The Jef­fery Ross Rac­ing Spe­cial

Three all-weath­er fix­tures of­fer plen­ty of op­por­tu­ni­ties, among them, Jazz Age in the Maid­en Stakes over an ex­tend­ed mile of Wolver­hamp­ton poly­track. Jazz Age will be rid­den by sev­en-pounds ap­pren­tice, Jonathan Hinch! Who is he? Haven't come across him be­fore but you can bet he'll be pro­fi­cient. If ex-jock­ey, Je­re­my Glover, sees fit to book him. I will. Once-raced, Jazz Age was a promis­ing fourth, in a sim­i­lar race, at Bath last month, when trained by John Gos­den. Co­in­ci­den­tal­ly or iron­i­cal­ly, 'Big John' runs a cou­ple of new­com­ers, Sen­ate and Ric­coche.

Through the fog and mist, Jazz Age stands out like a bea­con on my time-hand­i­cap and is def­i­nite­ly worth back­ing and fol­low­ing. I'm look­ing for­ward to this race and watch­ing young Hinch! Ear­li­er, cham­pi­on jock­ey, Ryan Moore will be fan­cy­ing his chance on Richard Han­non-trained, Zubo­va in the Maid­en Stakes over five fur­longs at Ling­field. Zubo­va hasn't been out for 110 days. Fit­ness, ap­par­ent­ly, isn't at is­sue. Han­non has al­lowed time for this well-bred fil­ly to ma­ture and re­ports sug­gest she's ready, to win! So is Lord Of The Dance, mount of Hay­ley Turn­er, in the Kemp­ton Hand­i­cap over a mile.

No cert, by any means but an out­stand­ing each-way bet, judged on his re­cent third in a sim­i­lar race at Wolves. Al­so, at this meet­ing, don't miss Hill Of Miller in the Maid­en Auc­tion Stakes over six fur­longs, if train­er Rae Guest doesn't opt for an al­ter­na­tive Wolver­hamp­ton en­gage­ment. Weath­er re­ports sug­gest dev­as­ta­tion for the jump­ing cards but with our ex­tra arm on www.1de­greeon­line.co.uk there willl be a full ser­vice, se­lec­tions and a lot more.

SE­LEC­TIONS

RACE 16 (#9) ZUBO­VA (nap)

RACE 48 (#5) HILL OF MILLER

RACE 54 (#4) JAZZ AGE (e.w.)

RACE 59 (#11) LORD OF THE DANCE (e.w.)