York - 13th May

    We have four days of cracking action to savour from tomorrow with the Dante meeting followed by a good card at Newbury on Saturday. I anticipate having three or four bets and my selection tomorrow stands out like a sore thumb in the Duke of York Stakes. Muthmir burst onto the scene at this track back in July when showing a breathtaking turn of foot in winning a handicap and I backed him on the back of that for the Stewards Cup a week later. In all honesty that wasn't a good bet given the short space of time between his races and he never threatened to follow up. That turn of foot was in evidence again in September though when he overcame trouble in running to smash his field in the Portland at Doncaster. Tomorrow's race is a step up in class and it's a half decent field but I'm happy to take a chance at 11/2 that he's up to winning at this level before an inevitable foray into Group 1 company. I managed to get £40 on at that price and may top up tomorrow morning at Hills with their concession for second place as long as he's not shorter than 5/1.

Duke of York Stakes:
Muthmir £40w @ 11/2 (lost)

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