Andy Holding's Wednesday Racing Tips

IMPEACH (best price 11-2) was a close-up third in a useful novice event over today’s C&D last time out and, off what appears a decent enough handicap mark for starters, he can put his all-important track knowledge to good use on his return to the Sunbury venue.

Shaping quite well without threatening the judge on his first two starts, Brian Meehan’s colt was well-supported prior to his most recent outing here last time out and in the first-time cheekpieces, he ended up making a decent fist of things by finishing a creditable third in quite a hot little contest. The winner, Ivasecret, ended up tearing up the track late on to post a really good speed figure for the grade, and the form is given extra stability by the likes of Loyal Havana and previous winner Caribbean Sunset. Doing well, therefore, to come out of all of his three performances with a mark of 71, that initial rating could end up underestimating his ability and he should be played accordingly at his rather generous-looking morning quotes.

TRANCHEE (NAP) (best price 7-2) has been a model of consistency for quite some time now and following another decent effort on his return to the all-weather at Wolverhampton last time out, David Loughnane has a fighting chance of gaining just rewards for his endeavours.

Yet to finish out of the first three for current connections, the son of War Front has worked his way through the ranks from humble beginnings off a mark of 76 at Wolverhampton back in July to his lofty perch of 98 and that rating is thoroughly deserved and by no means flatters his progress. Gaining that mark courtesy of a fine effort 11 days ago when he only narrowly failed to peg back the in-form Misty Grey at the Midland venue, that performance should have served the purpose of putting him spot on for tonight’s encounter. Although successful over seven-furlongs, he seems just as happy over a strong-run six and despite having to turn around the form with both Gulliver and Aberama Gold on their recent turf clashes, there’s every hope he can do so back on this surface with a decent pace to shoot at.