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Alan Kelly's Tips - Tuesday, 4 August
A quiet Tuesday for the sport of horse racing with just the two afternoon meetings at Catterick and Ffos Las, both on the Flat, while in the evening Lingfield’s card is a mixture of turf and all-weather.
3:15pm Catterick - Slack Alice (Nap)
Jumps trainer Mickey Bowen makes a rare visit to the North Yorkshire racecourse with just the one runner, SLACK ALICE (Nap) in this modest Class 6 stamina test with a rating of only 50.
While the five-year-old mare has achieved very little in 6 starts on the level, 4 on turf and 2 on the all-weather, Luke Morris's mount ran well in finishing a close fourth over today's course and distance last October when in the care of Patrick Owens.
Since joining Bowen at the beginning of the year, Slack Alice has been campaigned mainly over hurdles, winning races at Market Rasen and Stratford on her two most recent starts. Now rated 101 over the smaller obstacles, it is no surprise to see connections exploit what may prove to be a very lenient Flat mark considering her improvement over hurdles.
In a race which will take very little winning, Martin Todhunter’s Fleur De Mer is capable of going close, while Ian Williams’ Free World is open to some improvement on just his fourth start for the stable.
Recommendation: Slack Alice (Nap) - 9/4 with SpreadEx
4:45pm Catterick - Doralee
The five-year-old DORALEE has just the one win to her name from 23 starts to date, that victory coming at Redcar around this time last year. The David & Nicola Barron-trained mare has since gone on to finish third in handicaps over today's course and distance and has her best chance yet of recording win number two.
Now dropped to a mark only 1lb higher than when winning that Redcar race, Jason Hart’s mount failed by a head to catch Michael Dods’ Zuffolo at Redcar last week, a repeat of which should be good enough to take Catterick’s modest finale.
Back in 5th and 6th places respectively at Ripon were fellow rivals Brain Freeze and Dunnington Lad, neither of which should pose a problem to the selection on today's terms. A bigger danger to Doralee is likely to come in the shape of Rebecca Menzies’ consistent Having A Flyer, the mount of 5lb claimer Tom Kiely-Marshall.
The three-year-old filly has been mainly campaigned on an artificial surface, but has shown enough to suggest she is capable of going close on Turf in a race of this nature.
Recommendation: Doralee - 6/4 with bet365
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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