MUMBAI SELECTIONS  10/03/2019.

Race 1:   In this mile race of class 3 open class, there are two horses of 4yo Western Front (3) & Pablo(5). The former has had two consecutive victories in B class (3^rd career start) and in class 4 and poised for hat-trick a la Flaming Martini. The latter has had his maiden victory in Pune in his 3^rd career start and thereafter twice 3^rd in class 3 one second 2^nd place in class 4. In this class horse rated 46 & below very rarely wins and as such my vote goes to Western Front(3) to carry the day. Sparingly raced Khartoum (1) though is a year older can upset having won this class at a rating of 47. I have noticed earlier that horses rated 49 & below win class 3 their next win is also in class 3.

Race 2:   I have seen that horse rated below the rating of 80 being accepted to run this class under eligible to run clause they have gone on to win this class. Lord Of The Sea and Bateleur are recent instances this happened. On this score I am expecting Eyes For You(5) to score here in spite of lot of negatives; coming down in distance from 2400m to 1400m; just one career win so far; has failed as a favourite in class 4 and 18.5 lengths behind winner in her last start. Grand Accord (4) is my next choice.

Race 3: In this class 2 race I am fancying Iron Age coming back from Sprinters trial race, to repeat in this same class. The course and distance record holder Ruffina is the only runner who is better than him by 3 ¼ lengths. He should not lose in spite of stiff handicap.

Race 4:  After failing to make an impression in Bangalore Derby, where he was ambitiously campaigned, this half brother to Jacqueline, Kennedy(1) should not face any difficulty in annexing this trophy race.

Race 5:  Caprisca winner of Pune Oaks was fancied to win Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Trophy Last December. However he was found to have broken his blood vessel and allowed Vulcan with whom he is competing today to finish ahead. Hopefully he has recovered well and subject to his blood vessels holding, he stands tall and is set to win this race.

Race 6:  Working decently in the morning tracks Tristar (13) is expected to score over Belenus (8), Track Star (6) and Athulya (7).

Race 7:   Red Carnation (8) & She Is A Spy both finished 3^rd in their last start may be the most favoured runners in this race. But they got themselves exposed in their last run with the former bred for longer and the latter failed with the same rider earlier may find themselves failing to touch the winning post first.  But Ebony(5) who also finished 3^rd  in her last start and has better finishing time to both the above runners may pul this race off to give the owners three wins in the day.

Good Luck.