CARADOC is fancied to make a winning return to action in the Lyme Wood Handicap (7.30) at Haydock Park.
Last season, the Ed Walker trainee took on some big jobs, starting with the valuable 10-furlong handicap on the rearranged Derby day card in July, in which he finished a strong-finishing sixth to Sky Defender.
Caradoc ended the campaign 0-4, but the plus side is that he came down 4lb in the weights.
The six-year-old should certainly thrive under Haydock’s prevailing conditions – in 2019, he scored three times over a mile and a quarter on fast ground.
This assignment looks less taxing and Caradoc is poised to take advantage.
A 6lb penalty shouldn’t stop ARIEL from completing a hat-trick in Great Yarmouth’s Visit attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap (4.20), which has been hit by three non-runners.
Charlie Hills’ son of Exceed And Excel scored at Kempton Park last month on his handicap debut and then followed up by four lengths at Ripon eight days ago.
A 9lb rise in the weights has left Ariel 3lb well in here, and that’s without rising star Stefano Cherchi’s 5lb claim.
At Nottingham, HAIL SEZER should defy top weight in the MansionBet Bet £10 Get £20 Handicap (Div II) (3.55) after hitting the woodwork on his first two attempts of 2021.
Thursday tips
NOTTINGHAM
1.00 LOVE DE VEGA
1.35 SATONO CHEVALIER
2.10 MAJOR SNUGFIT
2.45 MUSCIKA
3.20 REFUGE
3.55 HAIL SEZER
4.30 JEWEL IN MY CROWN
5.00 TURN OF PHRASE
NEWBURY
1.15 SINGLE MINDED
1.45 AT A PINCH
2.20 EVIDENT BEAUTY
2.55 LILAC ROAD
3.30 ITKAAN
4.05 DOCTOR CHURCHILL
4.40 ZIKANY
5.10 GRANDSCAPE
YARMOUTH
1.25 BERRTIE
2.00 THOMAS DANIELL
2.35 PAGAN
3.10 CELESTIAL POINT
3.45 ARIA ROSE
4.20 ARIEL (NB)
4.55 PISELLI MOLLI
5.30 HI HO SILVER
UTTOXETER
5.40 BARELY FAMOUS
6.10 LEESWOOD LILY
6.40 DOG OF WAR
7.10 AMBASSADOR
7.40 ARMATTIEKAN
8.10 COOLNACRITTA
8.40 BLUE COLLAR GLORY
HAYDOCK PARK
6.00 TARDIS
6.30 VENTURA EXPRESS
7.00 KING OF GOLD
7.30 CARADOC (NAP)
8.00 COTE D’AZUR
8.30 RATTLING ROSIE
9.00 ACTION HERO
