Andy Holding selects three top betting angles for Tuesday's racing cards at Bangor & Wolverhampton.
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TIP 1: CRYSTAL GLANCE – ½ point Each-Way
Best odds of 6/1 at bet365 while publishing.
The race won by Imperial Data at Uttoxeter a month ago was noted for its strong speed figure for the grade and CRYSTAL GLANCE, having just got touched off by the winner close home, rates a reasonably confident choice to make amends at a track where he has gone well in the past.
Having her first outing since July and post-wind-op, Oliver Greenall & Josh Guierro’s inmate lay down what looked to be a potent challenge jumping two out but despite running hard all the way to the line, she eventually got her pocket picked by one of the outsiders, bouncing back to form from left field.
Since that solid effort at the Midland venue, the form has worked out accordingly with the likes of Torrent, Cinnodin, Betty’s Tiara and Billy Boi Blue either winning or running extremely well in good races next time and having won twice over today’s track, the familiar surroundings for the locally-trained six-year-old will hopefully spark her interest levels to another big showing.
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TIP 2: LARISTOTE – ½ point each-way
Best odds of 9/1 at Betfred while publishing.
LARISTOTE shaped nicely to his two outings post wind-op towards the backend of last season and having been handed what appears a workable opening mark for his chase debut, Donald McCain’s charge is fancied to be competitive on his first start in handicap company.
The five-year-old hasn’t really threatened to win any of his races so far to date but his latest over today’s course in April produced his best display when third to his useful stable mate, Alsakib.
Keeping on well from the rear of the field at the Welsh venue, the son of Born To Sea didn’t finish too far behind Jamie Snowden’s Senator (rated 118), and he went on to prove an instant hit on his first outing over fences at Stratford recently.
That run alone would give him a chance of succeeding in this discipline off a rating of 100 and when you consider he might have won his Irish point but for falling at the last, it all adds up for him to do well here today and for the future.
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TIP 3: NEWFANGLED – 1-point each-way
Best odds of 9/2 at bet365 while publishing.
Roi De Coeur won well enough the other day, but it was only a seller and with today’s assignment making for a totally different examination, he rates poor value in relation to NEWFANLGED, who holds much stronger recent all-weather form.
In general terms, Jonathan Portman’s chestnut is a much better proposition on this sort of surface than he is on the grass and his record at today’s circuit reads an impressive 11214.
Although just out of the money on his most recent visit three starts ago, his speed figure in defeat turned out to be a big career high and his last two performances, back on the grass, can therefore be overlooked.
Drawn in stall 1 that day, the son of New Bay has once again been assigned the same box and with Billy Loughnane in the saddle seen as an obvious plus, he should prove good enough to hit the frame at the very least.
