Andy Holding's Tuesday Horse Racing Tips

LAID BACK LUKE (best price 9-4) seems to be thriving of late and that good run of form has coincided with him switching to fences, so he’s worth keeping on side for the foreseeable future while remaining in this sphere. A promising second to the in-form Powersbomb (would have surely followed up his previous Leopardstown win but for a bad blunder two out on Sunday) at Clonmel on chase debut, Sheila Lavery’s inmate also ran respectably against a much better standard of horse at Punchestown next time out. Reverting to his old successful front-running tactics (made all to victory twice before) at Fairyhouse last time, the son of Quws fended off previous scorer Catalaunian Fields after a protracted duel throughout and providing he’s ridden in a similarly aggressive vein again, this in-form nine-year-old is likely to take some pegging back from the front.

Whatever was holding back LADY BUTTONS (NAP) (best price 11-8) has clearly been ironed out by her connections on the evidence of her last two performances and her recent resurgence in form looks set to continue further in this competitive handicap. A classy mare back in the day – as her runner-up spot to Avispa in the 2014 Listed mares’ bumper at Aintree testifies – the daughter of Beneficial proved that her period in the doldrums was short-lived with a resounding success at Newcastle last time out and given that she never came out of a canter to record the fastest furlong-per-furlong time on the card that day, a 7lb rise shouldn’t be anywhere near enough to prevent Philp Kirby’s charge dishing out a similar bashing to today’s rivals.

CAMLANN (best price 4-1) isn’t the easiest to predict, but at the same time he’s more than capable of going well in a race of this nature, and arriving here off the back of a perfectly decent effort in a well-run contest at Navan last time out, another solid effort should be in the offing. Although Shark Hanlon’s charge couldn’t lay a glove on the all-the-way winner at the Co Kildare venue 10 days ago, in finishing a creditable runner-up, he still posted a final circuit time which compared favourably to the one clocked by Jezki over the same C&D half-an-hour earlier, and a repeat of that level of form should be good enough to see him hit the frame at the very least.