Horse Racing Tips: Nap of the Day
Ben Linfoot's Thursday Nap won at Beverley and he has the best bets for Friday with the Nap in action at Doncaster.
Friday's selections
YA HAFHD – 4.15 Doncaster (NAP)
Roger Varian’s YA HAFHD can land the Doncaster Chamber Of Commerce Fillies’ Handicap on Town Moor on Friday. The Sea The Stars filly looked to have learnt plenty from her debut when running out a ready winner at Southwell in December and looks of interest here on handicap bow off 75.
READYSTEADYBEAU – 3.50 Perth
Lucinda Russell gave READYSTEADYBEAU a few months off in the deep midwinter and that could result in more Perth success in the AK Bets Home Of Free Bets Handicap Chase. This horse won a novice handicap chase by 30 lengths at this meeting last year and could be primed to strike again on just his fourth start of the campaign.
BRIONI – 4.45 Sandown
BRIONI looks to be progressing nicely for Alan King and he can follow up his Kempton win in the Nordoff & Robbins Judy Martin Memorial Handicap at Sandown. The son of Cloth Of Stars looks a likely improver on this first go at 10 furlongs after a straightforward success over a mile last time out.
BRINGBACKMEMORIES – 5.25 Newcastle
BRINGBACKMEMORIES is in great nick and looks to have been found another good opportunity in the Download The Racing App Now Apprentice Handicap at Newcastle. Iain Jardine’s five-year-old won readily over the course and distance last time out and a 4lb rise might not stop him following up.
MATTERHORN – 5.40 Chepstow
Paul Nicholls runs five on Chepstow’s evening card including MATTERHORN in the Sun Trade Windows Handicap Hurdle. He’s won first start back off his previous two wind operations and he’s been found a nice opportunity to land a pretty unique hat-trick in this.
Saturday's selections
LET LIFE HAPPEN – 7.10 Doncaster (NAP)
A well-bred daughter of Siyouni, LET LIFE HAPPEN appeals as the sort to take a big step forward at four and she can begin the process by making a winning handicap debut from a mark of 84.
Unraced at two, she progressed with racing last season and signed off with a win in a Kempton maiden that is working out well. In very good hands, she makes plenty of appeal.
BE AWARE – 1.50 Sandown
Dan Skelton can make a winning start to the season finale at Sandown courtesy of BE AWARE.
He’s only had three runs to date, winning on debut at Newton Abbot and running well under a penalty at Lingfield and Kempton since. He was stepped up to two miles five at the latter track on his most recent start and went strongly through the race. Returning to a strongly-run race over the minimum trip could really suit and an opening mark of 124 looks workable.
VON BAER – 4.28 Haydock
He’s been a work in progress and rough around the edges but VAN BAER can open his account in this.
Proven in testing ground, the well-bred son of No Nay Never still showed signs of greenness on his reappearance and handicap debut at Kempton, diving left out of the stalls and hanging when first off the bridle. He was only beaten a length-and-a-half, is down by a pound and capable of better.
EY UP ITS JAZZ – 4.55 Leicester
He won this race last season on his second start of the term and EY UP ITS JAZZ can repeat the feat on Saturday.
The five-year-old was strong in the market on his return at Thirsk but shaped as if needing the run, looking a big danger approaching the final furlong only to tire late. That will have put him spot on for this on ground he revels in.
CLAN CHIEFTAIN – 6.20 Ripon
Clearly he hasn’t been straightforward but first-time-out was when to catch CLAN CHIEFTAIN last season and he’s taken to make a winning return.
It’s interesting his powerful connections have opted to go around again as a four-year-old and he was gelded and had a second wind op over the winter. He’s now down to a handicap mark of 82 which is very lenient if he’s anywhere near the level he showed when winning at Chepstow on his reappearance last term and he’s worth chancing.
PIPER’S FORT – 7.00 Wolverhampton
He’s been shaping of late as if ready for a return to five furlongs and PIPER’S FORT gets just that on Saturday evening.
Hollie Doyle’s mount has shown plenty of speed in blinkers over six at Lingfield and Chelmsofrd the last twice and is only a pound higher than when second to Gogo Yubari at the former track. It usually pays to sit handy over this trip at Dunstall Park and he should do just that from stall one.
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