Wednesday Horse Racing Tips from Andy Holding

FLIGHT OF FREEDOM (best price 5/2) had the misfortune to bump into the potentially very smart Favour And Fortune over today’s course last time out and with today’s likely less frantic pace over further seen as a massive help in regards to her jumping, Emma Lavelle’s mare can repel Irish raider Redwood Queen.

Held up towards the rear at the Midland venue, the daughter of Getaway had difficulty keeping up with the strong early pace set by Gower Prince but to her ultimate credit, she never gave up the unequal struggle and her persistence allowed her to come through to finish a respectable second to the smart winner.

Posting a slick time figure in defeat, she now goes back up against her own sex and providing she can run to a similar standard on her return to the same track, a positive outcome seems the most likely scenario.

CALL ME HARRY (NAP) (best price 11/4) came from an improbable position to land a competitive handicap at Musselburgh last time out and with the data from his performance 21 days ago all backing up the view it was a big effort for a horse of his grade, Iain Jardine’s gelding rates a confident choice to follow up.

Trying three miles for the first time, the six-year-old was switched off towards the rear of the field at the Scottish track and coming out of the back straight for the final time, he still found himself with more behind him than in front. However, with a powerful surge in the final half a mile, he managed to make up a huge amount of ground to come through and claim the prize late on and it came as no shock to find out than in doing so, he managed to post the quickest final lap sectionals of the four races on the hurdles course – which included the two over the minimum trip.

Clearly a horse on top of his game on that evidence of those findings, it’s fair to say the assessor could have reacted in a far more aggressive way considering his achievements and with connections having seemingly found another decent opportunity for him to showcase his talents, the son of Make Believe deserves to be played accordingly.