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Despite another excellent week with a profit of +£17.13 to a £1 level stake, we can count ourselves unfortunate due to the narrow defeats of Silver Lake (6/1) and Baldomero (10/1) on Friday and Sea Lantern’s mugging in Saturday’s Cesarewitch (advised at 6/1), all beaten a matter of inches.
P/L for the week ending Sunday, 11 October: +£17.13
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P/L for the year 2024: +£200.42
P/L since 1st September 2022: +£713.98
Alan Kelly's Tips - Tuesday, 13 October
Tuesday’s Flat card at Leicester is expected to take place on ground described as good to soft, resulting in a total of 103 runners over the 8 races.
4:05pm Hereford - Zaraquelle (Nap)
On just her 3rd start over hurdles and first in a handicap, trainer James Owen looks to have found an ideal opportunity for his four-year-old Zarak filly ZARAQUELLE (Nap) to record a second career victory to date, the first coming in a 1m 6f Flat handicap on Wolverhampton’s all-weather surface back in July.
The ex Ed Dunlop-trained filly made her debut over hurdles last summer when finishing a promising 4th in a Juvenile Hurdle at Uttoxeter, the second coming at Carlisle a month later when proving no match in finishing runner-up to Joseph O’Brien’s Irish raider Dignam, now rated 131 after finishing a creditable 9th of 22 in the Fred Winter at the Cheltenham Festival.
Returning to the smaller obstacles with an opening mark of 91, Jonathan Burke’s mount should be up to winning what looks to be a very modest mares’ Class 5 contest. Harry Durham’s Siorai has three seconds to her name from six outings over hurdles and may have to settle for the same position once again.
Recommendation: Zaraquelle (Nap) - 9/2 with bet365
This is Alan's Nap of the Day selection - see how it stacks up against Charlie McCann's pick.
4:47pm Leicester - English Time
A field of 18 for this Class 3 seven furlong handicap headed by Mick Appleby’s Kodi Lion, the mount of Cieren Fallon an easy winner on heavy ground at Haydock Park last month before finishing 5th of nine off an 8lb higher mark on good ground at Yarmouth two weeks later.
While Flight Control, Ata Rangi, Sergeant Wilco, Raging Raj and Righthere Rightnow all have each-way claims, it is Harry Charlton’s handicap debutante ENGLISH TIME who makes most appeal. This will be just the 5th career start for the Hello Youmzain colt, who looks attractively weighted racing off an opening mark of 85.
A promising 2 length fourth in a 7f novice contest at Newbury in May behind a horse of William Haggas’s now rated 108, English Time went on to be beaten a neck by the 93-rated Shipbourne at Doncaster the following month.
Lewis Edmunds’ mount finally open his account with a comfortable win at Ffos Las towards the end of June, giving 5lb to the Ralph Beckett filly Wid, who went on to win at Carlisle next time before finishing an unlucky 4th in a fillies’ handicap at Glorious Goodwood. Provided English Time is fit enough on his first start for nearly four months, the lightly-raced three-year-old is expected to take plenty of beating for a stable in decent form.
Recommendation: English Time - 11/4 with bet365
4:52pm Southwell - Dante’s Inferno
Two of champion jockey Sean Bowen’s 5 mounts on the Southwell card are for up and coming trainer James Owen, including the ex Dylan Cunha inmate Winston’s Oath in this 12-runner novices’ limited handicap hurdle. The four-year-old son of Churchill was given a few runs on the Flat before having his first outing over hurdles for Owen in a similar race to this at Fontwell last month.
Sent off a well-supported 3/1 favourite, Winston’s Oath just lost out in a close finish with Simon Hodgson’s No Mean Feat, the pair 15 lengths clear of the third horse home. Reappearing at Fontwell 11 days later, the selection made light work of going one better when quickening clear of his 8 rivals which included No Mean Feat, on this occasion a well-beaten sixth.
Raised 8lb to a mark of 87, the gelding looks sure to run another big race, although slight preference is for the Culhane/Barclay-trained DANTE’S INFERNO with in-form jockey Jonjo O’Neill Jr taking over in the saddle for the first time.
The Sixties Icon gelding ran his best race to date when beaten a short head by Max Comley’s Timely Salute in a competitive Market Rasen handicap last month, the pair 10 lengths clear of Olly Murphy’s 5/2 favourite Woodstock City. Just behind the two leaders when unseating his rider two-out due to a slipped saddle at Hexham earlier this month, the selection can take advantage of the 5lb he receives from Sean Bowen’s mount.
Recommendation: Dante’s Inferno - 5/1 with bet365
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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