TEDDY PAIR
George’s star has perfect conditions to land second win of season
COME ON TEDDY (nap) can stay ahead of the assessor with victory in the Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (3.35) at Warwick.
Tom George’s seven-year-old showed plenty of promise for the future with a reappearance fourth at Uttoxeter in November.
And the son of Fame And Glory built on that return when scoring at Cheltenham the following month.
Sent off at 11-2 in a field of 12, Come On Teddy and Sam Twiston-Davies stretched clear on the climb to the line to hold On The Blind Side by five and a half lengths.
The handicapper’s reaction – a 7lb rise in the weights – could have been worse and Come On Teddy has more to offer on his 10th attempt over obstacles.
David Pipe’s fortunes are back on the up and he has an obvious candidate for the Grade 2 Ballymore Leamington Novices’ Hurdle (2.25) in MAKE ME A
BELIEVER.
The six-year-old son of Presenting underwent a wind operation after a hurdles debut second at Lingfield in October.
And Make Me A Believer showed the benefit of the surgeon’s work at Cheltenham next time with a one-length defeat of Any News.
The step up to two miles and five furlongs should work in the favour of Tom Scudamore’s mount too.
The Grade 2 McCoy Contractors Civils And Infrastructure Hampton Novices’ Chase (1.50) is a good opportunity for NEXT
to take his career over fences to two wins from two attempts.
Twice successful at the top level over hurdles when in the care of Willie Mullins, he marked his debut for Paul Nicholls with a fine second to Roksana in Wetherby’s bet365 Hurdle in October.
Next Destination then impressed when landing the Grade 2 John Francome Novices’ Chase at Newbury four weeks
later and should be up shouldering a penalty today.
EILEENDOVER (below) gets the vote for the Listed Alan Swinbank Mares’ Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race at Market Rasen.
Pam Sly’s four-year-old, a grand-daughter of the stable’s 1,000 Guineas heroine Speciosa, created a stirring impression when demolishing her rivals by 29 lengths at Huntingdon in November. And she hardly broke sweat to follow up by 16 lengths at Wetherby.
Wind surgery could aid LANGER DAN against four rivals for the MansionBet Handicap Hurdle (2.05), while the popular LIL ROCKERFELLER is sure to give it his all in the following MansionBet’s Bet 10 Get 20 Hurdle (2.40). to