It is a busy Thursday of racing with five meetings due to go to post with weather permitting. You can find Andrew Mount’s best bets for the day here.
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Posted: 4:05pm, Wednesday, January 15th
2.00 Wincanton – ANOTHER FINE MESS (1pt e/w – 10/1 bet365)
ANOTHER FINE MESS looks to have been campaigned with handicaps in mind and Jeremy Scott’s six-year-old is likely to take a step forward today off what could be a generous mark of 100. The six-year-old showed promise in his two national hunt flat race outings, finishing a 25-1 third of 13 at Newbury on his debut before a 7-1 fourth of 11 at today’s venue. He could never strike a blow behind Dan Skelton’s Be Aware when a 66-1 seventh of 16 at Newbury on his hurdles debut but that race has produced plenty of winners and those who beat him are now rated 137, 128 (Navajo Indy), 94, 111 (Fasol), 99 and 102. The 200-1 eighth – Aworkinprogress – has won his last four starts and is now rated 113, while the 11th is a dual subsequent chaser winner (rated 110) and the 12th – Blueberry One – is rated 105 after going close on his handicap debut at Ayr earlier this month. Another Fine Mess could only finish a modest 4-1 sixth of nine at Exeter next time but failed to settle and very much caught the eye on his return from a wind operation when a 10-1 fourth over course and distance last month, never getting in a meaningful blow at the 1-5 winner after a mistake at the first flight. The big field/likely strong pace will help, and, with luck, he’ll be ridden patiently again and challenge wide on what should be the better ground.
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2.35 Wincanton – LATIN VERSE (1p e/w – 14/1 William Hill)
At first glance is looks as though LATIN VERSE is best on right-handed track, as his hurdles record in this direction stands at 321226 (1-6), with the sole unplaced effort by just five lengths at Taunton last time out where he would have finished closer but for a bad mistake two out. However, it’s possible that the class of the race is more important, as his four runs over obstacles below Class 3 level have returned form figures of 2112 (2-4), with the first two runs on left-handed tracks. Both defeats were narrow ones (by a neck and a length and a quarter) and he drops from Class 3 to Class 4 company today. Throw in the booking of the excellent Sean Bowen and he looks worth an each-way dabble at a double-figure price.
3.45 Wincanton – SIZABLE SAM (1pt e/w – 12/1 bet365)
SIZABLE SAM has a fine record on right-handed tracks, recording form figures of 221153122213 (4-12), including Wincanton figures of 221112 (3-6), with the first runner-up effort at 20-1. Jeremy Scott’s ten-year-old faces some young progressive rivals – not least King Turgeon – but the likely strong gallop will suit and he looked on his way back when a 25-1 third of 11 at Exeter last month on his second outing after a 668-day absence. I’m expecting more from MY SILVER LINING in the first-time cheekpieces today, as his record on his first start of the new year reads 111 (3-3), and I’ll be having a stake saver on Emma Lavelle’s nine-year-old.
Andrew Mount’s Best Bets
2.00 Wincanton – ANOTHER FINE MESS (1pt e/w – 10/1 bet365)
2.35 Wincanton – LATIN VERSE (1p e/w – 14/1 William Hill)
3.45 Wincanton – SIZABLE SAM (1pt e/w – 12/1 bet365)
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