Weekend Thoughts - 11th May - 13th May

Too busy to go into detail unless you follow me up on Twitter (@KeejayOV) as I’ve got more pressing (obvious) matters this week.

Racing

Ascot

2.20: Aiken (nb)

5.40: Local Hero*

Note: I’ve got no official interest in the Victoria Cup, but at a quick glance I like one on each side; King Of Jazz (3) and Nasri (21) - although Brae Hill (8) likes the the ground, which could make all the difference

Lingfield

2.10 Fallen For You w/o Fav

2.40 Vow

3.10: Shantaram

3.45: World Domination (nap)**

4.20: Emilo Largo

Haydock:

3.40 All The Aces (each/way)

*Local Hero may run in the 3.15 at Nottingham, where I think he'd have an even better chance than at Ascot, and the advice is to back him wherever he goes.

** The nap would be a 3pt win, otherwise just 1 pt as standard

Sunday Racing

Longchamp

1.30 Loi

2.40 Beauty Parlour

3.10 Dragon Pulse

Leopardstown

3.15 Alla Speranza

3.45 Light Heavy

F1

Spanish GP Practice/Qualifying –

1 pt each/way Nico Roseberg in GP3 (10/1 Bet Victor)

3 pts Sebastian Vettel to make top 3 in GP3 (7/10 Bwin)

Spanish GP – Race

3 pts Romain Grosjean Top 6 finish (10/11 Paddy Power)

1 pt Williams Double Finish (Advised at with 6/1 Paddy Power beforehand, now 23/4 with Bwin)

After Qualifying -

1 pt win, 0.5 pts each/way Jenson Button (20/1 Bet365; Subject to change according to what odds are offered for points and top 6 finishes)

3 pts Jenson Button to win Bet Victor's Group B (Must beat Mark Webber, Sergio Perez, and Kayumi Kobayshi; 6/4)

1 pt each/way Pastor Maldonado (10/1 Ladbrokes)

UPDATE: Pastor Maldonado was magnificent when coming second while Bruno Senna crashed out into 18th. Hopes are still high of a double points finish for Williams though (they've had success running a long race strategy this season), while Jenson Button can thrive for a longer race set up if overcoming his steering problems. The 20/1 about his winning is too big to ignore, along with the 6/4 about him beating Webber, Perez, and Kobayashi). As for Maldonado, given that he now has pole following Hamilton's unfortunate deduction, 10/1 looks a little big and is worth a tickle. 

Rugby

Premiership

3 pts Harlequins to win by 1-12 points (6/4 Ladbrokes)*

2 pts Leicester to win by 1-12 points (6/4 Ladbrokes) 

*Forgive me for leaving this unchanged but check through my twitter and you'll see that I recommended Quins to win by 1-12