REGAL MIRAGE is the value alternative to Liberation Point in the Napoleons Casino Bradford Handicap (2.50) at Pontefract.
Tim Easterby’s seven-year-old has been a decent money spinner for a horse whose rating has never risen above 78 in the handicap - he has won 11 of his 48 races on turf and over £71,000 in prize money.
Regal Mirage has gained three of those successes at Pontefract - a track at which he has had eight races - including a win over this afternoon’s course and distance in June.
On his most recent outing, my selection finished third in a 0-95 handicap at York, and the drop to 0-85 company here will help Cam Hardie’s mount as he bids for a fourth triumph at Pontefract.
At Chelmsford City, raise a glass to VIN ROUGE in the tote.co.uk Free Streaming Every UK Race Handicap (5.30).
Saffie Osborne was on board for her father Jamie when the three-year-old ran third to Blazon over two miles at Wolverhampton last time out.
The evidence of that run is that coming back to a mile and three-quarters will not be a problem, and Vin Rouge should have more to offer on the sixth outing of his life.
Thursday tips
GREAT YARMOUTH
1.30 BUOYANT
2.05 WAJD
2.40 MIGHTY ULYSSES
3.15 PRINCE ALEX
3.50 GLENCORA
4.25 TITIAN
5.00 YIMOU
AYR
1.50 OUTBREAK
2.25 STAR SHIELD
3.00 EMPIRESTATEOFMIND
3.35 ELIGIBLE
4.10 ALYARA
4.45 FIRST IMPRESSION
5.18 THRILLA IN MANILA
5.50 WOR WILLIE
PONTEFRACT
2.15 MARIHA
2.50 REGAL MIRAGE (NAP)
3.25 SILENT FLAME
4.00 FLINT HILL
4.35 GEMINGA
5.10 PERFECT SWISS
5.40 SINGE ANGLAIS
CHELMSFORD
4.50 LUCKY MAN
5.30 VIN ROUGE (NB)
6.00 LA ROCA DEL FUEGO
6.30 MAY SONIC
7.00 DISCOVER DUBAI
7.30 THREE CARD TRICK
8.00 PUFFIN ISLAND
8.30 HEADLEY GEORGE
