Beverley Bullet Tips: Small Field Race Looks Tough To Solve
In a blink and you'll miss it race, Beverley is in bright lights on Saturday as the Beverley Bullet of 2024 is broadcast live on a packed day of ITV Racing. Although there are only seven runners set to take part it still looks a tough puzzle to solve, but Billy Grimshaw thinks he's found the winner...
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Each-way punters will have been cursing their luck earlier in the week as just seven were slotted in for the 2024 Beverley Bullet, meaning the much coveted dead eight for those who love to play for places was a non-starter. The market is still struggling to decide on a definite favourite and has every horse at single figures right now - exemplifying how much this is anyone's race - but it seems Commanche Falls will head the market if things stay as they are at the time of writing. Michael Dods' charge is all speed and ran with credit for third last time out at York, but with his run style being one who blasts off from the front and asks the rest to catch him if they can, I worry about the stiff finish here at Beverley.
The same can be said for the other expected pace angles in here in Emaraty Ana, who at eight is a veteran sprinter now and while still capable of showing blistering speed from the gate, rarely sustains his efforts these days. The other I'd expect to be forcing the pace is Democracy Dilemma and he is the pace horse I fear most in here for Robert Cowell. He has a slightly better draw than the other two who should be at the front which can be crucial at Beverley, and has also shown solid form of late including last time out when placing at York. He has his chance.
Staincliff is another who has traditionally been ridden prominently, and although she has been very lightly raced this campaign the form of her maiden win at Newcastle last season has worked out well and she could be the springer in here at tempting odds. She won at 1/6 in a non-event at Windsor last time out but that was just a cobweb blower and she scooted clear nicely enough - albeit from vastly inferior rivals to the ones she faces today. She was a tempter at the prices as I do think there's a chance she really blasts off and the more experienced horses can't keep up, but again I worry about the stiff finish.
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Onto the closers and hold up horses we go then and the most obvious contender is Clarendon House, who has frustrated plenty of late with his tardiness from the stalls but is undoubtedly a talented horse on his day. There is always a risk when something happens twice in racing it becomes a horse's habit, however connections seem confident his stalls mishaps have been coincidences and if he breaks alertly here, he should go close. Again, he was tempting but at the prices I didn't trust him to buck his bad start trend.
Along with Staincliff, Blue Storm is the baby of the field at three and also looks progressive for Gemma Tutty. He has not faced rivals of this calibre before, however he has done very little wrong and has proven himself tactically versatile. If I were backing him I'd hope his rider holds him up and anticipates a bit of a pace burn up, but despite his clearly progressive profile I prefer the current rank outsider to the other sextet in here.
That horse is ALBASHEER, who admittedly does need forgiving for his Steward's Cup effort this season but should be perfectly suited to the way I envisage this race being run. He actually won an Ascot handicap prior to that aforementioned Steward's Cup but in the big race finished down the field. On rewatching just him in that race it is noticeable that he is quite badly hampered coming out of the gate and with all the horses involved in the finish drawn on the other side of the track, his perceived poor showing can easily be excused. He once again fared poorly with the draw at York last time out and that race can too have a line put through it considering what we saw all Ebor Festival with draw biases.
His stamina is confirmed which will help here and will be especially handy with the stiff finish, If we take out two runs where the draw and lady luck were against Albasheer, there's no way he'd be the outsider of the field in here and at as big as 9/1 with our friends at BoyleSports, he rates the pick.
