Andy Holding is back with two tips from today's action, including a NAP at Ludlow.
16:50 Ludlow
PYRAMID PLACE (NAP) (best price 3/1) has been plying his trade at a much higher level than what he faces today and with a step up in trip also likely to aid his cause in a major way, Milton Harris’ gelding is strongly fancied to have his consistency rewarded.
A convincing winner of a Class 3 handicap at Wetherby back in February, he just found a couple too good on his return to the Yorkshire venue next time and the same comments apply to his latest exploits when dropping back in trip.
Held up in the rear, as per usual, the son of Authorized could not muster the speed to lay a glove on the main players who kept quickening from the front, but it was noticeable that he stayed on quite well on the run-in to offer plenty of hope that a return to a more suitable distance will play more into his strengths.
Racing in a 0-115 handicap for the first time since bolting up at Taunton back in January 2021, the six-year-old is in good enough form to take advantage of today’s significant drop down in class.
19:00 Ludlow
CAROLE’S PASS (best price 5/1) ran a brave race until her light flickered out after the final flight in a competitive Ayr handicap last time out and with that effort suggesting she is very much returning to something like her best, she is fancied to make a bold bid under top weight.
A convincing winner of a decent mares’ only event at Newbury on her UK debut over hurdles earlier last season, Amy Murphy’s inmate found Luccia & Co too hot to handle on her return to the Berkshire venue next time and that slightly below-par effort initiated a mid-term break.
Returning to the fray to finish a respectable sixth of 20 in a listed contest in France, the daughter of Authorized was in less choppy waters at the Scottish venue last time out and, having raced prominently throughout, she kept on well in a strongly run affair to finish a close-up fifth behind the useful juvenile, Afadil.
Based on her time figure that day and her previous performances, a well run two miles on decent ground suits her best, so providing today’s Shropshire venue does not receive too much more rain, she has reasonably solid claims in what appears a wide-open affair.
