Towcester 1.35

Towcester 1.35 2 ABBEY STREET - 1/2 point each way @ 8/1 (early 10's with WH/Sky at 8.00am)

3 miles Class 5 Handicap Hurdle on rapidly drying ground and a number who have very solid form have been on the go for quite a while.
The likes of POINT N SHOOT and PRAY FOR A RAINBOW will be real dangers here and Cosmic Diamond is solid in this Grade but I
had to "rub my eyes" when assessing the form of ABBEY STREET in the context of a 3 mile race on decent ground, a trip and Going it has
been crying out for. A couple of decent P2P runs indicate a mark of around 100 is very competitive, on that alone it gets in here off 98 with

Paddy Brennan booked. There remains no finer exponent of guiding a young horse over a long trip in my opinion.

However, there is one piece of P2P form which stands out over 3 miles on Good ground when the analysis says ABBEY STREET was a
close and unlucky loser just finishing runner up. The horse that won that race was KILBRICKEN STORM, you may have heard of it, decent
horse now with Colin Tizzard who has winning form this season off a mark of 142. Now by my calculation, that means that one that one
piece of form ABEEY STREET could be around 44 lbs well in - IF it can replicate the form on Good ground over 3 miles, conditions it
has rarely if ever had the chance to run in since. It is 8/1 generally, bit of 10/1 in places so a very solid each way punt.