INGLEBY Arch stands out in the bluesq.com On Your iPhone Claiming Stakes at Southwell.
David Barron’s eight-yearold has seven wins on the allweather to his name even though his last victory came on bottomless ground at Ayr.
His last two runs here were poor but were in decent races and this is a big drop in class.
He is also in receipt of weight from all bar one of his rivals, despite being the highest rated in the race.
Bryan Smart’s Silver Turn could prove to be the class act in the southwell-race course. co.uk Maiden Fillies’ Stakes.
Fourth on debut at Catterick, the runner-up Insolenceofoffice has since won four races.
Given time to strengthen up, she could be a cut above.
With so much racing lost recently it is no surprise that there are big fields at Leicester so stakes should probably be kept to a minimum.
Ian Williams’ Fredo, formerly a decent hurdler, has made a nice start to his chasing career bumping into the ill-fated Tell Massini and Master Of The Hall to date.
He faces nothing of that class in the Highfields Novices’ Chase and looks ready to open his account.
Ryan Moore is a rare sight on the all-weather through the winter so the fact his father Gary has persuaded him to ride Quality Art must be a good sign in the Great Sale Offers Daily At williamhill.com Maiden at Kempton.
Moore has been all over the world recently, bagging big prizes in Asia on Snow Fairy and also winning a jockeys’ competition overseas, so he could be forgiven for wanting a few weeks off before attempting to reclaim his title off Paul Hanagan.
The Elusive Quality gelding was not totally disgraced on his debut at Sandown in June but was then off the track until November.
He returned with a really good effort when second at Kempton in November and was sent off odds-on for his next race at Wolverhampton.
As he cost over 100,000 guineas it would have disappointed connections that he failed to get his head in front but it is too early to give up on him yet.
While he was stepping back to five furlongs, the same trip he faces here, more of an issue could have been the deep nature of the track which made coming from off the pace difficult.
Cobo Bay can go well in the Top Greyhound Offers Today At williamhill.com Claiming Stakes.
Horses running at this level can rarely be relied upon to run exactly to the pound, but he was winning at Epsom as recently as August off 86 so surely has some level of ability left.
A chance is taken on Porgy in a competitive race for the Mobile Betting – Visit williamhill.com Handicap.
He has some reasonable form in the summer off marks in the 90s for Richard Fahey and having now joined David Simcock he finds himself running off just 79. A break may have revitalised him.
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