Best bet of the day 24th Sept

[chris34]

5.00 Pontefract Valid point is another Prescott famous little handicapper although his one today was well beat this one won so impressively at Hamilton at the weekend and still looks on the upward curve and 6lb looks super easy to defy on that run, doesn’t seem to care what sort of ground or course it runs on and this should be no problem. 1pt win valid point

[fintron]

Re: Best bet of the day 24th Sept 3.30 Pontefract Despite its classification as a class 5 - 0-75 handicap this looks quite an interesting race on paper. Mr Wolf is a standing dish around here and couldn't have hoped for a better draw as he bids for an eighth course win. He races off a winning mark, but there looks to be plenty of pace on here from the likes of Tangerine Trees and Go Go Green which would count against him as he enjoys an uncontested lead. Tangerine Trees has been in good form this season, stringing together a hat-trick at Hamilton, but he was found out at Redcar last time out and he is poorly drawn tomorrow. Select Committee has been knocking on the door and with a decent apprentice booked could go well but it is the runners with course and distance form that interest me most here as some horses struggle on the stiff finish. King of Swords defied a poor draw to win at huge odds at Beverley last time out and will appreciate his position in stall 4 tomorrow. Running under a penalty for his last win he could feasibly take his recent record to 4-5, but two other course winners are bigger priced and grabbed my attention. Dickie Le Davoir won here in July but he is 8 lbs higher now and may have simply exploited a generous mark that day so Commander Wish is the one I'm on. Lucinda Featherstone's is only a small yard but she recorded a winner the other day and her gelding is capable of running big races here when granted a fast pace to chase - which he may well get tomorrow. He won here off 63 on good to firm ground last August, will get identical going tomorrow, yet runs off a lower rating of 61 (taking into account he races from 4 lbs out of the handicap). He cannot be backed with a great deal of confidence given his inconsistent profile, but if you were to name his ideal conditions then they would be that which he will get for this race and he has ran his best two races of the season at the West Yorkshire track - on the 8th June when 3rd of 15, btn 1.81l off 67 and then on 16th August when finishing mid-field when trying to come from off the pace in a race in which it paid to race prominently. Win