RACING CHAT - Tuesday 8th December

[MCLARKE]

There is 1 horse that fits my young handicappers criteria in the 2.08 at FONTWELL tomorrow.

EARTH MOOR - available at 6/1 with BET365

 

[Darran]

I am going to take a bit of a flyer with Getaway Flyer in the 2.17 at Uttoxeter. On rules form he wouldn't have an obvious chance, but it is her pointing form which means she could be well handicapped off a mark of 83. Last year she finished 2nd in a maiden to Premier Magic and I will talk about that horse when I get round to updating my Road To The Cheltenham Foxhunter thread this week which tells you how good that horse is. A week later she won a maiden beating Getaround who is won off 135 at Newcastle recently. She was then off until this February when she won her Restricted over 2m4f, the same trip as her maiden win. She then was well beaten in an Intermediate at Didmarton where it looked like she didn't really stay 3m. Last month she ran in a couple of maiden hurdles and I accept there wasn't a great deal of promise in them, but I suspect she was there to get handicapped. Soft ground is a bit of an unknown but when winning in February the ground was described as holding. The first time tongue-tie catches the eye as well. She clearly is unlikely to be as good as the horse she beat in her maiden, but at the same time her pointing efforts suggest she is much better than an 83 horse. This is a really weak contest as well so at a current top price of 35/1 with 5 places on offer she is worth backing.

Getaway Flyer @ 35/1 with Betfair (5 places)