This is the time of year the Aidan O’Brien yard’s juveniles hit top gear, as his progeny of champion sire Galileo begin to boss the staying two-year-olds divisions.
There’s top-class racing at Newmarket tomorrow and plenty of sons and grandsons of the late Scatt Daddy are amongst the favourites, including Beatboxer in the opener.
I don’t like backing Scatt Daddys at Newmarket as they don’t seem to perform to their best there, and that is unlikely to have been factored into the market, so Beatboxer is readily taken on.
The answer might be CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, a full brother to the recently retired warhorse Highland Reel, as well as the high-class Idaho.
That’s purple blood, and he’s available at 6/1 tomorrow at a track his family generally dominate.
The mile trip should be no issue and the only negative I can muster is the chance that this race may be a stepping stone to future targets, however that’s not enough to put me off a bet.
His pedigree suggests he’ll be bang there at the finish so an each-way bet has a very solid feel about it.
1pt each-way Cape Of Good Hope @6/1, 13:50 Newmarket, Saturday (1,2,3, 1/5)
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