness really, nothing really standing out the others. Konic, who won a similar event in April, is
just preferred to Melozzo, and Aunt Daphne, who are closely matched on previous meeting this season
¦ 1er CHOICE ¦:¬> Konic,
¦ 2nd Choice ¦:¬> Melozzo,
¦ 3rd Choice ¦:¬> Aunt Daphne,
¦ 6° MERANO ¦ ¬> 18.10 - Premio
XVII Ezio Vanoni Steeple Ch. - {Gr.3} Fnt E 79.530 - Mt. 3800 - TRIO
1 Alexandroff 66½kg
2 Dixon (Pol) 65kg
3 Fedian 68½kg
4 Hero's Kadrature 65kg
5 Inganno 66kg
6 Royal Nadir 66kg
7 Strong Instinct 65kg
8 Surnaturel 65kg
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¦ .i.l. .r.o.o.k. ¦:¬> The sixth on the card is the main race on
the meeting. This Grade 3 chase brings together some promising individuals ... of them I like Alexandroff, [whose won his last two starts, having been beaten by our horse to follow Negro at Milano at the
beginning of April], Dixon, [slightly disappointing on his last two starts, however is closely matched to Fedian on earlier
form this year], Fedian [unbeaten in his last three starts, most recently when beat Hero's Kadrature - who reopposes - at the beginning of June], Inganno [who
finished third to Alexandroff last time out at here three weeks ago], Royal Nadir [not beaten too far by
Inganno and Fedian on his last two starts], and Strong Instinct [winner of two of his last three starts this term]. Fedian is going to be difficult to beat, however the progressive Alexandroff is just preferred.
¦ 1er CHOICE ¦:¬> Alexandroff
¦ 2nd Choice ¦:¬> Fedian
¦ 3rd Choice ¦:¬> Royal Nadir
¦ 7° MERANO ¦ ¬> 18.40 - Premio Merano Maia - Disc. Fnt E 20.000 - Mt. 3900 - Steeple Ch. - TRIO
1 Taico 71kg
2 Sopranalbero 70kg
3 Dobromierz 69kg
4 No Surrender 69kg
5 Skyborg 68kg
6 Irish Dude 67kg
7 Beauty King 66kg
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¦ .i.l. .r.o.o.k. ¦:¬> Taico [the winner of three of his last four starts, most recently here over 3800mt. at the end of May], Sopranalbero, [who has competed in much better
company than this of late, having won at Roma in January], Dobromierz [A winner of a
decent prize at Pisa last October - whop has a bit to find with Taico who beat him here on their respective last starts], No Surrender
[coming back to form having won a decent prize her last November], Skyborg [the winner of two of his last three starts, most recently at Grossetto over 3750mt. in
April], Irish Dude, [beaten by Taico last time out] and Beauty King [the winner of three of his last four starts, most recently here over 3550mt. last
weekend] all have claims in an open looking steeplechase. Taico does appear to be on
the upgrade and is preferred
¦ 1er CHOICE ¦:¬>Taico
¦ 2nd Choice ¦:¬>Beauty King
¦ 3rd Choice ¦:¬>No Surrender
¦ 8° MERANO ¦ ¬> 19.10 - Premio Castel Fontana - Handicapgr. E 5.000 - Mt. 2200 - P. Grande - TRIO
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¦ .i.l. .r.o.o.k. ¦:¬> Seven out-of-form handicappers line up for
the "Lucky last". Having selected Bel Tag earlier on the card, it seems sensible to side with Winded here, who
didn't finish too far behind him on her last three starts ... I'm not very confident though. Despite
conceding plenty of weight here. Talo appears to be the main danger
¦ 1er CHOICE ¦:¬>Winded
¦ 2nd Choice ¦:¬>Talo
¦ 3rd Choice ¦:¬>Bel Roi
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