Andy Holding's Tuesday Racing Tips

SIR BORIS (best price 11-8) totally bossed a useful maiden under similar conditions here the other day and with the time figure also suggesting it was a fair performance by Tom Dascombe’s colt, it’ll take a smart effort by one of his rivals to lower his colours on his return visit. Jumping out smartly and bagging the nearside fence five days ago, the son of Sue Diligence always looked to be travelling well within himself and then when asked to really stretch inside the final two furlongs, he readily left the well-backed Plymouth Rock trailing in his wake. Clearly at home on a soft surface, Sir Boris holds a big advantage over his rivals on that score and likely to be ridden prominently, he’s strongly fancied to make it an uncomfortable afternoon for his 13 opponents.

COUNT D’ORSAY (best price 5-1) was a pretty speedy type when trained by Charles O’Brien in Ireland and he may be capable of jumping on the golden highway and making all up the stands side rail on his first start for new connections. Often a victim of his own exuberance, the son of Dandy Man would sometimes struggle to see out a well-run five-furlongs on a stiff track, but it was nice to see him finally get the job done last time out at Naas when he managed fend off a series of challengers late on. Hopefully that performance will have given him plenty of confidence going forward and he’s now in the care of handler very adept at improving sprinters who have a good deal of natural talent.

EURO IMPLOSION (NAP) (best price 10-3) comes out of a race which is working out particularly well and he looks to have been presented with a decent opportunity to finally get off the mark.

Although coming up just short at Hamilton last time out, the two that finished ahead of him in the shape of Moll Davis (unlucky at Goodwood) and Dark Lochnager (won) have both gone on to prove the value of the form since and even the fourth, Carbon Dating, ran well in the face an impossible task against the well-treated, King And Queen. Prior to that noteworthy effort, the son of Battle Of Marengo had also run well over today’s C&D against another progressive three-year-old, Just Hubert, and with that horse going on to land a competitive handicap at Sandown next time and is now rated 86, it just shows what sort of opposition Keith Dalgleish’s gelding has been taking on of late. With no concerns about track and ground, therefore, this game type is fancied to put up another bold display despite being up against one or two similarly progressive types.