Alan Morris

Alan Morris pinpoints a pair of prospects that are set to enter the stalls at Ripon this Thursday. 14:35 RIPON Quite a test on debut for some of these unraced 3yos over nearly 11f around Ripon’s undulations. Sea and Sun, Sun Lord and Picaro could be good prospects but today the street-smart course form and potential of Urchin should rule. Karl Burke has made his customary good start to the season and his Ulysses gelding has plenty of stamina in the pedigree to progress from his third over a...

Alan Morris looks back at the past weeks recent runners and pinpoints a duo you need to pay close attention to. MEHMAS ENGINE (J TATE) 3yo filly Mehmas Engine has had two promising thirds in her two runs this season after being unraced at two and can improve further as she learns on the job. She was made favourite on debut over 5f at Southwell and it was a pleasing educational introduction for a keen horse. This week’s third at Kempton was a similar positive experience, running on into a...

Alan Morris pinpoints two runners worth backing this Thursday, away from the action at Aintree. 15:07 TAUNTON The Woollacott and Newman combination do well with their crossovers from the pointing scene and Noble Blue looks to have scope to improve further over hurdles after two promising seconds recently. The 8yo gelding had won six of her seven points prior to that and a mark of 104 looks to underestimate him. Saint Polo showed his first form last time with a second at Sedgefield and steps...