Daily Racing Multiple: Morgan and Moravia look Saturday winners

Daly's Duke on a fair mark for handicap debut

Back Duke Of Moravia @ 4.3100/30 in the 11:55 at Warwick

A very bright and breezy start for the first leg of today's double at 11:55, and Henry Daly can hopefully provide us with another winner this week after his Moon Hunter scored for the column recently.

Duke Of Moravia is a slow burner with two efforts at Bangor and Hereford in novice company, and a lowly mark of 100 for his debut in this sphere looks more than workable. Especially with Kim Bailey's Samatian in opposition - who is a completely beatable horse.

The pick looked slightly awkward on good ground at Hereford in November when hanging, but that may have been the quickness of the surface. It was also his first start. He then encountered soft ground at Bangor and looks ready for a step up in trip today judged on that run. Samatian is the second favourite, and he's been turned over in-play at 2.26/5, 2.35/4, and 1.511/2 and doesn't look the heartiest in the heat of battle.

Daly has three winners from 10 runners in the last two weeks at 30% and he's 9-65 in the last five seasons at Warwick.

Morgan Fairy's solid AW record a plus

Back Morgan Fairy @ 2.757/4 in the 14:40 at Lingfield

A couple of good races on the polytrack at Lingfield today, and the 0-90 has the grade but perhaps not the numbers, and Morgan Fairy is just about acceptable in terms of price at 7/4 in a small field.

She is ultra-consistent on the All-Weather, so deserves to be favourite and she's had a nice break since beaten 5L in a good Newmarket Handicap. In fact, that race in which Al Husn won looks a lot deeper than today's.

The William Haggas filly missed the break (which is never ideal at HQ) and the 1m2f looks beyond her best trip, so her coming back down to a sharp 1m will suit her better.

The 3yo has been lowered 1lb back to 86, and she performed well in one of the Kempton finals previously with a placed effort behind the Godolphin First View. The pace slowed down in that and was against her.

Morgan Fairy won in good style at Newbury during the turf season when beating a small field with a good burst of acceleration on the outside and the style of the win should lend itself to Lingfield, and I can see her sitting handy from stall five under Tom Marquand and picking up down the outside.

Haggas and Marquand combined at Lingfield have a 29% win rate together and 62% placed.

Happy New Year to everyone.