Brendan Powell: “No Hubs No Hoobs has improved for a long break”

In his first exclusive blog for Coral, jockey Brendan Powell previews his five rides at Wincanton on Thursday.

Wincanton 1.25 – Milanford

A busy day for me at a track I’ve enjoyed a fair bit of luck at over the years, mainly because it is the course local to the Tizzards, and they run a lot of nice horses here.

It’s quite a sharp track rather than one with a long galloping straight, but the fences are fair, and on the whole the going tends to remain good here throughout the season, so it is a nice place to introduce a youngster, and does favour the speedier type of horse.

I start on Milanford, he’s not a horse I’ve ridden before but he won a point-to-point and has earned a rating of 120 which puts him towards the top of the weights here. It’s a competitive looking race but I hope he has an each-way chance.

Wincanton 1.55 – Sixty Dollars More

Sixty Dollars More showed a bit of promise when he was second at Fontwell last October, but he didn’t really build on that in the two starts that followed. He then didn’t finish the race at Chepstow last time, I pulled him up but that was his first run after a long break, and the way he goes at home suggests he could be competitive in a race like this.

He will have the blinkers on for the first time as well so that might eke out a little bit of improvement.

Wincanton 2.25 – No Hubs No Hoobs

No Hubs No Hoobs had his first run over fences at Leicester last season, he was a bit slow over the obstacles that day but then jumped much slicker at Lingfield last time when he finished second.