Ones to watch

The obvious ones to watch today are Godolphin’s El Cordobes and Kalidasa, who run back-to-back in the 17:30 and 18:00 at Kempton and are worth a combined 4.8m gns.

El Cordobes is a 2m gns yearling son of Frankel and is a brother to 1m AW winner Venus Rosewater, and this looks like a very winnable starting point for him — as the runners in the race who have experience haven’t fared any better than fifth. He’s currently evens.

Kalidasa is the world’s most expensive yearling of 2023, fetching a cool 2.8m gns, and is also a son of Frankel. The 2YO’s dam So Mi Dar won over 1m-1m2f (including a 2YO G3) and is a sister to G1 winner Too Darn Hot and G2 winner Lah Ti Dar. Very hard to oppose at 6/5.

I will be taking them both on as singles at those prices, but also doubling them up and some bookies will have that double boosted I am sure. At the minute I see SkyBet has it at 7/2.

Kaleidoscope is another interesting newcomer who catches the eye on Pedigree and in a race were a debutant could be successive in the 12:30 at Lingfield. She’s a daughter of Kingman out of Group 1 winner Lightening Pearl and a half-sister to four winners. Currently priced around 15/8, while her John and Thady Gosden stablemate Sea Ice appears the biggest danger at 11/4.

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With jumps racing back it’s only right we have at least one over hurdles after backing on about the all-weather thus far, and the one that makes the most appeal for me at Ludlow is Miltiadaes in the 14:00.

The Henry Daly-trained horse is yet to shed its maiden tag but has made a stark improvement over fences, including when third at Warwick last month after a six-month break.

He tried to press two out but faded on the run-in for the finish. There’s every chance that he can come on for that run and do well again today, and 10/3 is a nice price.