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Haggas has a good record here at Haydock, going to 25% over the last 5 seasons. He usually knows what it takes to win these sorts of races and could have a decent one here. Wathnan Tatts bought back in 2023 for 410k GNS. Has clearly taken some time to piece things together, being gelded before even running and still running very green to finish 7th on debut. Followed that up with a decent 0.5L 2nd here at Haydock after being bumped. The winner since ran a decent 4L 6th in a Class 2 Handicap at Doncaster, where he sat prominent and paid the price late along with others who were up front. Finally got his nose in front with a 2.5L win at Hamilton as the 1/7f. Did that very easily and kept on as if the step up in trip would suit. Bound to come on from that, and his style of coming from behind will suit perfectly here, where the bias against front runners is so strong. A few who like to make the pace here, and a collapse would suit perfectly. Clearly an improver and could prove better than this level in time.
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Certainly not the strongest race. I do like the Haggas horse Supermodel and would have thought she'd have run a big race in the Sandringham. Surprised they run her here instead of holding out for another nice fillies' handicap, but I would give her a miss here. Been fairly impressive the last twice in class 2 novices, the first of which has had the 3rd win since. The second of which looked a decent race on paper and Colin Keane spoke very highly post-race.
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7/12 winning favorites, 10/12 top 3 in the betting. 3/12 ran in the Prince of Wales at Ascot. 11/12 rated 118+, 8/12 had won a G1 previously. Could hardly have been more impressive last time out when easily winning the Prince of Wales from solid Group 1 horse Anmaat 2 lengths back in 2nd. Haven't been overly impressed by the classic generation less Field Of Gold and maybe Henri Matisse, so whilst all are open to improvement, I'd rather stick with the facts here. We all know Aiden is capable of getting them ready for the big day; however, this almost feels an afterthought for Delacroix here, and having yet to win a G1 can be passed over. Simply don't think Camille Pissaro will be good enough regardless. Ruling Court at 12s would probably be a great bet if 3 places were on offer; however, I don't see any reason to back to win, especially with Buick riding the favorite. The French horse is interesting; however, it has no form on better than Good to Soft, so it would be taking a complete guess as to handling the Good (Good to Firm in places) here.