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Alan Kelly's Tips - Tuesday, 6 October
Ground on the firm side of good is expected for all three turf cards taking place in Britain on Tuesday afternoon at Leicester, Brighton and Huntingdon.
3:41pm Huntingdon - Ikigai Star (Each-Way)
James Owen’s top weight Jet Patrol ran well off today’s mark of 97 when a close 3rd of 12 at Uttoxeter last month, despite finishing the race lame. The gelding’s two previous wins came off marks of 82 and 90, and the nine-year-old may need some help from the handicapper before returning to the winners enclosure.
Champion jockey Sean Bowen has been booked to ride the Sophie Leech-trained Warner’s Cross for the first time, the son of Leading Light previously in the care of Clare Hobson. Winner at Uttoxeter during the summer from a couple of subsequent winners, Warner’s Cross failed to follow-up off a 7lb higher mark at Worcester the following month and has gone up another 1lb since then.
Despite failing to justify favouritism when only managing to finish 7th of 9 at Worcester last month, I think it could be worth giving Charlie Longsdon’s IKIGAI STAR (Each-Way) another chance on a course where David Bass’s mount has recorded two of his three victories to date, the most recent off a mark of 101 last May.
On his first start for five months, Ikigai Star almost certainly needed the run when finishing third over today’s course and distance back in March off a 10lb higher mark. Now running off a career-low rating of 88, the Sea The Stars gelding certainly has the ability to win a race of this nature if in the right mood.
Recommendation: Ikigai Star (Each-Way) - 13/2 with bet365 (2 places)
4:16pm Huntingdon - Mavis Pike
The seven-year-old mare Mavis Pike’s chasing career has hardly got off to the start that the training partnership of Nigel and Willie Twiston-Davies would have liked, the daughter of Pether’s Moon beaten some 30 lengths on her debut over fences at Uttoxeter 12 months ago before failing to complete the course on her other two chasing starts at Fakenham and Warwick.
On the former occasion, MAVIS PIKE approached the final fence a couple of lengths behind eventual winner Fancy Stuff, only to fall after making her only real mistake of the race. At Warwick the following month, Sam Twiston-Davies’ mount got no further than the first fence when unseating after being hampered.
A dual winner over hurdles off marks of 95 and 100, Mavis Pike has always looked a chaser in the making, and with the stable in cracking form at the moment (7 from 12 during the last 14 days as I write), connections look to have found an ideal opportunity for the mare to open her account at the chasing game.
Of the selection’s four modest rivals, Jamie Snowden's lightly-raced Datsalrightcharlie is the other one to consider on just his second run over fences, Gavin Sheehan’s mount a winner over hurdles on this course last March.
Recommendation: Mavis Pike - 9/2 with bet365
5:08pm Brighton - Diomed Spirit (Nap)
Bottom weight Roman Spring has a good record at Brighton with three of the gelding’s four victories on turf taking place on the course, the most recent coming last Monday, Kieran O’Neill’s mount now on a hat-trick following a win at Windsor three weeks earlier.
The six-year-old is expected to make another bold effort from the front under a 5lb penalty, but still in receipt of plenty of weight from his 8 rivals. However, I prefer the chances of Chris Gordon’s DIOMED SPIRIT, who has been in cracking form since leaving the Stuart Williams stable during the summer.
The nose defeat at the hands of Ian Williams’ Giant in August’s Brighton Summer Sprint Series Final prevented Charles Bishop’s mount from landing a hat-trick of wins at Brighton for connections over the last couple of months. Now raised to a turf mark of 62, Diomed Spirit is still 13lb lower compared to the gelding’s all-weather rating of 75.
Ed Dunlop’s Zoustar Dreams, with jockey Saffie Osborne taking over in the saddle for the first time, is the other one to consider following the fillies’ creditable effort when finishing third at Sandown last month.
Recommendation: Diomed Spirit (Nap) - 5/2 with bet365
This is Alan's Nap of the Day selection - see how it stacks up against Charlie McCann's pick.
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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