Andy Holding is back with two tips from today's action, including an NAP at Hereford.
15:15 Hereford
HIGHSTAKESPLAYER (NAP) (best price 13/8) ran out an extremely comfortable winner of a competitive novices’ handicap over today’s C&D last time out and even though today’s opposition has to be considered a little stiffer in terms of strength in depth, Tom Lacey’s gelding rates a strong choice to come out on top.
Making his debut over fences following a 227-day layoff, the son of Ocovango was well supported to justify the opinion that fences would be the making of him and true enough, he backed up that view to devastating effect.
The way he jumped and travelled throughout the 2m5f journey suggested he had plenty in hand off his mark of 114, and with today’s conditions pretty similar to what they were eight days ago, it would be disappointing if he couldn’t repeat the dose on his return visit.
20:00 Chelmsford City
VAYNOR (best price 9/4) impressed with the way he made light work of the opposition at Southwell last time out and although the surface at tonight’s venue is likely to be a little deeper than the tapeta he faced 19 days ago, Charlie Hills’ gelding is fancied to take it in his stride.
Having only his fourth start on the all-weather at the Midland venue, the son of Mastercraftsman was extremely well-backed beforehand and, having settled well during the early part of the contest, he came through with a powerful late run to land the gamble.
In running past the entire field in such a short space of time, the three-year-old grey ended up posting an impressive set of figures in scoring by a comfortable-looking five lengths, and with the potential of even more to come based on that performance, even the obligatory rise in the ratings shouldn’t be enough to stop his progress.
