two bets for today, michelangelo and libranno ew, think he's sure to be in the frame. after thinking about the race a bit more this morning, hughes could ride a canny race from the front here and a muddling pace would be a negative for chachamaidee, who ideally wants a big field, strong gallop and a bit of cover like in last years oak tree, was 17/18 runners and a strong gallop, bit of cover and behind the front few travelling comfortably. libranno has course form, wants this ground, distance is ideal, hannon always targets this meeting, hughes rides this course as well as anyone, only slight doubt is the horse's turn of foot not being great, but is hard to get past once he gets his head down.
michelangelo looks a typical gosden improver and one of a strong team he could have for doncaster. he has a bit to find on the form book, but can only beat what you are against as he has in his past two runs. dropping down in trip lto wouldnt be ideal, so this will be much more up his street. gosden and buick have obviously been in tremendous form for a while now. think noble mission could be the sort that will run lots of stormers in defeat, and if there is a strong pace he may be found wanting close to home. michelangelo definitely has the scope to reverse placings from their last meeting. girolomo very interesting german trained horse, with german raiders fairing well over here this year. the form has been upheld of his place in their derby, but how much the form from germany is worth is open to question, with danedream being an obvious exception. he's also the pricewise pick so will predictably have lost most of his value.