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  October 2, 2013 /0 Comments/in Free Racing Tips, Horse Racing Blog, Stat of the Day /by Chris Worrall
  SotD's recent barren spell continues, but there were signs of revival yesterday as we hit the crossbar with 5/2 (SP 9/4) shot Wakanda, who finished just four lengths behind the winning favourite who made all.
  It was only Wakanda's third race and I'd expect a good effort next time out, perhaps one to keep an eye out for?
  We're taking a short 35 mile drive North today to tackle the…
  Where I've got my eye on a 4-year-old filly, running for the first time in 101 weeks! Today is actually only the fourth career appearance for Fanoos, who was formerly with John Gosden, but now makes her debut for William Haggas.
  Now, we know that Fanoos hasn't run for almost two years, but when last seen she ran well enough to finish second at Leicester in a race that has produced several winners, notably including Aubretia who now 3/5 in Class 4 races since that Leicester maiden.
  Fanoos is currently third favourite at 3/1 and she's far closer to the two ahead of her than she is to the next one down, so she fits the bill nicely today and if she can pick up where she left off, she stands as good a chance as any today.
  She did show signs of ability in her three runs for John Gosden back in those three maidens in 2011, where she seemed to be progressing nicely: 4th of 6, beaten by 7 lengths was followed by a 4th of 12 (3 lengths) before running to within a neck of winning last time out. Now although she's had a change of yard, she's still owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum and I'd have thought it unlikely that he'd keep a horse off the track for almost two years if he didn't think she could eventually come back and win races.
  This isn't a strong race by any stretch of the imagination and a return to past form should be enough today. The variables, of course, are that she might need the run and that she might not be the same horse as she was. The cheekpieces are being applied for this comeback run, possibly to help her focus on the task in hand.
  It is these doubts that are stopping her being shorter in the market than the 3/1 BOG with bet365 today. I'm on Fanoos at that price, whilst SkyBet go 7/2, but non-BOG, which mightn't be a bad thing actually. All of which suggests that the prudent option is to…
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