Friday’s best bets, by Tony Paley
Following a feast of good racing over the holidays it is back to a famine with a dearth of decent racing to study on Friday. Michael Appleby has established himself as a trainer of note and he has good prospects at Southwell today, notably with Sleet (2.30), who ran a highly creditable second after a half-year absence from the track over this afternoon’s course and distance last month. He weakened late on after going well for a long way but that outing should leave him spot now.
The best quality race of the day is the extended 20 furlongs handicap hurdle at Ayr, where the population is still officially on holiday, and this can go the way of Mijhaar (3.10). John Ferguson’s runner looks poised to strike following two notable performances at Cheltenham and Aintree.
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