Andy Holding’s Thursday Racing Tips
FLASHCARD (best price 4-1) was seemingly back to his best at Ascot last time out and with his confidence and retuning to the scene of his finest two past performances, Andrew Balding’s gelding can take the growth in course within his stride. 2-2 and striking on both visits in the Wiltshire track as a two-year-old, the boy of Fast Company has rather lost his way in the interim, but again backwards with some ease underfoot and over a stiff galloping monitor last time, he showed everyone exactly what a great horse he’s when on-song. The way he travelled and quickened at the Berkshire place pointed into a horse at the rudest of health and also yesterday’s rain not put to inconvenience him in any way, the three-year-old chestnut can follow in the footsteps of Passing Glance,” Side Glance and Tullius, who were winners of this prestigious race for his Kingsclere handler in the past.
Alhaazm has appeared as though two items are rather getting in his manner, so until he has the unkindest cut of all, he could be readily passed over in favour of THE CORPORAL (best price 3-1).
Looking unsatisfactory since leaving Aidan O’Brien, maybe not for the very first time, among Chris Wall’s offenders improved dramatically to get a jog at the beachfront venue and if he can continue along exactly the exact same path on his return visit, he then may be capable of replicating the dose from time. Niggled together and looking one dressed out two, the son of Dansili eventually made a decision to engage top gear when it mattered all and in the end, he ended up winning quite snugly. Time-wise, the race comes out nicely on the characters, and together with the runner-up, Rock The Cradle, going on to increase the shape next time with a cosy win at Sandown, the three-year-old is capable of succeeding suit under comparable conditions to those that encountered 29 days ago.
MERRICOURT (NAP) (best price 5-1) has to conquer a 134-day layoff, but supplying he’s somewhere close to peak fitness there’s every opportunity he can go near in a race of this kind. Promising in 3 starts last season, Ger Lyon’s three-year-old withdrew any chance he may have had of breaking his duck with an extremely slow start in a hot handicap back in April, but despite providing some good types a healthy head start, he left the kind of inroads towards the back part of this contest to indicate he would have been a gigantic player given a level playing field. Certainly much better than the bare outcome suggests the son of Mizzen Mast has floor conditions and a decent draw in his favour on his return into the Dublin venue and he rates a fair each-way bet at the morning prices.
Canadian Steel arrives in terrific shape after another easy victory at Downpatrick on Sunday, but while his promises are blatantly apparent, WALKING ON GLASS (greatest price 7-1) could prove to be the fly in the ointment towards the foot of their weights. Just showing modest ability over hurdles in 3 starts, the four-year-old gray was a totally different proposition of overdue on the Flat and his latest effort at Galway signifies the type of improvement he has made in such a short space of time. Fourth in a hot handicap over 1m4f in Ballybrit two weeks ago, that campaign was probably pound-for-pound his best ever exhibit based on pure figures, but should you take into consideration his success on the rapidly-improving Linger (now rated 120 over challenges ) in Navan earlier in the summer, it all adds up to a horse on top of his game currently. Apparently, it is not in tablets of stone which the son of Big Bad Bob is going to interpret that amount of skill back to the chilly game, but if he really does, he surely will be a dangerous floater off a mark of just 93 on his handicap debut.
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