3 FREE RACING PREVIEWS & PICKS AT WORCESTER. Since it’s a quiet day on the Football front & we limit our WTA shares, I decided to share some of my racing bets. I’ve chosen to focus on the National hunt card at Worcester, good look if you are betting!
3 FREE RACING PREVIEWS & PICKS AT WORCESTER
13:55 – A LITTLE SOMETHING (11/4)
Holy Legend appears to be a reformed character. The Alexandra Dunn-trained seven-year-old scored two starts back and backed that up with a cracking three-quarter-length second over course and distance last time out. The handicapper hit him with another four-pound rise for that effort, which looks fair enough considering the horse that beat him went on to win next time out.
However, A Little Something might well have made it three wins on the bounce had he not unseated his rider at the final fence at Stratford. The eventual winner of that contest has since racked up two victories, making the Emma Lavelle-trained runner look feasibly handicapped off just a five-pound higher mark. While the seven-year-old is conceding plenty of weight to the rest of the field, his slick jumping should stand him in good stead to get the job done here.
14:25 – COURT IN A STORM (9/2)
Regal Renaissance arrives in cracking nick having won her last three, albeit in small-field contests. While a mare in peak form always demands respect, an official rating of 120 is starting to look a touch high.
Gwash was hit with a six-pound rise for finishing three-quarters of a length behind Axel Bleue, while the winner himself was reassessed seven pounds higher. A quick watch back of the replay suggests Gwash raced lazily at stages, and when produced at the last, he simply didn’t dig in as hard as the winner. In short, both look like prime candidates to take on at shortish odds.
The vote goes to the Kim Bailey and Matt Nicholls-trained Court In A Storm, who seems to save his best work for this venue. While he was disappointing last time out, a couple of early blunders put him on the back foot immediately. He is far better than that showing implies, and this looks like a golden opportunity to break his chase maiden.
15:30 – EARNEST BRIEF (4/1)
It is hard to align with Penzance being priced up as short as 5/4 for this maiden hurdle. While the Shark Hanlon-trained six-year-old is officially top-rated, the margin isn’t huge. To be fair, he had Bound Of Glory 12 lengths adrift at Stratford in a race where the winner scored again, and he was only just touched off by Genealogy back at that venue last time out.
Without Burlington brings a flat rating of 71 into the mix for Jonjo O’Neill, but he arrives off a 289-day lay-off. The lightly raced four-year-old should possess enough talent to make it as a hurdler, though he is entitled to need the outing today.
The preference is for Earnest Brief, a 72-rated flat recruit who has now compiled four starts over hurdles. The four-year-old grey produced his best effort to date last time out, and he arguably would have finished even closer had his jockey bided his time a second longer. This looks like a cracking opening for him to get off the mark.
