Horse Racing Tips: Nap of the Day
Ben Linfoot has the Wednesday selections including on the evening card at Ripon.
Wednesday's selections
PUDDLESINTHEPARK – 2.10 Newton Abbot
PUDDLESINTHEPARK ran well here last time and he can strike in the Newton Abbot Racecourse On Facebook Handicap Chase. Evan Williams’ horse was second here last time after being keen off a two-month break but that run should’ve put him spot on for the rest of the summer. He has a 3lb rise to contend with but with improvement expected he could go one better in this company.
MAKALU – 7.25 Ripon
MAKALU can win two in a row at Ripon in the Sky Sports Racing Virgin 519 Handicap over a mile. The five-year-old had to extricate himself from a pocket here last time but got out in time to win by a head and he was only put up 2lb for the win. You can get into trouble coming from the rear at this track on the round course, but if the gaps open up for him he looks in good enough form to go in again.
Thursday's selections
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ROMAN DRAGON - 3.25 Hamilton (NAP)
The top two both have entries in the Wokingham at Royal Ascot and may have this between them. Glenfinnan is up 4lb for his recent win and preference is for ROMAN DRAGON, who was progressing well last season and seemed to carry that improvement into his winter stint in Bahrain. Last month's comeback run over five furlongs at Chester gave the strong impression he wasn't done yet and getting back over six here is going to really suit.
PADDY'S DAY - 3.35 Haydock
Tons of early speed in this five-furlong handicap should help tee things up from those a little off the pace and PADDY'S DAY looks a reasonable suggestion. He's only won the one race since joining Nigel Tinkler from Charlie Hills but he's on a fair mark and in good form based on this season's three efforts, including a close second at Ascot last month. He goes on all types of ground and might find himself in a good spot here from stall 10, with a bunch of front-runners drawn in stalls five-to-eight.
FAIR FRONTIERES - 4.18 Uttoxeter
FAIR FRONTIERES probably isn't the horse he once promised he could be but his mark has come down accordingly and, based on last month's Kempton third, it looks like recent wind surgery and the fitting of cheekpieces appear to have helped him. He'll get a positive ride here and he should give it a good crack if building on that latest effort.
MIGHTY NEBULA - 7.45 Chelmsford
Sixth to Passenger in the Wood Ditton on his only start last year, MIGHTY NEBULA clearly took a while to fill his frame but his two runs this season have been excellent and he now goes handicapping off what looks a workable opening mark 87, having won his Kempton maiden and then gone down fighting when third giving lumps of weight away to a couple of three-year-olds in a Wolverhampton novice last time out.
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