Sunday Horse Racing Tips from Andy Holding

LOUNGE LIZARD (NAP) (best price 13/8) accounted for many top-class handicappers when runner-up to the smart GA Law in a white-hot contest at Cheltenham last time out and with none of his rivals here today laying claim to that level of form, Henry Daly’s inmate rates a strong choice to take advantage of a significant drop in grade.

Travelling sweetly throughout, the seven-year-old held every chance turning for home but despite throwing everything at Jamie Snowden’s gelding from two out, he couldn’t quite come to terms with arrival who was returning to his very best.

That said, he did manage to finish well clear of the rest and when you consider the balance contained the likes of Il Ridoto, Jetoile, Bill Baxter and Hitman, it puts into context the performance he put in 36 days ago.

Given a reasonable space of time to overcome those exertions, he returns to a track where he went well over hurdles in the past, he looks to have all bases covered under ideal conditions.

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ZOZIMUS (best price 9/1) is undoubtably not the most reliable of characters but at the same time, it’s hard to ignore how eye-catching he was a similar event here last time out and for those with a more forgiving nature than most, he is worth a small intertest to build on that promising effort in t5he first-time hood.

Just one win in 29 tells you all you need to know about the son of Footstepsinthesand but had he received anything like a clear passage in the closing stages over tonight’s C&D 28 days ago, there’s a fair chance he may have adjusted those stats a little more favourably.

Humoured along passing the halfway point, it was from that juncture when he started to pick up the bridle but rather than being brought with a clear run out wide, his jockey decided to burrow his way through the pack, a choice which ultimately backfired.

Finishing hard on the bridle, he was still passing horses while in this mode and with no doubt Ben Robinson having learnt plenty of valuable lessons about his mount last time, the pair can make amends if obtaining a smoother passage.