Winning trail for punters

Racing: Kerry Lee’s 10-year-old should be sharper than on seasonal return

GINO TRAIL should be much sharper than on his seasonal return when he rocks up at Wetherby.

Kerry Lee’s 10-year-old was always up against it in a soft-ground Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter, yet he shaped quite promisingly from the front until fitness told.

The 140-rated chaser must give away weight in a one-mile handicap at the West Yorkshire track, but he ought to have come on a ton for that first spin of the season and has always been well liked by his wise trainer.

BRONZE ANGEL can gain a long overdue victory when he takes the plunge at Wolverhampton.

The 2014 Cambridgeshire hero has not found the mark since September 2015, but that does not tell the full story.

Marcus Tregoning’s eight-year-old has, after all, only raced nine times since then in a stop-start career.

But he has shown enough this season to suggest the likelihood of a return to the winner’s enclosure is a distinct possibility this winter.

Bronze Angel has won twice from four starts on the all-weather so that is also a reassuring stat ahead of the Betway Handicap over nine-and-a-half furlongs.

His most recent performance in a fine race at Leicester last month will also have gone down well with connections.

He was only beaten a length into third place by Fire Brigade and Chatez.

After having won off a mark of 104 in his pomp, he is allowed to race at Wolverhampton off 95, which looks most appealing. SELECTIONS: WETHERBY: 12.25 Falcon Sun, 12.55 Three Ways, 1.25 Jersey Bean, 2.00 GINO TRAIL (NAP), 2.30 Mr Snoozy, 3.05 Oscar World, 3.35 Lady Samback.

WOLVERHAMPTON: 12.15 Colourful Career, 12.45 Fire Orchid, 1.15 West Palm Beach, 1.45 Come With Me, 2.20 Bronze Angel, 2.50 Throckley, 3.25 Hamish McGonagain, 3.55 Alaskan Bay.

DOUBLE: Gino Trail and Bronze Angel.

Form Fancies The Prof at Wetherby Best bet: THORPE (2.30). Each-way double: OSCAR WORLD (3.05) and BELLE AMIS (3.35).