Andy Holding is back with one tip for today's racing action and it is a NAP at Sligo.
17:25 Sligo
To say TIMELESS PIECE (NAP) (best price 9/4) got a strange ride at Tipperary last time out would be an understatement and with her display not for the first leaving the impression there could be a good deal more to come, a chance is taken she can back up that view on her second handicap start.
An eye-catcher over seven-furlongs at Cork previously, the daughter of Saxon Warrior was quite rightly one of the most intriguing and well-backed contenders on handicap debut at the Limerick Junction track but, after flopping out of the stalls (difficult to say whether it was by design), she found herself in a position where she was never likely to a contender.
In a race where the pace wasn’t particularly strong from the outset, it soon became apparent her task was an impossible one but to her great credit, she did make up some noticeable late headway to finish on the coat tails of the main players and considering she did so without being subject to anything like a hard ride, her performance deserved extra praise.
On the evidence of that effort – and her run before – there’s no doubt this lightly-raced filly has more ability than her rating and form figures currently suggest and with today’s extra yardage seen as a positive, a trip out wide (from stall 10) on the likely better ground come the last race should see her go close to break her maiden tag.
