Jamie Spencer harbours high hopes for Master at Donnie

My best chance of the day comes in the 4.20 on Harbour Master. He’s a nice progressive horse. He won at Lingfield and then stepped up and won really well at Sandown. The step up to a mile won’t be a problem, and it was good to soft when he won last time so if a bit of rain comes I wouldn’t be disappointed. He’s a good mover so if it doesn’t rain I wouldn’t be bothered either.

I ride Can’t Change It in the 4.50. He won at Goodwood well and then didn’t like the all weather at Newcastle. In the mile race at Glorious Goodwood he never got an ounce of daylight from a bad draw and the last time he ran he had a good draw but we went forward and I’m not sure that suited him. So we will drop him in and ride a waiting race. He’s had excuses on his last two starts and the time before he hated the track so I still have faith in him. You can’t change the sort of horse that goes along and every now and then he wins his race. I thought Third Time Lucky was a bit unlucky last time and he could be the biggest danger of them all. Banksea just seems to keep on going up in the weights. He’s gone up another 5lbs for his last run too.

In the last race I’m on Felix Mendelssohn at 6.00. He ran very well last week and I think he will have tightened up for it. He got dropped a pound by the handicapper very kindly for finishing third. So he’s on 95 now and I think he’s well capable of winning off 95.

Harbour Master is probably my best chance of the day as he’s coming into his race on a roll on the back of two wins. His confidence will be sky high and looks to have a good chance. But I also think Felix Mendelssohn has a good chance. Alot of the horses against him are out of form and he’s proved he’s running into form with that third last week.

The Irish Champion Stakes is an unbelievable race. They’ve all turned up and it’s as if the Arc is being run in Ireland. It will be interesting to watch. An awful lot depends on what happens with the weather. Harzand clearly likes some juice in the ground and so does Minding. The fact that the Coral-Eclipse winner is a 16/1 chance and the Prince of Wales winner is 33/1 tells you this is one seriously strong race. Wherever I am I’ll watch it, probably on my phone on the way home.

Jamie