Architect Monday Racing Tips

KING’S PAVILION (best price 10-1) is only having his third start for this stable and having been a multiple winner off higher marks in the past, this represents a good opportunity for him to run a big race with conditions very much in his favour. His reappearance outing was the only time he’s competed at this level where he looked in need of the run. He only weakened in the latter stages of a stronger race than this last-time-out and the last time he ran on soft ground he had finished fourth in a big-field at York in a class-two off a mark of 87 following a victory from that same mark in a class-three at Ascot on soft conditions. All of his best form has mainly been in class two/three events under these conditions and, being down to a career-low mark with a lot going for him and a top rider booked to do the steering, this eight-year-old rates a massive each-way player in a race that he’s more than capable of winning. 

The Clive Cox-trained MOHI (best price 7-2) has improved with each of his four starts and duly opened his account over course-and-distance when last spotted, finding plenty for pressure on the front-end to see off two horses who were rated 82. His ‘neck’ second over the same track and trip behind Hierarchy prior to winning here is the strongest form on display given the winner is now rated 100+ having gone close in the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury. This Colt by Acclamation should still have plenty more to offer and he’s strongly fancied to take some stopping under Hector Crouch in a field where quite a few of his rivals have question marks against them. 

It could also be worth forgiving FINAL ACCOUNT (best price 22-1) latest effort when failing to beat a rival in first-time cheekpieces given he’d only just missed out from a pound lower mark at Hamilton last month in a higher-grade affair. For sure, his record has been patchy of late, but he takes a big drop in grade having contested a trio of class-two’s in succession and he’s nicely treated here off a low-weight having pushed the 88-rated I’m A Gambler close on his penultimate start. He’s been handed the box seat in stall-one and I believe he has a much better chance than his odds suggest having established himself to be fully effective in better events than this for Richard Fahey. 

Infrared will take some beating, no doubt about it, but JANAAT (best price 16-1) has seemingly been overlooked in the betting and this filly by the high-class Ribchester has shaped with a good deal of promise over the minimum trip twice here in which she can provide the most resistance to the favourite for trainer David Loughnane. I’m not sure why she’s priced up so high in the betting in comparison to some of those shorter than her given her form looks rock-solid, especially her four-length second behind odds-on favourite and well-regarded Kaboo on stable debut eighteen days ago. The form certainly brings her into the reckoning here and this step up in trip looks a positive move, too. She’s exhibited so much promise in both her starts at the West Midlands venue and I am very attracted to the double-figure price generally available about her here as I’d make her much shorter than the current odds she’s been quoted with all-weather specialist Philip Prince in the saddle. 

The Charlie Hills’ trained participant, MOTAGALLY (best price 11-4) is clearly a better horse going left-handed based on the numbers but he ran a huge race to finish fourth in the Ayr Gold Cup last month and, considering he’s a pound lower in this easier race, he’s expected to go close to bagging his first win of the year under Jim Crowley. He has been set some stiff examinations during his career thus far but has held his form well since winning twice in the blinkers last year, including when giving weight and a beating to Chil Chil, who subsequently placed in a Group 1. This five-year-old by Swiss Spirit might have to make his own running if nothing else goes forward but he has loads of pace and knowing his mark looks extremely lenient on the balance of his overall form - rated as high as 103 when third over course-and-distance last year, he should be very competitive here.