Here we have a mouth watering group 1 taking place at Chantilly at 2:45 on Sunday.
Right now, no UK bookmakers have priced this up, which i find surprising, so i am using Racebets (only site to of priced it up) as a guide.
To me, this race is a match between the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Flotilla (Sky Lantern a well beaten 9th) and the exciting Silasol, group 1 winner at Longchamp last time out (in what admittedly, wasnt a really strong group 1, but a group 1 nether the less).
Let’s start with Flotilla (currently 9/5 favourite). She was put up by Pricewise as one of his best bets at the Breeders Cup, and when that happened, it left many people (me included) scratching our heads. Here we have a horse, soundly beaten by Silsaol in a group 1(4th of 9) and prior to that a 5th at group 3 level, heading to the USA for a shot at the best 2 year old fillies around. Needless to say she cruised home and put the eventual 1000 guineas winner Sky Lantern to shame in the process. She then took a 6 month break, before going straight to a decent Group 1 race at Longchamp. She was unfancied that day, much like she was for the Breeders Cup(7-1 for both, drifting if anything). She got up in the final stride to deny a monster gamble on the unbeaten Esoterique, who’d beaten Silsaol with ease in a group 1 on her previous start.
People took note to this, and now bookmakers arent being so leinant with their prices, as she’s chalked up as the 9/5 favourite, and rightly so.
When you dig into the form to see the horses Flotilla has been beating, have been putting Silasol in her place, you begin to wonder if you can make a case for Silasol, and i think you can. Two starts back for Silasol, she beat Flotilla (prior to her triumph at the Breeders Cup), and in subsequent starts, she beat most of the field who’ll be up against her on Sunday. Silasol currently stands as a 5-1 shot, which i think is fair, and, if you fancy taking the favourite on, i don’t think anyone in their right mind could attempt to put you off. To me its a match bet, 5/6 each of two. On their day, either can beat the other one.
Esoterique is reopposing Silasol today and has to be respected, big time, as the 9/4 2nd favourite.
All in all it’s a cracking race, and i can’t really nail my colours to a single horse.
How about a Silasol, Esoterique & Flotilla combination tricast? Sounds good to me. Now to wait for the betting to open. Be sure to do your tricasts on Bet365, as they’ll guarantee you tricast dividends, whereas no one else will.
Betfair:
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Paddypower:
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Betway:
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Coral:
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Bet365:
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