ROMAN STRAIT has only won one from 18 starts (placed on 12 occasions), that win was over seven furlongs on Lingfield's Polytrack. It was over six furlongs at that venue that he caught my eye last week. As he often does, he gave the rest of the field a start and then finished very strongly in the straight. One to have on your side every time over Lingfield's seven furlongs. No entries in the near future.
On the same afternoon, at the same venue, over the same trip, the relatively unexposed LIBY'S DREAM was made favourite for her second try in a handicap, beaten a nose in her first at Kempton. She didn't do herself any favours by missing the break and she had quite a bit to do entering the straight, however she put in a powerful finish which didn't quite get her into the frame but did suggest she will be winning handicaps, possibly over a little further. She has an entry at Wolverhampton on Friday over seven furlongs.
To close that Lingfield card we had a five furlong handicap; you don't get many sharper courses and the last thing you would want, is to miss the break, which is what GO NANI GO did. However his excellent claimer, John Fahy (3), didn't panic and held on to the gelding until the final furlong. When he let the horse go he had the misfortune to run into some interference, once clear the horse finished very strongly but went down by a neck and a nose. Looks well capable of winning more handicaps but has no near at hand engagements.
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