Weak Looking Maiden For Modem

It has been pretty quiet for the yard in recent weeks, with no runner in a fortnight as most of the Flat string are now on their winter holidays, while those that are racing on the AW through the winter are still a few weeks off a run. However, we could certainly do with a winner and it looks as if Modem has a good chance at Lingfield tomorrow.

The Motivator gelding was green on debut but showed plenty of promise when finishing third in very heavy ground at Ffos Las. He was slow to stride before making an impressive mid-race move, he looked the winner approaching the final furlong before getting tired in the ground. He improved on that effort when fifth in a much more competitive maiden at Windsor on his second start, staying on nicely at the finish. Thursday's maiden at Lingfield looks much weaker, he probably has the best form on offer already and he remains open to improvement. The potential 'fly in the ointment' is the Luca Cumani trained Bouclier, owned by the Wildenstein's and this Zamindar colt is a half brother to Beauty Pagent (RPR119) and Barocci (RPR110). While the Cumani horses normally improve for the outing, he did have a similar type win at Kempton on Tuesday evening.

Blunos returns to Wolverhampton after disappointing on his handicap debut there five weeks ago. The track was riding extremely deep on that occasion and the has tightened up since then. He ran well on his third start at Windsor and a repeat of that could see him go close in what looks a weak looking Class 6 Nursery.