Zip could be too quick for his Southwell rivals

RACING: Richard Fahey-trained colt hopes to make amends for narrow defeat

ZIP would not be winning out of turn if he can get his head in front in the Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost EBF Novice Stakes at Southwell today.

Trained by Richard Fahey, the Kyllachy colt found just one too good here last time out and could in fact be counted an unfortunate loser.

He went down by a head, but the fact he reared in the stalls and took time to find his stride surely counted against him in the final reckoning.

HONEY GG is enjoying life at the Nottinghamshire track and ought to be thereabouts once more in the Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap.

Her two previous forays on the Fibresand have yielded a second place and a win, with that victory coming last time out. Declan Carroll’s three-yearold had been in decent heart before that, too, and form on this surface is always a positive.

A similar remark applies to MR MINERALS, who makes a bit of appeal in the Follow Sun Racing On Twitter Handicap.

Richard Hughes opted to bring him here at the end of last month and was rewarded with a decent effort in second.

Considering the neck verdict, the fact he was not the sharpest away proved a hindrance and he looks capable of being involved again given he is not badly handicapped on the face of it just now.

DECORATION OF WAR is the pick in the second division of the sunracing. co.uk Handicap on what will be his second start for Mick Appleby.

The three-year-old had only been out of the first two once in four starts for Ilka Gansera-Leveque, after he moved there from Ed Dunlop, and looks like continuing the good work with Appleby.

SCOOP THE POT can do just that in the NetBet Handicap Chase at Fontwell. Philip Hobbs is a much more frequent visitor to the winner’s enclosure than he was last year and this eight-year-old added to the Minehead trainer’s gains when last seen at Exeter.

The JP McManus-owned gelding had been knocking on the door and should reap the benefit of what was a stout staying success – one the handicapper has not been able to be overly punitive about.

SELECTIONS: FONTWELL: 12.40 Snazz Man, 1.10 Robin Deuz Pois, 1.40 Just Perfect, 2.10 Scoop The Pot, 2.40 Pardon Me, 3.10 Bears Rails, 3.40 Sky Full Of Stars.

SOUTHWELL: 11.50 Fflur, 12.20 ZIP (NAP), 12.50 Capla Demon, 1.20 Princess Harley, 1.50 Honey Gg, 2.20 Mr Minerals, 2.50 Mr Coco Bean, 3.20 Decoration Of War.

DOUBLE: Zip and Honey Gg.