JULIETTE'S WEEKLY FROLIC
Glencaraig Lady's five-length victory at Ascot, resulting in my second profits, my initial £100 has now become £113 to take on to Boxing Day at Kempton Park, where the festive point-to-point atmosphere will be highlighted by the £5,000 King George vr Steeplechase. Long a classic among.'chases, the highly selected half-dozen 'probables' should make it the race of the season. A diffi- cult choice and so a ruthless process of eli- mination. Into View has never raced the dist- ance, The Dikler's tendency to jump to the left will not stand him in good stead at right- handed Kempton, and National hero, Gay Trip, finished well down the field in the Benson & Hedges, which discounting The Laird, leaves Titus Oates and Spanish Steps.
I can find no convincing reason why the former shouldn't succeed, but it is rare for a horse to win two years in succession and I have a strong bias in favour of the latter. Having fallen, through no fault of his own, when my first tip in the Hennessy, he gamely finished the course a rideiless second. That day he was giving weight all round. On Saturday he will, for once, be on a level with all his illustrious rivals, excepting The Dikler and I gladly risk another fiver on him. Fol- lowing his Saturday victory, Inishmaan could capture the richly endowed Irish Sweeps Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Christmas Monday. So try £1 each way Inishmaan, with £5 to win on Spanish Steps.
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