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Despite four winning naps out of six (4/1, 9/4, 2/1 and 6/4 (10p R4) we ended the week with just a small profit of +£2.35.
This week's action heads to Town Moor for Doncaster’s St Leger meeting which gets underway on Thursday, while over in Ireland it is Champions weekend at Leopardstown (Saturday) and the Curragh (Sunday).
P/L for the week ending Sunday, 6 September: +£2.35
P/L for the year to date: +£160.25
P/L for the year 2025: +£22.38
P/L for the year 2024: +£200.42
P/L since 1st September 2022: +£660.00
Alan Kelly's Tips - Monday, 7 September
Good ground is expected for all three meetings in Britain on Monday afternoon, Windsor’s Flat card and the two jumps meetings at Perth and Newton Abbot.
3:12pm Windsor - Wopbopaloomop (Each-Way)
Several of the 15 contenders for this modest 0-65 nursery have shown enough to suggest that they could play a role in the outcome of a race which is unlikely to take much winning. Richard Hughes’ Havananother wasn’t beaten far when 4th of 6 on her handicap debut at Chepstow in July and should be competitive off today’s 2lb lower mark.
On her 7th start to date, Rod Millman’s Devon Angel came within a neck of opening her account at Chepstow 7 days ago and has fair claims of going one better over today’s extra furlong, along with stablemate Courage Best who will appreciate the drop in class after failing to make an impact in Newbury’s Super Sprint last time. The booking of champion jockey Oisin Murphy for the first time is also a positive.
However, the Richard Spence stable is going well at the moment and I like the chances of his filly WOPBOPALOOMOP (Each-Way), the mount of Saffie Osbourne. The daughter of Ubettabelieveit makes her handicap debut off a mark of 61 on her fourth career start.
Sent off the warm 7/4 favourite at Redcar on her debut in April when finishing a never-nearer 6th, after looking as if she would come on plenty for the experience, the selection performed better than the bare form of her two subsequent outings would suggest, the most recent behind a horse rated 89.
While her draw in stall 1 could be better, Wopbopaloomop may have been let in lightly on her handicap debut.
Recommendation: Wopbopaloomop (Each-Way)
4:15pm Windsor - Morris Dancer (Nap)
Switched from a Saturday evening to Windsor’s Monday afternoon card, this Group 3 Winter Hill Stakes is a rare treat for the first day of St Leger week at Doncaster. Sent off the 11/4 second favourite behind the Aidan O’Brien-trained Benvenuto Cellini in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby back in June, Owen Burrows’ Raaheeb will attempt to regain the winning thread after finishing a well beaten fourth in the Irish classic, a race dominated by Ballydoyle contenders.
The son of Sea The Stars had previously impressed when running out an easy winner of Sandown’s Classic Trial. The Shadwell-owned colt is clearly still an exciting prospect going forward, but Rossa Ryan’s mount has to concede 3lb to the Godolphin pair of Maho Bay and MORRIS DANCER (Nap).
The former didn't give his running when unsuited by the track in Lingfield’s Derby Trial, and is better judged on his impressive victory at Newmarket’s Craven meeting, when proving far too good for horses now rated 99, 100 and 106. The Dubawi colt didn’t get the best of runs when finishing a close 5th in Royal Ascot’s Hampton Court Stakes last time and we have yet to see the best of Charlie Appleby’s charge.
However, the same could be said about Morris Dancer, one of two runners for the John & Thady Gosden stable, who gets the vote despite having finished last of the 7 runners in Newmarket’s Sir Henry Cecil Stakes on his most recent start at the July meeting.
That was clearly not the same Morris Dancer who had previously stayed-on to finish 3rd of 16 in the Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot on his first start for 10 months. The Newmarket race may have come too soon for the Palace Pier colt, who has had a couple of months to recover from his exertions at headquarters.
Beaten just a short-head by the 118-rated Zavateri in Goodwood’s Vintage Stakes as a juvenile, Robert Havlin’s mount should appreciate this step-up to a mile and a quarter for the first time and is fancied to get his career back on track with a victory in this informative Group 3 contest.
Recommendation: Morris Dancer (Nap) - 11/2 with Virgin Bet
This is Alan's Nap of the Day selection - see how it stacks up against Charlie McCann's pick too.
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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A passionate follower of horse racing for over 50 years, Alan has enjoyed a 40-year career in the betting industry, 28 of which he spent running his betting shop as an owner/manager.
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