Jim Crowley: I hope we can end the day on a winning note

Jockey and Coral ambassador Jim Crowley discusses the chances of his five rides at Doncaster on Thursday.

Doncaster 1.50 – Heritage House

I’m at Doncaster for the opening day of the Leger meeting, and I start on Heritage House, a filly who seems to be improving with every run. She won well at Leicester last time, with the tongue tie on for the first time, and that’s kept on her again here.

She went up five pounds for that win, but a bigger question mark is the ground, as it was good to firm at Leicester, and it will be much softer here, but if she can cope with that, it’s not hard to see her having an each-way chance off bottom weight.

Doncaster 2.25 – Run Boy Run

In the big sales race I ride Run Boy Run, who has had two starts and finished second both times. The winner of his debut race has since won at Ascot, and he was beaten by a Godolphin odds-on shot second time up, so there’s some substance to his two runs.

He drops back to six furlongs here, but he seems to have plenty of pace so I can’t see that being a problem. This is a big field for a big prize, but at decent odds I can see him going well.

Doncaster 3.35 – Ching Shih

I know the family of this filly well, having rode her dam Madame Chiang to big race success, and I also rode Ching Shih to finish third in last year’s Musidora at York. Her last run was arguably her best yet, as she finished second to Arrest at Newbury, and that one is a leading fancy for Saturday’s St Leger.