Andy Holding's Tuesday Racing Tips

Sometimes on Dragons’ Den, the multi-millionaires will invest on the entrepreneurs themselves rather than the actually product or company they are trying to sell and to a certain degree, that is very much the case here putting faith in Edward Greatrex to deliver the kind of ride he gave NEW RICH (best price 5-1) when scoring here last time out. At the present moment in time, Warren’s son is really in the zone and rides like the one he gave Eve Johnson Houghton’s inmate here last week to go along with others such as Pulsating and Dark Alliance either side, suggest the rising star is riding with the utmost confidence. Held up out the back by design, the son of Bahamian Bounty was produced with a perfectly executed well-times challenge to lead inside the distance and such was the brilliance of the ride, the eight-year-old probably didn’t know he’d had a race. Given that there should be plenty of pace on to suit his run-style of coming from the back, hopefully he can deliver the goods for the sixth time at his favourite venue.

Things just didn’t quite pan out for MAKAARIM (NAP) (best price 15-8) in a hot race at Lingfield last time out, but now returning to a track which should allow his long stride to become a more influential factor, he’s fancied to get back on track. Impressive when coming with a late burst to score in a fast time at Wolverhampton back in November, Hughie Morrison’s inmate could never get himself to a reasonable challenging position at the Surrey venue 34 days ago, but he did at least finish off his race to suggest there are plenty more races to be won with him when conditions are more suitable. Although stall one is a slight concern given that he likes to be held up and come late, hopefully his pilot can extricate his mount off the inner at some stage and allow the four-year-old to get up a proper head of steam inside the final two furlongs.