Tuesday Tipping - April 19th

Fontwell racecourse is the destination on Tuesday for an excellent card with a great combination of novice chases and competitive handicaps. Both the top stables and top jockeys are present, including Richard Johnson, Jamie Moore and recent Grand National winner Jason Maguire.

Richard Johnson is the jockey on our first selection, which runs in the 5.20, which sees him ride GORES ISLAND in the bumper, who aims to build on a very good second on debut. He finished second to Knights Pass, the long time ante post favourite for the Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival, and is expected to be a real classy hurdler in time to come. The Noel Chance five year old is very well bred, and should come on for the run. The only negative is the lack of form from the stable, with only one winner in the last 7 weeks. However Dickie Johnson on the other hand is in imperious form, and hopefully he can have his form rub off onto the horse.

We switch codes for our remaining selections, and move our fortunes to the picturesque surroundings of Bath, which hosts an evening meeting on Tuesday that includes a 7 race card, with the feature being the 6:00 – R and R Ices Handicap. A horse that immediately strikes off the page is the Amanda Perrett trained HUFF AND PUFF, who has some tremendous form in the book in his relatively short racing career. His debut was a promising fifth in a tough Newmarket maiden that had 11 subsequent winners come out of it. He then broke his maiden tag, before debuting in a handicap, finishing again fifth behind St Leger winner Arctic Cosmos and ahead of future successful hurdlers Higgys Ragazzo and King’s Parade. He has proven to run well fresh and should be able to defy top weight here.

We turn out attention finally to Pontefract on Tuesday, and it is of interesting viewing to see that Ryan Moore travels there to take one ride for his boss Sir Michael Stoute. He rides the promising Dansili colt CHIEFDOM PRINCE. He was relatively disappointing when finishing second last time out in a Nottingham maiden, when travelling well to find little of the bridle. He has been dropped in trip from a mile to 6 furlongs, which should suit given how his races have panned out thus far. His chances have also been backed up with third in the maiden winning next time out, and given the fact it looks a relatively weak race on paper, he should be able to make it third time lucky,

Selections

Chiefdom Prince – 4.10 Pontefract

Gores Island – 5.20 Fontwell

Huff and Puff – 6.00 Bath

The Yorkshireman – Jack Milner