The top jockey talks DRF, Mark Walsh and his chances at Newbury on Saturday from five booked rides
Paddy Power ambassador and all-round top fella Harry Cobden is heading to Newbury on Saturday afternoon and he’s managed to bag four rides. You can find all the Newbury odds – and other ITV Racing odds at Warwick – on the Paddy Power website and app.
Otherwise, you can read Harry’s thoughts below or listen to his weekly podcast available on the Paddy Power Racing YouTube channel and From The Horse’s Mouth podcast.
Harry Cobden’s Saturday Rides
13:00 – Sober Glory (Best chance)
14:45 – Meetmebythesea
15:20 – Tutti Quanti
15:55 – Captain Bellamy (Next best)
16:30 – Trojan Tale
*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change
ON replacing Mark Walsh…
Mark’s a very sound bloke and an unbelievable rider. It was great to see him win on all of those horses at Leopardstown. He didn’t leave anything out there! He was fantastic over the whole of the Dublin Racing Festival.
I don’t get the feeling that I’m the bad guy [in replacing Walsh] and I sleep pretty well at night. It is what it is! I had a nice chat with Mark the other day about it all and he’s very sound about the whole situation.
I wish Mark the best of luck from now until the end of the season. He’s a top man and he’ll ride lots of winners for the foreseeable future. I’m just really looking forward to next season now.
Saturday rides…13:00 – Sober Glory (Best chance)
There’s lots of 1′ next to Sober Glory’s name but there’s one ‘4’, and I’m the only man to get him beat! It’s a nice enough race for him on Saturday and he’s the class horse in the race. He’s far superior to the rest on ratings so hopefully he can do the business.
Meetmebythesea has got a fair bit to find on ratings so this is a tough ask for him. He looks like he’ll handle the ground fine but I don’t know a great deal about him! He’s got plenty to do but they wouldn’t have chucked him in there for no reason. I haven’t spoken to Ben Pauling yet to put a plan together.
Lulamba obviously tops the betting and if you’re a staying on second or third and can kick on from that – then we’ve done well.
Tutti Quanti should handle the ground but the obvious question mark is the weight as it’s a lot. You don’t usually see too many topweights win these sort of races.
We know he acts well round this course and he’s a good stayer which will be needed on Saturday. Although it’s only two miles, he’ll need to stay further. He could be better than his mark of 138 and while we haven’t seen that yet, he’s relatively young and improving.
The Skelton horse Let It Rain looks very hard to beat as it looks like she’s been mapped out for this race, but Tutti Quanti is in good form and I’m looking forward to riding him.
It was sickening to lose on Captain Bellamy last time out at Newbury because we were very unlucky in that race. A few things went wrong and he was hanging left going up the home straight. He’s gone up 3lbs for that run to a mark of 121. It’s a competitive race but it’s winnable.
I’m riding Trojan Tale for Dan Horsford in the last. Dan is a nice guy and he’s new to the training ranks and he’s done well so far this season.
Trojan Tale looks like he’ll love the ground. It was pretty soft at Wincanton when he won there last month. It’s a competitive race and we obviously don’t know how good he is.
Hopefully he can do well for his relatively small yard. I’ve been booked for this ride for a fair while.
Harry Cobden’s Saturday Rides
13:00 – Sober Glory (Best chance)
14:45 – Meetmebythesea
15:20 – Tutti Quanti
15:55 – Captain Bellamy (Next best)
16:30 – Trojan Tale
*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change
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