Monday Horse Racing Tips from Andy Holding

ARAMIS GREY (NAP) (best price 2/1) is better known for her exploits at Kempton over the years, but she also holds a decent record at tonight’s track, and she can take advantage of a distinct drop down in grade following an excellent effort in a class 2 affair last time out.

Held up towards the rear at the Sunbury venue, the six-year-old grey was still only had two behind her turning for home but with her customary late surge, she picked off rivals one by one down the straight and by the time she had hit the line, she ended up almost pulling off the impossible.

Finishing off her race in a similar fashion when last seen here in September, she clearly still retains the turn of foot that constantly gets her out of jail, the only question being tonight, will she get the decent tempo she requires to allow her to show off her main asset. If so, she will prove hard to beat.

A tricky contest to end the card but both PRINCE ALI (best price 13/2) and CITY ESCAPE (best price 14/1) have enough solid form between them to suggest one of the pair should be involved at the finish at the very least and they are worth playing against the field.

The former hasn’t managed to get his head back in front since scoring here five starts ago but as all four performances have been attached with a degree of credit, another solid run looks on the cards.

Too keen and prominent for his own good at the Dunstall Park track two starts ago, more patient tactics were issued on his return visit last time out but as things panned out, he ended up being too far back in a moderately run affair and he was left finishing an agonising runner-up to the more prominently ridden Dutch Kingdom.

The type to always give himself some sot of chance with the way he travels in his races, Deborah Faulkner’s inmate can go close if his pilot manages to execute the right tactics.

The latter is undoubtably a tricky ride but that hasn’t stopped her winning six times in her life and with three of those victories coming over tonight’s C&D, it wouldn’t be the biggest shock in the world if she were to add to her tally.

Typically, slowly away once again here last time out, she found herself languishing in her customary position towards the rear early after exhibiting her usual party trick and although she couldn’t quite work herself into a place where she was a potent threat at the business end, she once again came home with a degree of purpose in the final two furlongs.

Reliant on a gallop where the pace collapses late on, she does need plenty of things to go her way if she is to oblige but at the morning odds, a risk is taken everything works out in her favour.