Hector Crouch is having a tough period in the saddle, strike rate is at 6% and he’s 14 rides without a win. With that said, he rides well here at Newmarket and his strike sits at 19% for the season here. KOALA ROSE is still winless after 4 runs, steps up in trip to 2 miles today for the first time. The standout run was at Goodwood - although only a maiden stakes, this was still a class 3 race and she ran a blinder in a proper barn burner between TREBLE NINE where she was just headed near the line. This was followed up by a second place at Newbury last month where she followed home the in form winner GREEN SKY who completed a hat trick in the process, no shame there and another creditable effort. Good price and should be fav IMO.

Won over both hurdles and fences in Britain but his standout effort came for his current yard at Killarney last month when finishing off strongly and only beaten by a nose. He’s up 3lb for that effort but should go well and can defy top-weight.

The Orioles are coming into tonight’s game 3-2 in their last 5 and the Angels are coming into this game being. 1-4 in their last 5 games.

The season long series between these 2 teams is currently 3-2 to the Orioles with each other 3 wins covering the -1.5 as they have had a better starting pitcher in terms of ERA.

Tonight’s matchup also sees a heavily favoured pitching matchup for the Orioles as Brandon Young has a 3.31 ERA with a 8-2 record across 103.1 innings pitched this season. This ERA is 4.32 better off compared to Ryan Johnson for the Angels even though he has a considerably less innings pitched but if you have an 7+ ERA in 40 or more innings pitched it’s showing you are struggling in the major leagues and may need to go back to the minor leagues to work on that.