Monday Racing Tips from Steve Ryder

All six runners look to have a chance in this 0-95 handicap but preference goes to G’Daay (best priced at 8/1) who has shown improved form since the application of a visor. The Joe Parr trained five-year-old finished 2nd over this course and distance in July off a mark of 78 before going one better later that month off the same mark by a length.

G’Daay ran well earlier this month at Chester to finish 3rd behind Safe Voyage off a mark of 81 on soft ground and he should appreciate this return to faster ground. He runs off the same mark here and should be involved in the finish.

The Alan Brown trained Rodborough (best priced at 4/1) got off the mark at the seventh attempt last time over this course and distance and she should hold strong claims under a 6lb penalty. The three-year-old outran odds of 80/1 to finish 3rd at Newcastle on her debut before struggling in handicaps on turf this season. As a result she had dropped down to a mark of 57 where she defied odds of 14/1 to win over this course and distance by 2 ½ lengths.

Connections of Rodborough fitted her with first time cheekpieces that day and that alongside the return to the AW meant she put in a career best effort according to RPRs. If she replicates that performance then she should prove hard to beat under a 6lb penalty.

The Jack Jones trained The Waiting Game (best priced at 11/8) is 2/2 since being dropped to 6f and she should prove hard to beat under a 5lb penalty. The four-year-old made all by 3 ¾ lengths at Chelmsford over 6f earlier this month before defying a 5lb penalty to repeat the trick by 3 ½ lengths last time.

The Waiting Game showed more restraint to race in 2nd that day which will give David Probert more options at this track and I expect her to complete a hat-trick of wins this month.