Monday Racing Tips from Andy Holding

ANGE ENDORMI (NAP) (best price 4/1) would have no doubt pleased new connections immensely with his splendid effort behind the in-form On We Go over today’s C&D last time out and providing he can run somewhere close to a similar standard on his return visit, Barbara Butterworth’s gelding has a fine chance of going one place better. 

Winless in eight starts for Ben Pauling, the six-year-old was given time to bed into his new surroundings since leaving his Gloucester base and on the evidence of what we saw here three weeks ago, the move seems to have worked wonders. Noted travelling well throughout the well-run contest, he came there strongly to hold every chance at the last hurdle, but as many previous horses have found in the past, the winner is a very tenacious customer with the bit between his teeth. That said, the son of Leading Light kept on willingly all the way to the line and by pulling 22 lengths clear of the rest, he easily ran beyond all his previous achievements. Clearly well suited by today’s sharp track, his good cruising speed is likely to carry him deep into the dying embers of this contest and that point towards him being a very healthy each-way proposition at the morning prices.

ARCH ENEMY (best price 5/1) has improved significantly since being stepped up in trip and with her latest success over today’s C&D coming via a career-high time figure, confidence is high that Patrick Magee’s filly can go close again to repeating the dose. 

An eye catcher the time before at Leopardstown when he received no luck in running whatsoever, the three-year-old arrived at the Mayo venue with a good deal of confidence attached to her chance in what appeared a far less taxing environment and despite making a bit of a dog’s dinner about getting the job done, she duly obliged. Probably not totally in love with the sharp nature of the track, today’s smaller field will help her navigate a better passage to the one she received 28 days ago and with the prospect of even more to come, it makes sense to keep her on side.