Horse racing updates from Epsom Downs Racecourse
3.15pm “DASH” HANDICAP preview
A furious charge down the fastest five-furlong strip in the world, and even on softening ground it will be over in a flash. A full field of 20 runners has been declared, but there are a couple of ways to whittle it down as the high numbers generally hold sway in races at the minimum trip, and the speedy nature of the track means that the pace tends to hold up and the closers do not get much leeway to challenge. Events unfolded along those lines in the equivalent race for three-year-olds yesterday, as Naana’s Shadow (first) and Shes Got A Brother (third) both helped to set a strong early gallop and the runner-up, Call Margot, ran out of racecourse as she launched a challenge from off the pace. Kinswoman, the favourite, and Lexington Buzz are likely to be up there from the off from stalls 17 and 10 respectively with Irish raider Eclairage, with Billy Loughnane booked to ride, in close attendance and I think the latter could be the one to back from stall 14.
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