Jim Crowley Saturday rides blog: 'It could be a blessing in disguise'

Jim Crowley has five rides at Haydock on Saturday (May 31, 2025), previewing them in his latest exclusive blog with Coral.

I’ve not ridden this fellow before, but he’s a very experienced handicapper who was a good winner at Pontefract last month. They keep him busy as he’s run three times since then, finishing down the field at York on his most recent one, albeit it was a decent enough run in a good race. If he can properly see out this trip, he certainly won’t lack for fitness and could have an each-way chance.

Jasour is a talented horse who has run well in Group One company, with a third in the Commonwealth Cup and sixth in the July Cup his best efforts at that level, but he’s always been a headstrong horse, so he’s dropping back to listed class here as we look to get him back to winning ways.

He’s had wind surgery over the winter, I’ve ridden him in work this spring, and he feels great, but he does need to settle much better, at Newmarket in the July Cup he pulled my arms out and still finished sixth, so the talent is there. He was due to run at Salisbury last weekend over six furlongs, but had the slightest hiccup and had to wait for this instead, but I think that could be a blessing, as a quick five furlongs could really suit him. He’s an exciting horse and I’m looking forward to this.

This filly has done most of her racing on ground with some ease in it, but she’s got enough form in the book on good ground to think this will be fine for her. She’s had a race this season to blow away the cobwebs, and while she is an outsider here and needs to take a big step forward, she’s not without some ability.