Andy Holding's Tuesday Horse Racing Tips

PADDYS MOTORBIKE (best price 9-1) has run to a fair standard over hurdles without managing to get his head in front but given that most of his best performances have taken place at today’s track, it wouldn’t come as the biggest surprise if he were to break his duck in a race of this nature. Although he couldn’t quite go with the likes of Lough Derg Farmer and Like The Sound here 23 days he did impress by the way he kept on willingly for pressure in the latter stages and now he finally gets the chance to race on genuine fast summer ground, the son of Fast Company is fancied to outrun his odds in the first time pieces.

LOGI (best price 4-1) couldn’t quite land a blow on his latest outing at Ripon, but as the time figure of the race was so strong, he’s worth another chance in what appears a fairly modest heat. Always outpaced at the Yorkshire track, David Barron’s inmate shaped as though he could do with an extra furlong at least and from his favourable draw next to the stands side fence, a big run is expected from the Kodiac gelding.

As a punter, sometimes a bet just slaps you across both cheeks like the Tango advert and in the case of WHO DARES WINS (NAP) (best price 10-1), the son of Jeremy fits all the criteria when looking for the perfect Chester Cup horse. Coming from the same route as many previous winners of this prestigious prize (Top Cees, Mamlook, Overturn and Ile De Re all had hugely successful careers during the winter months) Alan King’s charge arrives here following a tremendous effort over hurdles when finishing third in the Coral Cup at the Cheltenham Festival. Looking the most likely winner of that big-field 2m 5f handicap rounding the home turn, he just couldn’t quite last it out up the hill, but given the speed figure and how well the race has worked out subsequently, it was still no mean effort by the five-year-old gelding. Not only has the winner himself that day, Supasundae, gone on to finish a creditable second in a Grade 1, the likes of Taquin De Seuil, Tin Soldier and Thomas Hobson have all advertised the form in a huge way since.

No slouch on the Flat either, he also has an all-important victory around today’s tricky tight circuit under his belt courtesy of a smooth success on his only previous visit to the Roodeye last season. Well drawn in stall seven, he hails from a yard beginning to make a proper name for themselves in some of the bigger events throughout the summer (Primitivo landed the King George V Handicap at Royal Ascot last year) and in the shape of this likeable and fairly consistent dual-purpose campaigner, there’s every chance he can provide his Barbury Castle handler with his most notable success to date.