Sirocco's Racing Post

Hello Friends,                         September starts with racing at Mysore,a caompact yet dull card of 7 races has been framed for the day,here are my picks for the day. 1-5 Reverberating is my pick in this opener of the day,has been in the mix earlier in its career and will be interesting to see how it fares here with change in shoes, Indian Fury who was sluggish last time out should be in the contention too. 2-5 Breaking Away who has the habit of running upfront and now with the upcoming apprentice who has shown his mettle riding those kind of horses is my pick here and if odds are favourable then is a decent chance in the second of the day. 3-4 Amazing Charm is back in the track where it registered its last win and against a horse that conquered it last time but now with Trevor in the saddle for his retainer is my first pick here, Zodiac is sparingly raced but the choice of jockey merits serious attention and shou...

Hello Friends,                         Two Graded races feature in a card of 9 races for saturday,here are my picks for the day. 1-6 Angel Girl with runs in two graded races and now with ace jockey and a decent prep is my first pick in this race,with a run benefit Aragon can be expected to run a good race too. 2-9 Phoenix Fire with respect to probable odds is an eachway chance and is my first pick in this class III affair,it has run over 1400m on seasonal debut and fared well and with that run and a claimer doing duty at the bottom of the scales should be respectd, Critics Choice is 2/2 whenever it decided to run a race and on that and appearing fresh on the scene is the obvious threat and is my second pick here. 3-3 Atalya is my first pick here for running a game race in a class IV million on Independence day and if the jockey keeps his wits should be in prime contention, Imperial Heritage is an youngster trying t...

Hello Friends,                          The Pune card consists of 9 races with The Her Majesty Trophy as the feature of the day,here are my picks for the day. 1-1 Mariska   from the stables of Pesi Shroff has been placed well in a d-2 race in a class IV affair and barring any mishap should be in the winners circle given the trainer and the breeding, Rain Dance who has been running some good/bad races in the past now has a change in jockey after the first run this season and is my second pick for this race. 2-4 Traherne who won a class III affair last time out should be respected for that effort and now with the stable jockey doing duty on promotion should be in the mix of things, Few Dollars More was in the reckoning for me with the apprentice last time out and now with Sandesh taking the reins should ideally be the one to beat. 3-6 Phenomenal Memory although isn't a graded winner like Heather who happens to b...

Hello Friends,                          The day 2 of mysore racing on its opening weekend features Srikantadatta Narasimharaajawadiyar Memorial Million along with 8 other races,here are my picks for the day. 1-12 Flying Prince is a choice more on hope that the Zero rated animal with an added allownace of another 3 kgs wil be able to do well in this field,my second pick here is El Matador who is carrying weights but has done well in the upper class in its last couple of runs and cannot be sidelined.Amongst others the obvious threat would be from John's mount. 2-1 Kir Royale although technically is not a good 6f horse (never won over the trip) has been lucky enough to run in div-2 of this class IV affair and retains the services of YSS who had earlier driven this horse to a win a season before on seasonal debut and that makes it as my first choice in this race, On Time has had an eventful last run way back at janu...

Hello Friends,                          The opening day of the Mysore Main Season consists a card of 8 races with two races open for Mysore based horses only and the rest of them have B'lore horses participating,here are my choices for the day. 1-8 Brown Beauty is a choice more on hope as there are some horses including a Mumbai discard and a got-abroad in the fray,Trevor as a change in jockey and a possible chance on improvement on second lifetime start are a couple of reasons for me to fancy Brown Beauty. 2-2 Evander E/W true that there are horses,some of them with better form in the fray but with the change in jockey and some decent trial spurts Evander looks like having a chance in this class V affair,of the others it is Saratoga Springs and Jump In The Red. 3-1 Czar Rule against Attractive Bay in my view,the former is a demotee with a strong switch in jockey,is a winner over this trip and in my view ticks quit...

Hello Friends,                         Sunday's racing at Pune consists a card of 7 races featuring The Panchshil Million a class III race over 7 furlongs. 1-3 Hope Springs E/w on the hope that this horse from a veteran trainer will show the same improvement that it is showing on the trial tracks in the field,otherwise a race better watched as the field consists of eternal back-markers who now has a decent chance at glory. Blaze The Track and Tareef are the other contenders in my view. 2-5 Nascar again a race that maybe decided in the first few seconds as 1000m races are more about positioning than anything else, Nascar failed to do that last time out and still ran a decent race against Captain Courage and now should be in prime contention once again, Harvey who has placed over 1000m trips earlier is an imminent danger. 3-4 Costa Smerlada who has finished second in as many starts finished second in The Fillies Trial Sta...

Hello Friends,                         Now what Bangalore Summer with its topsy turvy turns for me is done and dusted,we need to focus on Pune for the weekend,a compact card of 7 races has been framed with a race in memory of Jockey D.K.Ashish. Here are my views of the races to be held today. 1-4 Replica may be fancied but it is an interesting choice against the Course and Distance winner not once but twice in Sail Past who has a run benefit too this season and ofcourse Quatro who finished ahead of Replica in its last run,Replica is having a change in jockey to the infamous Kaviraj Singh who showed a spike by finishing second last week also it is maiden but has been able to hover around the ratings of 30 and thereabout and as such in a race for 5yo+ horses stands a decent enough chance to win from the other two mentioned horses. 2-4 Korol is certainly the better horse on class amongst the four possible contenders ( Korol,...

Hello Friends,                         The last day of the season and to be honest Thursday's results although were not shocking it did not certainly go my way,anyways lets see what the final day has instore for us 1-2 Fire Rainbow on account of last run against Pallas and the company it is facing now appeals, Ninion prep suggests some improvement and Wear the Hat will also be in contention thanks to the owner-trainer-jockey combo. 2-9 Campfire despite shooting its ratings when finishing second in last start has a lot of challengers to fight against here, Galino for a start and also Kings Kid... The reason is simply that it ran well last time out and for a horse like this the form could be exploited to win an elusive maiden. Granada is an obvious danger with the conditioning in upper class,also keep an eye on Active Grey who has been a performer in upper classes and now on demotion may shock a few. 3-7 Raw Gold was one ...

Hello Friends,                          Today is the first of the two extra days scheduled for BANGALORE RACES,the card has 8 races and here are my choices with a reason or two.... 1-1 New Era has been running some off the pace races in the recent past,dont know for sure if that style of running will suit it better,however on respect to the class it is running against can do better here,keep an eye on Reverberating who has run this class V race as a fav once earlier on and with conditioning in class IV should be in strong contention too,an eachway chace. 2-6 Storm racing as a debutant in the race named after the Horse owned and trained by the connections has my first preference over ofcourse Gypsy who has raced with good company but should change its tact to prevail here,of the others the front runner in last start in Siyoni gets a chance to place in what seems an open affair. 3-2 dancing princess looks good to wi...

Hello Friends,                          Wish you all a happy independence day,todays races features the Independence Million along with 8 other races,here are my picks for the day 1-1 Caielin looks all set to clear its maiden status in the opener of the day,the only fight may come from the rather well bred Hit it a Bomb who has a good sprinter down south in the family,barring low odds Caielin has the form and prep to see through this div-II maiden affair. 2-5 Fearless Nadia e/w  with a win under her belt early on this season is running on promotion and can be expected to see through this trip,the competition is from Severus who is going for a fourth straight win and ofcourse the rage in the fashionly bred Commodore who has been penalised 20 points for last start win. 3-1 Eigers Tiger should be in the contention here if for not anything the consistency and also placing second over this trip earlier, Book Thief ...

Hello Friends,                         Today's races consists of a card of 9 races with a Terms race over 2400m as the feature of the day.Here are my picks and a couple of reasons as to why I like them. 1-8 Reczai is a choice more on hope than logic,true its last but one run in the same class where it went down to Tarini after being prominent at the bend is a pointer,now with a change in jockey and equipment should be in contention against the duo of Santorini Secret and Countrys Bloom. 2-9 Flying Prince E/w is at the bottom of the scales with a decent jockey,showed some improvement last run and should be able to put itself right into contention here.An open affair nevertheless 4-5 contenders in the fray,typical class V affair of Bangalore 3-6 Serena Ballerina has an expected but interesting choice of jockey for a Maiden class race,is the best performed horse in the fray and barring a classy youngster making debut shoul...

Hello Friends,                          Looks like quite a   regular card of 8 races at the BTC for the official penultimate day of the BSM-2016 ! here are my picks and a reason or 2 for them. 1-9 Only Prince  against Just Fabulous and Bolts Colt in the opener of the day,one reason being the weights and the other being the hope that the change in equipment might bring about in my choice. 2-7 Fjord  is jumping out from gate 1 and if the Phoenix Tower progeny manages to hit the front will be in good contention and thats the hope and risk of backing a debutant,another debutant in Ark Royal  is also prepared well in the trial tracks and should be in contention. 3-5 Towering Heights against the debutant Salazaar, the reason being the former has had a run in a million at derby weekend and with that kind of a run on his back should come a lot better in this run,the latter has been prepared well by th...

Hello Friends,                         Today's racing card features the Pune Bookmakers Association Million  over a 7f trip along with 8 other races,here are my picks for the day 1-1 Jigsaw looks the better of the possible two contenders in this race the other being last start same class winer in Shadowfax ,although the latter has the weights in its favour the former being a class 1 placed horse on its last start and being a demotee appeals to me in what is a duel to open the day at Poona. 2-2 multiglory w/p because he is young,has won over the trip and was closer to the winner in both his last 2 starts,jockey change from trevor to neeraj is the lone cause of concern.Of the others Starry Brook being exposed in the higher class and Sumaaq on weights should be in clear contention. 3-5 Traherne is an adventurous sort of choice against the terms placed runner in San Martino ,as the latter is odds on and is still a non ...

Hello Friends,                          Due to paucity of time and uncertainity over the conduct of racing today today am sticking to only the short selections,a couple of bad days and eggs are thrown :) fact is I dont care about the opinion of anyone who doesn't do his own homework and rely only on blogs...... Anyways here are my picks for the day... Hopefully by tomorrow we may see a regular posting 1-3 Zabrok Win  2-4 Phenomenal Memory Place 3-5 Way Ahead Win  4-4 The Champ Win  5-1 Niobrara Win  6-7 Royal News Win  7-7 Zahrazan Win  8-11 Frosty Win  Day's Best:Frosty  Good Bets:Zabrok,Way Ahead Have a good day,gamble responsibly.

Hello Friends,                         Thursday wasnt any good,but then its time to move on and see where we stand at the end of the week,here are my choices for the day. 1-2 Shining Armour e/w dropping down in class for the first time along with placing over this very trip in its previous sojourn's are its pros,the cons include the jockey and some more experienced horses in the fray,danger should be from Veda who despite the long lay off could surprise and ofcourse the two market fancies 2-5 Interesting as the name suggests is a choice of mine due to two factors,one of them being a handicap debut with an optimal rating and two being active on the trial tracks unlike my other fancy in the race De Ville Butterfly . 3-2 Maduro against the likes of proserpine is a choice because of conditioning in two terms million of which one is a third place effort in a seemingly good company,has been penalised a couple of points for th...

Hello Friends,                          The postponed card has 7 races with the Bangalore Summer Million as the feature of the day,here are my picks with a reason or two.... 1-1 Galino looks decent enough being a demotee and also as a 3yo gelding,there are a couple of horses with good saddle support to contend with yet with age and conditioning in the upper class on its side is my personal fancy 2-4 Carolina with Suraj in the saddle and having run behind Escala who managed to win again in class III is my choice here against the consistent Shan Ben Aari, keep an eye on Gypsy has good scope to improve. 3-4 The Lieutenant won well last time out and a repeat is very much on the cards with the horse going out again over 7f with the same jockey and in the same class,there is a slighly tougher competition now and thats the odds against it.... 4-3 Sporting Pleasure won well last time out over a terms race and now with th...