Jim Crowley blog: ‘I think he’ll run very well’

Coral’s Jim Crowley blog sees him preview his ride at Doncaster tomorrow, as well as comments from the jockey on the Dubai World Cup, as well as who he is most excited to ride this season.

Jim Crowley blog

3.00 Doncaster – Orazio

For a five-year-old, he is very lightly raced. I’ve ridden him a few times and I think he has plenty of ability. He went off as the favourite for the Ayr Gold Cup last season, but he could only come home in 11^th place. He was drawn on the wrong side and he didn’t quite fire.

Charles Hills decided to geld him at the end of last year and I think that is going to be a massive help for him. He always seems to run well fresh. He won first time up at Newmarket last year.

The horse seems to be in good form at home and I think he will run very well. It is an open-looking contest, and there is no reason why we can’t be a big player.

Slow Start to The Season

The Flat season is underway now in Britain, but I don’t think it fully gets going until the Craven Meeting at Newmarket. From a jockey’s point of view, there are very few spare rides around at this time of the year, and we are all thinking it’s a bit slow. Once the Craven kicks in, everybody has runners, and we start to get excited.=

That said, the Lincoln is a great race. I’ve yet to win it and my wait will have to continue as Mostabshir will not run. The ground has just gone against him at Doncaster, so he was not part of the declarations for the race.

Three Rides Booked for Dubai World Cup Night