Heavy rain has put today’s sole jumps
meeting in jeopardy, but every cloud has a silver lining they say, and with
Exeter passing its second inspection at 10AM, the way is paved for Oliver
Sherwood to have a profitable time of things. Star of the stable is the
handsome Puffin Billy, who ought to
get the better of what looks a straight march with Tolworth Hurdle winner
Melodic Rendezvous, although that is a tight race to call strictly on the
figures, and Puffin Billy makes scant betting appeal at 4/6. Rouge Et Blanc is another from the yard
to come here at the top of his game, and will take the beating if over the
exertions which saw him score at Huntingdon in mid-week, but the best bet is Many Clouds, who lines up in the
opening novice hurdle at 14:00. Of 3 last-time-out winners, Just A Par is
respected most, but the selection achieved more when finishing a good second
under a penalty at Wetherby last time, and would have finished much closer but
for conceding a big lead to eventual winner Up And Go. At level weights with
his main rivals today, and with waiting tactics likely to prove no stumbling
block at this stiff track, Many Clouds can
get back to winning ways.
Kim Bailey has never made any bones
about the regard in which he’s held Harry
Topper (15:00), and the son of Sir Harry Lewis is a short price to win a
competitive graduation chase today. It’s worth looking at the prices he’s
traded in running when winning, though, and highs of 100 and 1,000 show that
it’s his tenacity which has won him races rather than sheer class. His best
effort over hurdles also saw him stay on from an impossible position, and he’s
recommended as a pre-race lay at odds of 2.2. Those taking the chance on laying
him may want to back him back at bigger odds in running to guarantee a profit
(he’s yet to run in a race where he hasn’t hit significantly bigger in the
run), but there is enough opposition in today’s field for a straight lay to be
justified.
Recommended Bets:
Back Many Clouds in the 14:00 Exeter @ [3.2] (NAP)
Lay Harry Topper in the 15:00 Exeter @ [2.20] (NB)
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