ELIGIBLE BATCHELOR
BATCHELOR BOY (1.55) looks a typical Marco Botti improver in the Ladbrokes Handicap at Wolverhampton.
The colt is developing into a useful sprinter who routed
Lakeview over course and distance last month.
The three-year-old is on an attractive mark for his handicap bow and will be primed. Paul Cole has hit form so
DARK PHOENIX (12.55) is worth backing in a tricky opener.
Proven on tapeta, the grey by GARRY OWEN will relish tackling 1m 2f after outbattling the promising Fair
Warning over a mile at Kempton. James Eustace’s REASONED (2.30) is the sensible choice in the Betway Handicap.
The filly likes this track and can defy a well-earned 7lb hike for slamming Griggy last time.
DANCE TO PARIS (4.10) should put her best foot forward in the two-miler. Lucy Wadham’s mare can shrug off a 4lb hike for comfortably defeating Iconic Belle over 1m 6f here last month. GETAWAY TOTHEROCK (12.45) looks solid in the mares’ novice hurdle at Newbury.
Alastair Ralph’s charge remains open to progress over timber after hammering the useful Subway Surf at Ludlow.
PRECIOUS CARGO (1.45) ought to stay on the upgrade in the novices’ handicap chase.
Nicky Henderson’s horse can dish out weight and a beating after hacking up on debut at
Haydock. PRESENT FROM
DUBAI (2.20) looks gift-wrapped in the EBM Handicap Hurdle.
Richard Phillips’ gelding still lurks on an attractive mark after last month’s impressive defeat of Sastruga at Uttoxeter. Tom George is flying so
GLOCKENSPIEL (2.50) can land a tricky two-miler. The young hurdler can make a winning handicap debut after giving Cheddleton problems at Bangor.
REALLYRADICAL (3.25) is the safest option in the trappy
Corbiere Handicap Chase. Chris Gordon’s gelding should star after chasing home Hard To
Forget at Plumpton last month. Borders handler Sandy Thomson is confident Geronimo can go close in Saturday’s Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock.
The nine-year-old scored on his return at Newcastle over just two-and-a-half miles, with heavy ground no issue.
Thomson said: “It was great to win over a trip that some people said would be too short for him.”