GYTO Friday Notebook Double

I have been really impressed with RACINGBREAKS RYDER the last twice and the four-timer looks on the cards now. He kept finding more to come out on top at Haydock last month and that form has been strongly franked already with the third Royal Rhyme winning easily next time out. The runner-up Acotango looks a nice enough horse for Roger Charlton so I think that is a strong piece of form going forward. He is up 6lb but with further improvement to come and the drop back to 7f unlikely to hinder him he must have leading claims once more. The penny seemed to drop for Scholarship at Newbury and he prevailed in a tight finish. He is 7lb higher here though and that does look harsh but he likely has more to come. In These Shoes won at Beverley but is up 5lb and this is a better race.

The hat-trick seeking NOVEL LEGEND gets a confident vote to come out on top again at Chester on Friday. He is bred to keep improving with age and experience and things really looked to click last time as he came through strongly from off the pace to win readily. He has a 3lb penalty but is due to go up 7lb so there shouldn’t be any excuses here. It’s Good To Laugh pulled up over hurdles at Newcastle but was back to form when fifth on the Flat at Ripon and if building on that again may well be the one to ask the most questions of the selection. Bellatrixsa was heavily backed in this race last year and duly did the business but she has been struggling over hurdles recently and doesn’t really arrive in the same form this time around. Justus won by a wide margin at Doncaster last month and might pose a greater threat.