ABRUZZO MIA should appreciate the chance to tackle a mile in the Spreadex Sports Get £40 In Bonuses Handicap (1.00) at Southwell today.
It took a while for the six-year-old son of Bated Breath to get the track – Abruzzo Mia didn’t make his racecourse debut until September last year, finishing second in a seven-furlong maiden at Redcar.
My selection went one better over six on heavy ground on Teesside the following month before a below-par third over the same trip at Newcastle at the start of November.
Abruzzo Mia started out in handicaps back over seven at Gosforth Park three days after Christmas, and rattled home for a head second to Parallel World.
The evidence of that run – Abruzzo Mia’s pedigree suggests the same – is that an eighth furlong will see Connor Beasley’s mount in his best light yet, and he gets the Nap vote to go one better.
At Wetherby, LINCOLN LYN is taken to collect for the fourth time this season by beating five rivals for the wetherbyracing.co.uk Mares’ Handicap Chase (3.40).
The handicapper has raised the Tom Gretton trainee 3lb as the result of a New Year’s Day score at Fakenham – but Lincoln Lyn has more to offer and can go in again.
Thursday's selections
SOUTHWELL
12.25 RING FENCED
1.00 ABRUZZO MIA (NAP)
1.35 MOHATU
2.10 TIGER CRUSADE
2.45 FLOWER DESERT
3.20 ALAFDHAL
3.50 USTATH
WETHERBY
12.50 GOOD WORK
1.25 HIGHLAND FROLIC
2.00 SAMATIAN
2.35 THE PADDY PIE
3.10 ETALON
3.40 LINCOLN LYN (NB)
4.15 THE IMPOSTER
GOWRAN PARK
1.05 MASTERMIND
1.40 IK’S MAN
2.15 TEAHUPOO
2.50 CAREFULLY SELECTED
3.25 SIR GERHARD
3.55 OPTIONAL MIX
4.25 ANKUD
NEWCASTLE
4.00 LEGENDARY DAY
4.30 MR COCO BEAN
5.00 TRABAJO DETECHO
5.30 AMY SANTIAGO
6.00 GOLDEN PROSPERITY
6.30 ENRAGED
7.00 SPANISH ANGEL
7.30 ADEB
DOUBLE: ABRUZZO MIA and LINCOLN LYN
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