The O’Brien colt looks too short in the betting. It was a good performance last time, but it was a group 3 and it got beat.
I’m not sure O’Brien or Gosden have anything special in this whilst a few of the 2nd tier trainers are emitting positive vibes about their runners. Dascombe says he’s excited and his is overpriced, Fellows says his is possibly the best he’s had.
The one I like is Raakib Alhawa. His first and only run was the best first run of all of these, rpr 92. It’s eye catching that they booked Atzeni for that run and that they have him today. I suspect Simcock knew he had a very good colt that day and that this race was a realistic target, and that he wanted Atzeni, who is the best jockey at this track, 26% strike rate, lsp £97.75, and multiple big race wins, possibly the best jockey/course stats around