Hi all,
Today’s selections are from Worcester and Ripon.
Worcester
1:35 – Lord Bryan – 7/2 @ Coral & Ladbrokes – The selection might be an 11-year-old, but he’s taken advantage of some leniency from the handicapper to win his last three starts, the first two at Ffos Las and over C&D 23-days ago. Has an 8lb rise in the weights to defy here but he won last June off 1lb higher so there’s still scope of his new mark.
Ripon
6:45 – Overstate – 5/1 @ Coral & Ladbrokes – Looks a modest five race maiden but there was more encouragement to be gleaned from his 3 ½ length 4th of 9 at Yarmouth last month. Shapes like the step up to 1m 4f could bring out a bit more progress in the 3-year-old and if it does, he shouldn’t be far away.
7:15 – Sydney Bay – 3/1 @ Bet365 & Paddy Power – The selection put in a much-improved performance on his handicap debut when a 1 ½ length 5th of 13 at Redcar 16-days ago. He shaped even better than his final position suggests as he was making good headway when not getting a clear run 1f out. Interesting to see the 3-year-old stepped up to a mile from 6f but he looks on a winnable mark if he gets the breaks here.
Cheers
John