Top Tipster Daryl Carter has two selections to side with on Tuesday, with a tip apiece on the Exeter and Pontefract cards.
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Posted: 5.25pm April 10th (Odds correct at time posted)
3.45 Exeter – SKANDIBURG (0.5pt E/W – 20/1 Bet365, 16/1 generally)
It takes a leap of faith to back SKANDIBURG, but this is now the first drop into a class 4 handicap hurdle contest, and it might be the case that he comes good at this time of year nowadays. Early in his career, his victories have been scattered throughout the season when a young progressive horse, but these days his best performances are few and far between. He tends to always run a fair race at Newbury, but last time he stuck on really well for third behind On The Blind Side (beaten 17 lengths). Before to that, he had been over fences for some strange reason and then showed very little in the months of October through to November. Interestingly enough, it was a similar story last season before he ran his best race for some time in March when second to Boss Man Fred at Warwick (he didn’t run again after), and it might not be a coincidence that the two good efforts above have both come at this time of year. In the 2020/2021 season, again, his best RPR of the year came in March when a narrow second at Doncaster in March 2021 before suffering an overreach in May. He has rarely raced during the spring in his career, but when he has his form figures read 3220184. It’s probably no coincidence that his victories have come at tracks with long home straights such as Aintree, Huntingdon, and Cheltenham (New). This Exeter track replicates those venues and will give him plenty of time to get going. The cheek-pieces go back on, and Gavin Sheehan comes here for just this ride. He looks worth a small play at double-figure odds.
4.00 Pontefract – PRAIRIE FALCON (1pt win – 7/2 Bet365, 3/1 generally)
An excellent competitive handicap with the market headed by a horse we followed for much of the season last term in PRAIRIE FALCON. He makes her return to action from a wide birth in stall seven, although he looks very fairly treated on the balance of his form. He had little luck on his final start of the season when drawn on the wrong side of the track at Newmarket and slowly away, which forced him to challenge widest of all. He also didn’t look entirely at home on the undulations there, which can prove somewhat of a specialist track. He progressed throughout the season last term, and his form was boosted on multiple occasions. He should have won at Redcar over seven furlongs but had no run and had to finish on the bridle behind a useful rival. The fact that he stays further than this six-furlong trip should play to his strengths on this stiff track with an uphill finish. It’s tough to know what to expect the first time out, but he certainly had the size and scope to improve into a better three-year-old and starts life out on a very hand rating down in grade into a Class 3. Richard Fahey has a smashing record in this event, and his Amy Santiago caught the eye at Kempton and has a good sole turf run to her name. Race-fit, she can be a big danger.
Daryl Carter’s Best Bets
3.45 Exeter – SKANDIBURG (0.5pt E/W – 20/1 Bet365, 16/1 generally)
4.00 Pontefract – PRAIRIE FALCON (1pt win – 7/2 Bet365, 3/1 generally)
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