Romford best bets: Torpedo drawn to sink Coral Essex Vase rivals

He has since gone on to bolt up 6 3/4 lengths at Harlow, when very quickly away, and looked an unlucky loser last week when encountering all sorts of trouble before finishing a 1 1/4 length runner-up to Roswell Roxanne.

The son of Droopys Scolari looks a stayer going places and with Roswell Romanov having a real pacy sort on his immediate outside in the shape of T2 Newlawn Peter there is a possibility of scrimmaging on the inside.

If that proves to be the case then Alfies Diamond looks nicely housed to capitalise and put his early toe to good use to turn in a handy pitch before kicking in the turbo mid-race.

Hansel can prove too Swift for rivals

T4 Swift Hansel ran a blinder when runner-up in last week’s heats and looks cracking value to go one better in the second semi-final of the Coral Essex Vase (21:06).

Anneliese Thompson’s dog ran on strongly to go down by a fast diminishing to head to the re-opposing T5 Oakfield Caesar who got a flying start.

Ceasar produced a sectional that was 3 1/2 lengths quicker than the selection, so in the circumstances it was a terrific run from Swift Hansel given it was his first run at the venue.

The son of Godsend is entitled to come on a bundler for that sighter, and being the sole middle seed he look to have a great draw between three railers and two early paced wide dogs.

He should get acres of space to operate and a clear run to the bend, and if turning handy in a good pitch Swift Hansel is going to be very hard to contain in the latter stages of the contest.

Romford best bets

20:50 T4 Alfies Diamond (NB)
21:06 T4 Swift Hansel
21:24 T5 Bubbly Torpedo (NAP)

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