Today’s Fortune for a fiver

50p ew Trixie & 50p ew treble

Bolt N Brown 1.00 @ 4/1

Harry Senior 1.40 @ 4/1

Perfect Candidate 3.10 @ 9/2

Selected Southwell- all weather- fibesand

1.00Few of these are screaming to be backed coming into this in poor form and very few have any experience on this specialist surface. Bolt N Brown is consistent and the clear form horse. She remains on a workable mark and despite having never raced here, the stable does well , so worth risking in a weak event.

½ pt win Bolt N Brown @ 4/1

2.00 PREMIUM RACE

2.30 PREMIUM RACE

4.05 The in form Mamdood has a bit to prove with his testing new mark and is also new to the surface and goes up in trip. Risk Mitigation won well here last time , a few lengths ahead of Keith ,who was well backed last time out over C&d, but tried to make all and emptied out late on. In this race for amateur jockeys he will be well ridden by the excellent Pat Millman and worth another try.

¼ pt win Keith @ 11/2

Southwell placepot

2

1,2

2,7

1,3

1,2

7

16 bets

Selected Exeter- soft ground on this undulating, galloping and stiff track

1.10 Cat Tiger was a useful chaser in France and did little  wrong in his debut in Britain splitting a pair of decent novices and today’s longer trip, softer ground and stiffer track all in his favour. Looks hard to beat. Unwin Vic ended last season with a 2^nd here in the mud, but over a longer trip and is looking hard to win with.

¾ pt win Cat Tiger @ 5/4

1.40 Quite a few unexposed young hurdlers here running for big stables but preference is for Harry Senior, who’s run well in all 3 starts and did well on his hurdles debut in what looked a deep event at Chepstow finishing 4^th and the 3^rd horse sluiced in on Saturday.

½ pt win Harry Senior @ 4/1

2.10 The Grade 2 Halton Chase and God’s Own sets out to retain his crown and in 2 other tries in this he has a win and a 3^rd, but he’s getting no younger and soft ground against him. The other five all have chances of  sorts and all are useful performers. Well happy just to watch.

No Bet

3.10 The Veteran Perfect Candidate has dropped to a really good mark and ran encouragingly on his recent comeback spin at Chepstow. Today’ soft ground is a massive positive for this mudlark and his last run over C&d resulted in an easy win off a 19 pound higher mark than today ! , but it was almost 3 years ago. He has showed bits of form since suggesting he’s not over the hill and as most in this field wont be helped by the ground or their marks, and as many of the form horses need their first runs back , great chance for the old guy to get back in the Winners’ Circle.

½ pt win Perfect Candidate @ 9/2

3.40 PREMIUM RACE

4.15  A very weak finale and you can’t complain with the bookies making the in form Sandy Boy a short priced fav and will take some beating ticking plenty of boxes.

½ pt win sandy Boy @ 6/4

Exeter Placepot

2

5

1,4

3,4

2,12

3,10

16 bets

Selected Kempton- all weather -polytack

5.40 Not a deep event and the door can finally open for Divine Connection who’s gone close a few times over this C&D.

¼ pt win Divine Connection @ 11/4

6.10 This will be tough for Last Date to double up on his surprise Chelmsford City win from the worst of the draw and a hefty penalty. Star Of St Louis ran well in that race from a bad draw and in a winnable event looks a nice ew play.

¼ pt ew Star of St Louis @ 15/2

7.40 It’s possible we haven’t the best of Thresholdofadream a cosy C&d winner off a four pound lower mark coming from last to first and this type are always hard to pin down . She returns from a break and has a bad draw, but this does have a winnable look to it so worth a dabble at nice odds.

¼ pt win Thresholdofadream @ 9/1

8.10  The in form Long Call has a bit to do with a 7 pound penalty and also going up in trip switching to the all weather. This will also be tough for Percy Prosecco going for the hat-trick but up in the ratings and grade and his most recent win came over further on tapeta. This could leave the door open for the in form My Boy sepoy , who’s now on  a stiff enough mark but ran well over C&D last time and will be well ridden in a race for amateur jockeys.

¼ pt win My Boy Sepoy @ 9/2

No Kempton placepot