He had two winners yesterday and Andy Holding has two tips this Tuesday.
16.20 Nottingham
It was about this time last season that Maid Up really began to improve for the same yard and without wanting to suggest INCLYNE (NAP) (best price 11-8) is going to end up going down a similar path to her stable companion (went from 69 to 105), there are signs that she could be pretty well handicapped at the very least.
Promising in several useful maidens at two, Andrew Balding’s filly once again displayed encouraging signs on her debut in a novice event at Newmarket where the front pair have subsequent gone on to acquit themselves well in pattern company. Pitched into a handicap for the first time on her most recent outing, the daughter of Intello stayed on very strongly in the latter stages of a well-run affair, leaving the impression she may have won had her finishing spurt was instigated a little earlier.
Considering how long it took her to unwind into top gear at the Berkshire track, today’s four-furlong home straight should play more into her strengths and with the greatest respect to today’s opposition, it would be a surprise if any of her five rivals were good enough to contain this progressive three-year-old.
17.30 Sligo
CRUELLA DOVIL (best price 7-4) still hasn’t managed to win in nine starts, but it surely is only a matter of time before she finally gets off the mark and tonight’s contest offers her best opportunity to do so in recent times.
Johnny Murtagh’s filly made a promising start to her campaign when a never-nearer fourth in an ultra-competitive handicap at Naas and she followed that up in a similar vein when keeping on well from an uncompromising position at the Curragh. Pulling five lengths clear of the third in a 30-strong field suggests she was unlucky more than anything else and from a decent draw close to the favoured inside fence tonight, her previous performance levels indicate she’s good enough to beat tonight’s rivals with a clear run.
