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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.
We had three winning naps out of six, the highlight being the 8/1 ante-post success of Anglers Crag in Newcastle’s Eider Chase.
- P/L for the week ending Sunday, 22 February: -£0.64
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Alan Kelly's Tips - Tuesday, 24 February
A total of only 31 horses have been declared for Leicester’s meeting on Tuesday, where the ground is described as heavy, soft in places.
In contrast, the going at Catterick is good to soft, good in places, the North Yorkshire racecourse attracting a healthy 51 runners for the six-race card.
2:00pm Catterick - Crack Ops (Nap)
While Emerald Time, Myrighthandman and Roarin’ Success have shown a little promise over hurdles, this Novices’ Championship Hurdle Series Qualifier looks to concern a couple of horses who are making their debuts over the smaller obstacles, Nick Scholfield’s Itsinthename and CRACK OPS (Nap) from the Greenall/Guerriero stable.
The former left the Twiston-Davies stable recently after going down narrowly when favourite for a Bumper on Lingfield’s all-weather surface last month, the five-year-old son of Order Of St George just held by Sean Bowen’s mount Broken Vow, the champion jockey taking over from Sam Twiston-Davies in the saddle this afternoon.
The year younger Crack Ops gets the 12lb weight-for-age allowance from Itsinthename along with boasting the better form in National Hunt Flat Races, including a Ludlow victory prior to finishing a respectable 6th of 16 in a Listed NH Flat Race at Cheltenham on New Years Day when finding himself short of room inside the last couple of furlongs.
Craig Nichol’s mount looks a decent recruit and connections have found a good starting point for the gelding’s hurdling debut in this uncompetitive maiden contest.
Recommendation: Crack Ops (Nap) - 10/3 with bet365
2:30pm Catterick - Joto
Sedgefield trainer John Dawson doesn’t have many horses in his small string but in Newbury Listed Bumper winner A Likeable Rogue has he a potential star, and has reportedly turned down some fancy offers for the grey son of Kingston Hill.
While that horse’s stablemate JOTO may only have a rating of 75, the ex Paul Collins-trained mare is fancied to take this handicap hurdle for ‘Female Professional Jockeys And Amateurs.’ The daughter of Dragon Dancer has an able partner in 3lb claimer Alice Stevens and in receipt of two stones (including allowance) from Tom Ellis’s top weight Secret Veno, can open her account on her fourth start for Dawson.
Joto was unlucky to come up against an improving horse in Micky Hammond’s Kazar Forez when third behind that subsequent Sedgefield and Catterick winner at Newcastle in December off a 3lb higher mark. Joto filled the same position at Doncaster on her most recent start last month, the winner Jamaicaine in the process of completing a hat-trick of successes, while the runner-up, Vanilla Dancer, went on to beat Joto’s fellow rival Merry Shuil over today’s course and distance two weeks ago.
Despite those two promising efforts, Joto has dropped 6lb since joining connections and is unlikely to face anything as well handicapped as those two horses on this occasion.
Recommendation: Joto - 4/1 with bet365
3:30pm Catterick - Into The Park
Philip Kirby’s Bathgate will attempt to record a hat-trick of wins over today’s course and distance following successes in January and most recently 15 days ago. The six-year-old will be running off a career-high mark of 115 however and jockey Joe Williamson will not have the 3lb claim he lost following recent victories at Catterick. There appeared to be no fluke regarding the 18/1 wide margin victory of Donald McCain’s French import Inedit d’Amour in a maiden hurdle here on New Years Day and Theo Gillard’s mount is worth noting for any market support on his handicap debut.
McCain is also responsible for top weight Geromino, although stable jockey Brian Hughes will be aboard the Patrick Neville-trained Medieval Gold, who may prove the main danger to our selection for this Class 3 handicap, the Hobbs/White-trained INTO THE PARK.
The only ride on the card for a jockey who can do little wrong at the moment in Ben Jones, the Walk In The Park gelding will appreciate today’s ground compared the heavy conditions encountered when third at Taunton 12 days ago on the horses return to hurdles after being pulled up on his chasing debut at Exeter last month.
A neck second over hurdles at Uttoxeter in October off a 2lb higher mark, one place ahead of Saturday's Ladbrokes Trophy winner Lookaway, Into The Park can record his first victory since winning races at Newbury and Taunton around this time two years ago.
Recommendation: Into The Park - 4/1 with bet365
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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