Haydock Placepot picks: Paul Kealy closes the card with two bankers

Haydock is the selected Placepot meeting and looks the one to beat in the opening nursery (1.40).

He showed improved form for a bit of cut here last time when fourth at 66-1 and an opening mark of 73 looks reasonable.

Outsider is added as he'd run a couple of nice races before being outclassed in a big sales event last time. His sire won two Group 1s on soft or heavy ground, so he might improve for it.

Only four go in the next (2.15), but unless the newcomer is any good, it should be between and , so both go in.

Well-handicapped mudlover is the fancy for the next (2.50), but he's an outsider, so I'll add , who won a novice on this card last season and ran well last time.

None of the three to have run in the fourth leg (3.25) has shown that much, so newcomer is the starting point. goes in as back-up.

In the next (4.00), has yet to encounter proper soft ground, but the son of Frankel shaped as though he'd appreciate it at Goodwood two starts ago, and this is weaker than the two handicaps he has run in.

Despite the 14 runners, I'm going to take a chance by banking on him, while in the last (4.33) should be hard to keep out of the first two back on an easy surface.

Haydock Placepot perm

1.40
4 Golden Bullet
7 Espirito

2.15
1 Diamond Vega
3 Tephi

2.50
7 Punchbowl Flyer
12 Sky Blue Pink

3.25
3 Roost
4 Saxon King

4.00
5 Al Mubhir

4.33
1 Zebra Star

2x2x2x2x1x1 = 16 lines

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