Tomorrows Castletown Stakes has become a very good late season guide to three year old form and I don't think this years contest will prove any different.
The two horses with the most potential in this years race are Prince of Wales and Aspinal.
While the likely heavy track will negate a little of their class advantage the Foxton track with it's sandy base usually plays pretty fair and as long as it doesn't get gluey these two should fight it out.
Castletowns are often won off the front when the track is reasonable but horses need to get to the outside when the rains come. Both POW and Aspinal have drawn to get off the fence and judging by the Pin's fillys wayward ways on debut this could prove a blessing.
It's a tough to call but I'll plump for POW. He has a little more street smarts than Aspinal at this stage and down the short Foxton straight there is no time for star gazing.
At the $6.50 quote for Aspinal I'm going to have something as a saver though.
My roughy is Spirit of Unicorn. He'll handle it if it gets deep and he's rock hard fit.
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Aspinal will keep
ReplyDeleteDead right. She was on the wrong leg for most part and then got in a tangle with eventual second-placegetter Oakwood on the turn and at the time I thought she was going as well as the Otto filly.
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