Andy Holding's Wednesday Racing Tips

DIGGIN DEEP (best price 5-1) probably found dropping back down to 2m 4f counting against him at Newcastle last time out, but now stepping back up to the trip which saw him put in an impressive performance the time before, the son of Royal Anthem can make it another successful raid over the Irish Sea.

An 18-race maiden going into that contest at Musselburgh back in November, Stephen Hanlon’s gelding belied his starting price in no uncertain terms by travelling like the winner throughout and sealing the deal with a nice turn of foot. Once again, he moved well at the Gosforth Park track 27 days ago before just getting done for a turn of foot by the useful and well-backed Gold Chain, but with the backend numbers staking up well for the grade and the pair well clear, there’s no reason to doubt the form. Likely to be well suited by the good ground and track layout this afternoon, this strong-travelling nine-year-old has the gears to cover the pace however fast they go and he rates a solid each-way choice.

PLANTAGENET (NAP) (best price 9-4) got his just rewards for several previous placed efforts when scoring tidily at Taunton last time out and with connections looking to strike while the iron is hot with their in-form gelding, the seven-year-old is fancied to keep up the good recent work in the hands of a pilot that got a lovely tune out of his 10 days ago.

Making pretty much all the running at the West Country venue, Seamus Mullins’ inmate saw off his rivals one by one and even though it just looked like a routine success on paper, the time figure revealed he’d run a faster overall number and final lap time than the 2m chase winner, Railroad Junkie. Armed with that knowledge, it’s clear that the son of Midnight Legend has a good cruising speed for a staying chasing of his current rating and with the current conditions on Town Moor set to ensure the ground will be on the quick side, everything looks set fair for this sound jumper to run his rivals ragged from the front.