Today’s best bets
The return of racing at Warwick on Tuesday afternoon after a four-month break will gladden the hearts of National Hunt fans, and the jumpers will take the baton from the Flat in just a few weeks’ time.
It is a useful and competitive card too, with eight runners or more in five of the six events, and the race that will catch the eye of many punters is the 13-runner handicap hurdle at 4.05, which has a favourite trading at 11-2 and 10 runners at 16-1 or shorter.
The field includes What A Scorcher, who was successful in the same race last year from a 2lb lower mark and has been running with credit on the Flat over the summer. She very much had the run of the race 12 months ago, however, and was well below form on her most recent start over hurdles, whereas Miss Mash (4.05) had three of Tuesday’s opponents behind her when she stayed on to finish second at Worcester last time out. She can race off the same mark today, when a stronger pace should play to her strengths.
Sonneofpresenting (3.30) has made rapid strides already this season and while he scraped home by only a short-head last time out and is 5lb higher here, he was idling a little in the closing stages and had a little more in hand than the margin suggests.
Beverley’s season draws to a close this afternoon with an eight-race card where course-and-distance winner Edward Lewis (3.50) is worth backing at around 9-4 in the £20,000 feature event. David O’Meara’s sprinter has been keeping good company for much of the season and is also effective on soft ground, while Alpha Delphini, who heads the market and the ratings, has yet to win on anything slower than good.
Relight My Fire (3.15) has four previous wins over track and trip to his name and can make it five in the in the seven-furlong handicap earlier on the card, while Bumptious (7.40) has plenty to recommend her in the most valuable race on the card at Chelmsford City this evening.
Tips for all Tuesday’s races
Beverley: 2.10 Requinto Dawn 2.45 Mount Kinabalu 3.15 Relight My Fire (nb) 3.50 Edward Lewis (nap) 4.25 Lil Sophella 4.55 Kohinur 5.25 Aqua Libre 5.55 Outlaw Torn
Lingfield Park: 2.00 Exec Chef 2.35 Gripper 3.05 Alternate Route 3.40 Maygold 4.15 Part Exchange 4.45 Easy Code 5.15 Mercers 5.45 My Brother Mike
Warwick: 1.50 Blairs Cove 2.25 Drumlang 2.55 Premier Rose 3.30 Sonneofpresenting 4.05 Miss Mash 4.35 Alberobello
Chelmsford City: 5.40 Tallulah’s Quest 6.10 Frank’s Legacy 6.40 Oswald 7.10 Send Up 7.40 Bumptious 8.10 Narjes 8.40 Absolutely Awesome 9.10 Fever Few
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