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A week of two halves with winning days on Friday and Saturday keeping the loss down to a marginal -£0.64.
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Alan Kelly's Tips - Monday, 23 February
Monday's jumps action comes from Ayr and Plumpton, with both meetings expected to take place on ground described as a mixture of soft and good.
1:50pm Ayr - Visual Impact
Trainer Sandy Thomson has been among the winners recently with two winners and a head second from their last four runners (the other one started at 33/1). The stable are responsible for the lightly-weighted Rob Roy Macgregor in this Go North Red Rum Series Qualifier, and despite racing from 1lb out of the handicap, I think Patrick Wadge’s mount has every chance of opening his account over fences at the 6th attempt.
Slight preference, however, is for the Russell/Scudamore runner VISUAL IMPACT, the mount of Derek Fox. Making her chasing debut over an extended 2m 4f on this course at the beginning of November, the daughter of Westerner showed plenty of promise in finishing third of the 12 runners, after travelling like the winner for much of the race on her first start for over 6 months.
Slightly disappointing on her next two starts when the stable wasn’t in the best of form, the seven-year-old, runner-up on her final three outings over hurdles at the beginning of last year, is now racing off a mark 5lb lower than when having her first run over fences and in a race which shouldn’t take too much winning.
Of the rest, top weight Orkney Blue may have been flattered by his victory at Carlisle earlier in the month, while Ewan Whillans’ Blakey Boy is not the strongest of finishers and bled from the nose when second at Kelso on his most recent start just after Christmas.
Recommendation: Visual Impact
3:15pm Plumpton - Kitsilano (Nap)
Chris Gordon’s top weight Alto Alto has won three times over today’s course and distance, the most recent off a 2lb higher mark around this time last year. The nine-year-old can throw in plenty of disappointing performances however, as when finishing a tailed-off last of five here in November.
Andy Irvine’s Godot won here on his second outing over fences two years ago and returns to the bigger obstacles following a spell over hurdles, the gelding’s best effort coming when finishing second of 13 in a handicap at Lingfield last month. However, in receipt of weight from his 5 rivals, David Bridgewater’s KITSILANO (Nap) is expected to follow-up his comfortable Leicester victory of 11 days ago.
Rated as high as 105 when trained by John Joseph Murphy in Ireland, the son of Fame And Glory has taken his time to hit form for connections prior to having a wind op last month. The nine-year-old now races off a mark 7lb higher than when putting 8 lengths between himself and runner-up Night Jet on his most recent start.
Kitsilano’s jockey Tom Cannon is having a cracking run at the moment with 5 winners from his last 15 rides and should add yet another courtesy of his mount in this 2m 1f contest.
Recommendation: Kitsilano (Nap)
4:45pm Plumpton - My Louise
On her first run in a handicap following three comprehensive defeats over hurdles, Emma Lavelle’s Kilworth provided champion jockey Sean Bowen with yet another winner when running out a game winner at Taunton last month. Harry Cobden takes over in the saddle aboard the daughter of Order Of St George this afternoon, and off a mark only 3lb higher, the six-year-old will be fancied by many to follow-up.
Kilworth has to concede 13lb to the Lydia Richards-trained MY LOUISE however, the mount of Rex Dingle 2 from 3 in Bumpers, that one defeat coming in a Listed race at Sandown two years ago. Well beaten on her first five starts over hurdles, the Passing Glance mare had wind surgery after finishing 8th in a Chepstow handicap last April before reappearing at Newton Abbot during the summer.
In finishing third of the nine runners, My Louise was beaten only one length over the extended trip of 3m 2f. Dropping back to today’s distance of just over 2m 4f, the mare should be up to winning a race of this nature in receipt of almost a stone from her main rival.
Recommendation: My Louise
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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