BLUE SQUARE WINTER CARNIVAL
IT’S been a profitable few weeks on the all-weather for us. Diamond Vine’s victory in round four of the Blue Square Sprint Series was a third winner in the last three weeks. Luke Morris nominated his mount as his ride of the weekend and Blue Square’s other exclusive blogger, ATR’s all-weather specialist Simon Mapletoft, also selected Ron Harris’ charge.
Diamond Vine lines up in round five (Div 2) tomorrow (2.25pm) and it wouldn’t be a big surprise to see him go in again. However, he’s up 3lb for last week’s victory and that will make things more difficult for the four-year-old even from trap one.
The sponsors offer £1,000 each to the leading jockey and trainer of the Series and last year’s winning trainer David Evans is 5/4 to repeat the feat. He runs Captain Dimitrios again tomorrow, who won the second division of round one, but he’s up 8lb since that victory and I think he’ll struggle off a mark of 64.
Richard Guest’s WAABEL has appeared in all four rounds of the Series and has been a measure of consistency. He is due some luck and I think tomorrow could be the day from stall three in Div 2 at 1.55pm. William Carson takes the ride again and he is 4/7 to land the top jockey prize, having already amassed 40 points, and he certainly knows how to ride this track.
The Blue Square Winter Carnival App is available to download and the firm are once again refunding bets if your selection is beaten less than a length.
LUKE MORRIS’ RIDE OF THE WEEKEND
DIAMOND VINE 2.25PM LINGFIELD
(TOMORROW)