Andy Holding's Sunday Horse Racing Tips

NATTY DRESSER (best price 15-2) has run two encouraging races in a couple of decent maidens so far to date and he looks primed to go well given a good break from his favourable inside draw. An eye-catching seventh behind subsequent listed winner T For Tango at Naas on debut, Sheila Lavery’s inmate built on that initial performance when a keeping-on sixth to Brother Bear on his latest outing at Leopardstown and with the winner muted to be Coventry Stakes bound in two weeks time, it just shows what sort of opposition he was up against that day. Drawn one from a stable in form, the son of Dandy Man has plenty in his favour and he rates a cracking each-way bet at his top morning price.

GEOLOGICAL (best price 9-1) has been nothing short of a total superstar for his connections over the last six months and even though his schedule would make even the fittest marine wave the white flag, he still has to be a major consideration today around a track that should suit his run-style. On many occasions at Dundalk this winter, John Feane’s charge just kept pounding out the fractions over trips between 6f and a mile and he even on the times when he did get beat, he often had to be carried out on his shield. Left alone in the lead at Leopardstown three starts ago, the durable five-year-old fended off a series of challengers to land only his second success on turf and given that he’s drawn in stall one today and he’s likely to flowing along nicely around the plastic, he could just take some pegging back around this sharp left-handed circuit.

TOUCH OF GOLD (best price 15-2) has been crying out with big loud hailer that her winning turn is imminent and this looks a good opportunity for her to back up that viewpoint based on her recent form and speed figures. Fourth in a red-hot race on the numbers at Clonmel two starts ago (second, third and eighth all run well since), the Papal Bull filly went on to run another solid race in a similar contest at Ballinrobe last time out and if she’d received a better passage through that evening, we might be talking about a winner coming here with a penalty. Clearly a strongly-run race on a sharp, right-handed track over the brush hurdles suits, and if she can be ridden a little further up the field here this afternoon, there’s a decent chance she can break her maiden tag.

JUMP FOR DOUGH (NAP) (best price 11-2) posted a career-high performance when scoring tidily at Cork last time out and with the subsequent form of the vanquished that day all going on to prove what a good race it was at the Mallow track, the Milan gelding is strongly fancied to follow up. Not only was the overall time figure very good for the grade, the sectionals in the latter part of the race also suggested the first half dozen home were operating at a level way behind their grade and with the likes of Nobody’s Home, Macs Legend and Kilganer Queen (re-opposes here today) all going on to endorse the form next time, confident is high William Doherty’s inmate will do the same.