I was quite taken by the attitude shown by Tough Talk to score over course and distance on racecourse debut.
The form of that maiden has worked out well, with both the second and third going on to win on their next outing.
The son of Kingman has been given a nice break since that debut success and I think will take the beating here.
| Date | Course | Distance | Type | Weight | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/05/22 | CUR | 6 | Gd/Y | 9-5 | 2 |
| 10/04/22 | CUR | 6 | Y | 9-7 | 1 |
Followers of The Winners Enclosure will know that I am a big Ado McGuiness fan and a massive fan of A Case Of You. I can’t look past this dual Group 1 winner.
He may be vulnerable to lesser exposed types and I would have slight concerns whether the travelling combined with competing at the top table have left their mark, but we won’t know that until shortly after 2:45 Saturday afternoon.
What we do know is that A Case Of You is a class act and on all known form, it will take a good horse to beat him.
| Date | Course | Distance | Type | Weight | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/05/22 | CUR | 6 | Gd/Y | 9-8 | 3 |
| 26/03/22 | MEY | 6 | Gd | 9-0 | 1 |
| 05/03/22 | MEY | 6 | Gd | 9-0 | 2 |
| 11/02/22 | DUN | 6 | St | 10-4 | 1 |
| 06/11/21 | DMA | 5 | Fm | 8-12 | 5 |
I’m going to take a chance on the Johnny Murtagh trained Esculenta partnered by jockey Ben Coen.
The daughter of Acclamation has yet to get her head in front, from 5 runs but hasn’t finished out of the first three on her last four starts.
I thought she ran a cracker to finish second behind Toy, who is rated 102, at Cork last time out.
If the selection can build on her latest outing or even reproduce something like that form, she has every chance of going one better from stall number 10.
| Date | Course | Distance | Type | Weight | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/06/22 | LIS | 6.5 | Y | 9-3 | 5 |
| 21/05/22 | CUR | 7 | Gd/Y | 9-0 | 9 |
| 16/04/22 | COR | 7 | Y/Sft | 9-3 | 2 |
| 27/03/22 | NAA | 8 | Y | 9-3 | 3 |
| 23/10/21 | LEO | 7 | Gd | 9-2 | 3 |
