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Alan Kelly's Tips - Wednesday, 15 July
We head to the meetings at Catterick on the Flat and Uttoxeter over jumps for Wednesday's selections.
2:10pm Catterick - Made All
This AJA Novice Flat Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (For Riders With 3 Wins Or Fewer At Start Of Season) can go to Sam England's top weight MADE ALL, a standing dish in this type of race at the North Yorkshire racecourse.
The five-year-old's form on the course reads 1-1-4 (beaten a length) -2-3-3, and the mount of Miss Natasha Cookson goes particularly well for an inexperienced rider. A creditable third over hurdles at Market Rasen on his most recent start, the Lope De Vega gelding should be more than capable of conceding the weight to five inferior rivals.
The Jennie Candlish-trained He's Our Cracker will be having just his 4th start on turf, and this Chelmsford winner of earlier in the year can give the selection most to do.
Recommendation: Made All
3:40pm Catterick - Two Commanders
This will be the 120th career start for David O'Meara's top weight Aberama Gold, the nine-year-old's greatest achievement coming with a victory in Goodwood's Coral Stewards' Cup three years ago off a mark of 95. Now rated a mere 77, and with his best days behind him, Daniel Tudhope's mount is always going to be vulnerable to a less exposed rival, a remark which also applies to the likes of Archduke Ferdinand, The Good Biscuit, Quercus and Dream Deal, who have a total of 162 runs behind them.
Of the three most lightly-raced contenders for this 6f sprint handicap, the most interesting is TWO COMMANDERS from the bang-in-form stable of Ed Bethell, so unlucky with the 4th place finish of Danger Bay in Saturday's valuable John Smith's Cup at York.
The three-year-old son of Mohaather makes his handicap debut today off an opening mark of 78 following three runs in novice company, including a win over today's course and distance last month. On his most recent start 11 days ago, Connor Beasley's mount, while proving no match for Roger Varian's promising New Bay colt Anyasi, finished well clear of the rest of the field.
Following that success, Anyasi has been given a mark of 90, which makes Two Commanders' rating of 78 look very attractive. With a potentially decent draw in stall 1, this looks a good opportunity for the selection to open his account in handicap company.
Recommendation: Two Commanders
4:18pm Uttoxeter - Le Gentleman (Nap)
After opening his account over fences with a comfortable win at Southwell on 1st April, Olly Murphy's Ukantango is best watched at the moment following a couple of disappointing efforts, especially at Worcester last time, when Sean Bowen's mount finished a distant last of the 9 runners.
Billy Aprahamian's Pep Talking is an ultra-consistent chaser with 7 wins from 19 starts over fences. Gavin Sheehan's mount now runs off a career-high mark of 114, however, and may be in the grip of the handicapper, a remark which may also apply to Alan King's top weight Theonlywayiswessex, who has gone up 8lb to a mark of 115 for his comfortable victory at Warwick last month.
Following two runs over fences for Patrice Quinton in France, the Pour Moi gelding LE GENTLEMAN (Nap) joined the Greenall/Guerriero stable earlier in the year, the unexposed five-year-old running out a comfortable winner at Bangor-On-Dee on his third start for connections.
Jack Tudor's mount looked sure to follow up on that course towards the end of last month, when taking up the running approaching the final fence, only to make a mistake, after which Le Gentleman just failed to withstand the sustained challenge of main market rival Country Park from the O'Neill stable.
I'm sure there is a lot more to come from the selection, who has the potential to prove himself better than today's mark of 112.
Recommendation: Le Gentleman (Nap)
Ante-Post: Coral Golden Mile (Goodwood, 31 July) - Tribal Chief (Each-Way)
Having selected the David Menuisier-trained Tribal Chief for Saturday's valuable Coral Challenge at Sandown, the race was pretty much over for Saffie Osborne's mount as the stalls opened, the five-year-old losing in the region of 8 lengths to his rivals in a race where it was almost impossible to win from such a position.
A fast finishing sixth, beaten three lengths, the son of Sioux Nation nevertheless ran a cracking trial for Goodwood's Coral Golden Mile later this month. Currently standing at number 46 for the £175k handicap on the Friday of the five-day festival, and with a maximum field of 20, the five-year-old will need a few to come out in order to make the cut.
Sixth in last year's race off a 2lb lower mark when beaten three lengths after being slowly away once again as a strongly-fancied 11/2 chance, TRIBAL CHIEF (Each-Way) will need to get his act together as the stalls open on the Sussex Downs, but following excellent efforts in both the Lincoln and Victoria Cup this season, the ante-post selection has a big handicap within him at some point.
Recommendation: Tribal Chief (Each-Way) - 16/1 with Betfred & Paddy Power (¼ odds, 1-2-3-4)
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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