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Alan Kelly's Tips - Tuesday, 15 September
We head to the meetings at Yarmouth and Uttoxeter for Tuesday’s horse racing selections, the going for the Flat card currently described as good to soft, while ground on the firm side of good is expected for the jumps fixture.
3:00pm Uttoxeter - Ice Jet
Dan Skelton has three runners on the Uttoxeter card and it would be no surprise to see the champion trainer land the treble, starting with the ex Henry De Bromhead-trained Time In A Bottle in the maiden hurdle at 2:30pm. The six-year-old mare was rated 102 when last seen over hurdles prior to a spell point-to-pointing. However, from a betting perspective, I prefer the chances of the other two Skelton contenders, ICE JET in this Arc Summer Chase Series Qualifier and time interval in the 6th race.
After winning handicap hurdles at Hereford, Huntingdon and Worcester within the space of 10 days back in May, Ice Jet made his debut over fences in a couple of races on this course, the first when failing by a short head to catch Donald McCain’s Jiair Madrik over an extra half a mile back in July.
Going well, just off the pace, when the race was stopped due to a fatality on the course just over two weeks later, Harry Skelton’s mount had to settle for the runner-up spot once again when headed 2 out by winner Gore Point in a four-horse affair at Newton Abbot on his most recent start last month.
A mistake when in the lead 3 out didn’t help the chances of the grey son of Phoenix Of Spain, who is expected to finally open his account over the bigger obstacles at the main expense of James Owen’s chasing debutante Dream Diamond and Supreme George, one of two runners for the Donald McCain stable.
Recommendation: Ice Jet - 4/5 with Sky Bet
3:47pm Yarmouth - Javelot (Nap)
Hugo Palmer’s Regal Tiger came within half a length of winning on his handicap debut at Windsor two months ago, beaten by a horse who followed-up on that course three weeks later and should be winning soon, a remark which also applies to Brian Meehan’s King Of Montenegro.
Ralph Beckett’s Wolverhampton winner Indian Land failed to give his running at Kempton next time but has since been gelding and comes into the reckoning for this 7f nursery, as does Dean Ivory’s Lilywhite Hart, who has been running better than form figures of 9-5-5-6 would suggest.
However, off an opening handicap mark of just 72, I think the Marco Botti-trained JAVELOT (Nap) may have been let in lightly on the son of Harry Angel’s third career start and following a victory on Wolverhampton’s all-weather track last month. Backed into even money for that 7f novice contest, Silvestre De Sousa’s mount was always holding main market rivals Peaberry and L B Double U for a cosy neck success.
The runner-up has since gone on to finish a close second at Kempton behind a well-regarded debutante (went off 5/4 favourite) of Peter Chapple-Hyam’s and is now rated 76. I would expect Javelot to achieve a mark of at least 80 before the end of the season.
Recommendation: Javelot (Nap) - 7/4 with bet365
This is Alan's Nap of the Day selection - see how it stacks up against Charlie McCann's pick too.
4:30pm Uttoxeter - Time Interval
For a horse who has yet to finish any better than 5th on his last 8 starts, it requires a leap of faith to suggest the eight-year-old gelding TIME INTERVAL for this modest Class 5 handicap hurdle. However, the son of Adaay has left the David Dennis stable for that of champion trainer Dan Skelton, who has an excellent record of rekindling the enthusiasm of horses with previous form, but for one reason or another have lost their way recently.
Time Interval won handicaps at Stratford and Warwick last May before recording placed efforts over today’s course and distance during the summer off marks of 113 and 115. Now rated just 96, and following a wind op earlier in the year, if Skelton can get the selection back to anything like his best, this 2m contest looks there for the taking. The betting is sure to prove a significant guide to the expectations of connections.
Despite disappointing when favourite at Cartmel two weeks ago, Nick Scholfield’s Mi Sueno is the other one to consider based on his three previous efforts for the stable, including wins at Newton Abbot and Stratford.
Recommendation: Time Interval - 9/4 with Paddy Power
* 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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