Andrew Mount has two selections on Tuesday that line up at Ripon and Lingfield Park with both available at eye-catching prices.
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Posted: 6.26pm, Monday, August 26th
4.25 Ripon – MOUNT KING (1pt ew – 13/2 generally)
MOUNT KING came good at about this time last year, making all over 1m at Thirsk on September 1st under Sean Kirrane and doubling his career tally over the same trip at Pontefract the following month. Those wins came off marks of 64 and 67 and he’s back down to 64 today. Tim Easterby’s four-year-old didn’t show much in his early starts this season but there was more promise in June’s seventh of eight at Pontefract than his finishing position suggested, as he did too much too soon on the front end. The prominently ridden third and fifth from that race have both won since and the front-running fourth only went down by half a length when a 14-1 third just a couple of runs later. Surprisingly, Mount King was stepped up to 1m3f at Carlisle for his next start where he faded into a non-staying fourth of five. He also failed to see it out over 1m2f at Beverley next time (third) and shaped well enough when fifth over today’s course and distance on his latest outing, doing second best of the prominent racers (fifth of 12) in a Class 6 apprentice handicap run to suit the late closers, trading at 3.00 in running from a Betfair SP of 11.00. Kirrane is back on board today and he has a nice draw in stall 4 to track likely pacesetter Code Purple (stall 3).
7.38 Lingfield – THE DEFIANT (1pt win – 8/1 generally)
THE DEFIANT has won six of his 19 starts on Polytrack and has form figures on his favourite surface in Class 5 or lower company of 1114217313315 (6-13) for a profit of £14.88 to a £1 level stake at SP. Those figures improve to 111171315 (6-9) when returned to the track within 20 days or his latest outing. The Luke Dace-trained eight-year-old will appreciate the switch from turf after his sixth of seven at Goodwood just four days ago and is worth chancing despite his jockey’s inexperience.
Andrew Mount’s Best Bets
4.25 Ripon – MOUNT KING (1pt ew – 13/2 generally)
7.38 Lingfield – THE DEFIANT (1pt win – 8/1 generally)
Andrew Mount’s tips for Tuesday, 27th August 2024.
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