Newsboy fancies his nap, Elterwater, to win at Southwell and also hopes Chapel Green can score at Musselburgh and complete his Daily Double
Newsboy fancies his nap, Elterwater, to win at Southwell and also hopes Chapel Green can score at Musselburgh and complete his Daily Double Newsboy fancies his nap, Elterwater, to win at Southwell and also hopes Chapel Green can score at Musselburgh and complete his Daily Double
ELTERWATER is fancied to get back to winning ways by beating 10 opponents for the Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap (Div I) (8.00) at Southwell on Friday evening.
The five-year-old son of Camelot, trained in tandem by Dan and Claire Kübler, returned from 267 days off games to score at Chelmsford City in mid-November.
And Elterwater was only narrowly denied a follow-up back at the Essex Showground three weeks later, going under by a short head to Port Erin.
The form of that race looks solid for the grade – third home H Key Lails scored at Lingfield Park three days before Christmas while the winner ran a decent third in a better race at Wolverhampton last Monday.
The British Horseracing Authority handicapper has raised Richard Kingscote’s mount 4lb to a new rating of 62.
But Elterwater may yet have more to offer for his impressive husband-and-wife team and gets the Nap vote for a second career success.
At Musselburgh, if it passes a morning inspection, CHAPEL GREEN gets the opportunity to build on a last-time-out course-and-distance triumph in the Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Handicap Chase (2.57).
Lucinda Russell’s eight-year-old hasn’t won any medals for consistency but the way he accounted for six rivals under 5lb claimer Alan Doyle five weeks ago makes a 6lb higher mark look within range.
THURSDAY’S SELECTIONS
LINGFIELD PARK
11.45 SOLAR PASS
12.15 SECONDS COUNT
12.45 HARB
1.15 KNOCKBREX
1.45 HAVANA SKY
2.15 OVERNIGHT OATS
2.45 SILVER NIGHTFALL
3.15 BOATSWAIN
3.45 DOUBLETHETROUBLE
MUSSELBURGH
12.27 GOODTIMES BADTIMES
12.57 MALICASH
1.27 CARDAMON HILL
1.57 SUMMERGROUNDS
2.27 GAME MANAGEMENT
2.57 CHAPEL GREEN (NB)
3.27 CABALLO DE GUERRA
SOUTHWELL
4.30 PARADOXICAL
5.00 ZIGGY’S CONDOR
5.30 STARDANCER
6.00 EMPOWERED QUEEN
6.30 RAPIDO GIRL
7.00 AUTUMN ANGEL
7.30 LIV LUCKY
8.00 ELTERWATER (NAP)
8.30 TEA SEA
DOUBLE: ELTERWATER and CHAPEL GREEN
Mirror – Sport
