Today's Irish Field nap is the Jonjo O'Neill trained Master Malt in the 4.20 Exeter. The Milan gelding has been of interest to me since he split River Maigue and Duke of Navan on his racecourse bow for Alistair Whillans. The gelding was running for his breeder Robert Robinson of Distillery Stud at the time, and the plan was clearly to use the racecourse as a means of marketing him to prospective buyers.
The ploy worked well, and it wasn't long before he was sporting the colours of J P McManus, although he failed to land the odds on his first outing for Jonjo, and has taken a little while to flourish as a hurdler. It wasn't until May that he gained his first success for new connections, with that belated success coming at Exeter. He quickly followed up at Ffos Las, but has come up shortb in four subsequent runs in handicaps. That fact doesn't tell the full story, however, and he's caught the eye on his last two starts, firstly at Kempton when his yard was struggling for winners, shaping as well as anything before weakening between the last two flights, and then when the yard's second string in a well-contested handicap at Haydock fought out by subsequent winners Closing Ceremony and Milan Bound. Given a rest since then, he appears to be on a mark he can exploit, and is capable of outclassing today's rivals.
Recommendation:
1.5pts win Master Malt @ 19/10 (BetBright - BOG)
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Malt!!!- what a teaser.
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