Catch the Pigeon...... (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Catch the Pigeon......

11:09am Saturday 29th September 2007 in

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<p>THE JUMPS season starts in earnest with a fine card at Market Rasen and in these early skirmishes it may be to stick with the already battle-hardened PIGEON ISLAND .</p>
<p>Nigel Twiston-Davies has a great record at the track with his runners and the selection was hardly off the bit to score last time out (3.45).</p>
<p>It will take sopmething special to peg him back.</p>
<p>On the flat Ascot has some great racing, but with the ground turning sticky it some of the showpiece events look a bit trappy, though it's hard ot imagine Frankie Dettori, who rode all the winner on the card here 10 years ago - will go away empty-handed.</p>
<p>EMMROOZ can oblige in the Royal Lodge and the Gary Middlebrook-owned DOCOFTHEBAY must go close later on the card.</p>
<p>It may be worth waiting for RAJEH, whose third ot Galatic Star at York makes good reading with the winner and runner-up Dunaskin both franking the form since. The handicapper has taken a lenient view of that very goo third by not raising him in the weights..</p>
<p>ROCK N ROLLER is a likely improver - his trainer has mentioned he might be a Cup horse next season - and he should go well at Haydock (2.25).</p>