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Tom Lunn has gone through the cards, form, going and much more to help guide your horse racing betting choices.
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Wednesday racing tips
- LINGFIELD
1.37: Tamar Bridge 7/4 (1.5pts) - NEWBURY
12.05: Liam Swagger 6/5 (2pts)
1.50: Buckna 11/4 (1pt)
2.25: General Medrano 9/4 (1pt)
Tamar Bridge
Interesting race this Class 3 handicap hurdle at Lingfield, with Tamar Bridge a big early favourite for trainer Olly Murphy under Sean Bowen.
The nine-year-old gelding is incredibly lightly raced as he was away for a huge 698 days before going well to come second and defy that long absence at Uttoxeter in October.
Upped 2lb as a result which still isn’t really anywhere near his best from when he previously finished a race (back in 2021) when winning at Aintree and was subsequently upped to a rating of 134.
He pulled up in three successive races in 2022 and could be back to it, having raced so well off such a long break.
Liam Swagger
This James Owen-trained three-year-old is carrying by far the top-weight after his two wins over hurdles under Sam Twiston-Davies.
He not only won on hurdling debut nicely ahead of Torrent, where the form has seemed to work out well, he then went on to beat Static by a neck at Wetherby in listed company.
Rated 125 but could easily be higher than that still but as we’ve only seen him twice over hurdles, gets a chance to really cement his potential, carrying 10lb more than the rest and as much as 17lb more than the 130-rated filly Miss Altea Blue.
However, the filly placed a distant 5th in listed company in a fillies’ juvenile hurdle and it’s tough to back her on that basis.
Buckna
Nativehill is a bit of a gamble as it always is with first time hurdlers, not least because he’s not been for 620 days since his point to point victory.
He’s as short as 11/10 for trainer Nicky Henderson and though he might be a good looking prospect for a top yard, it’s not great value.
Buckna on the other hand, has just had his form boosted slightly with Walk On High, who was third behind him on hurdle debut went a close second behind the tipped Phoenix Risen, who was making the most of a shift in the weights.
He can certainly build on that and only really has Captain Bellamy as a clear threat on form as he was second to Skyjack Hijack on debut, but was such a distant second, it’s hard to really gauge how that will see him fare here.
General Medrano
Would like to see this horse in a level or maybe two above a Class 3 handicap chase, given he’s now running off a rating of 141.
But it might be ideal to see him here first after beating Beau Balko by a staggering nine lengths last time out.
That came off the back of a wind op in August and after running for the first time since that operation at Haydock, he was all the more improved over course and distance just a week later.
Has had a good couple of weeks since that run and looks set to keep improving for Emma Lavelle, having hinted at being a great chaser in 2023.
The rise shouldn’t be an issue, so neither should carrying top-weight, especially if he can emulate his run here last time out.
Tom Lunn’s Profit/Loss
- November ’24: +53.11
- From May ’24: +207.47pts
- From July ’23: +420.37pts
All odds correct at time of writing
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