Brendan Powell: ‘He goes there with a really solid chance’

Brendan Powell previews his runners for Saturday and Sunday at Wincanton and Plumpton: “He goes there with a really solid chance”

Saturday

12:20 Wincanton – Lord Of Thunder

He’s a horse that came to us with quite a reputation, and although it took him a bit of time to find his feet, he really seems to be showing us what he’s capable of now. He really put it all together here last time, and he won with plenty in hand with some quite nice horses in behind. The ground was quite soft that day too, so although conditions look like they’ll be very testing tomorrow, I don’t see that being a major problem for him.

Kim Bailey’s horse looks to have some decent form, so he’s likely to be our main danger, but I think our lad might have improved for that win last time, so I’d say he goes there with a really solid chance.

12:55 Wincanton – Fresh Kiss

She’s having her first run for Jamie Snowden here, so I don’t know an awful lot about her, but she won four races in France on the flat, so she’s clearly got plenty of ability.

You never know how these flat horses are going to react when they go hurdling on the racecourse for the first time, so we’ll have to see how well she jumps, but it doesn’t look the strongest race in the world, so hopefully the ability she’s shown on the flat will enable her to get competitive.

15:15 Wincanton – Bumpy Johnson