BEST of the BETS

Some may remember a post I put up some months ago, backing a horse called KNOWING, and the form of a race it ran it at Nottingham in May, which was won by JACKAMUNDO.

Today sees an outing for the runner-up GROUP STAGE in the opening race 1:50 at Leicester.

As a quick recap on that Nottingham race in May, there were a total of 13 runners and 7 have won subsequent races.....

1st - Jackamundo (OR 70) - WON AGAIN (off 5lbs higher)

2nd - GROUP STAGE (OR 68) ** SELECTION **

3rd - KNOWING (OR 72) - WON TWICE (same mark & 3lbs higher)

5th - El Picador (OR 72) - WON (off 2lbs lower)

6th - Patchouli (OR 75) - WON (off 4lbs lower)

7th - Silkstone (OR 72) - WON (off 2lbs higher)

9th - Amorously (OR 69) - WON 3 TIMES (off 67, 72 & 75)

12th - Dark Miracle (OR 74) - WON (off same mark)

This is a step up into C4 from C5, and looks a competitve race, for GROUP STAGE, and Alan King has not exactly been banging in the winners of late.

However GROUP STAGE has run 2nd twice on Soft ground, so going shouldn't be a concern.

The horse is in excellent hands with Megan Nicholls onboard, and her 3lb claim effectively takes the horse back down to the mark of 68 that he was on for that Nottingham race in May.

There are currently 8 runners in the race, so 3 places available, but I would be very hopeful of a win for this one today