Monday’s Racing Tips – Antepost Scottish National selection and a pick from Fakenham

Apart from Rlasthope, Sunday's selections were shoddy.

Rlasthope was evidently the wrong price when tipped up, and he ran well, but was probably flattered to get as close as he did to the winner.

Manhattan Valley was a blatant non-trier, which is the reason I stay clear of the yard. Jack Tudor didn't take the ride and was replaced by a 7lb claimer. The drift told the story, and the horse was never asked for an effort.

Vision De Maine is going backwards at a fast rate, and the yard being massively out of form might be the reason. Poor selection from me on the basis of the yard form, which I normally value a lot.

Rialannah 2/1 (2pt) – Fakenham 2.40

In the race at Uttoxeter I tipped up Mermaids Cave, I watched Rialannah run a very good race on his stable debut for Lucy Wadham.

Considering Rialannah is a maiden from 15 races, I thought the level he ran to at Uttoxeter was decent and was something that Lucy could work on going forward. He led four from home and was clear before jumping three out, but then weakened very quickly. That was his first run in 350 days, so he was clearly lacking match fitness, and I think running a horse over a shorter-than-ideal trip is a great way to get them fit for their next run.

Rialannah now returns to a more suitable trip of three miles, and the good ground shouldn't be an issue for him. I think he can put in a similar performance to last time out, but finishes the race off stronger, he has to be a huge player.

Fakenham is a track that Lucy Wadham does very well at and is her most-used jumps track. She has a 29% strike rate in the last five seasons, equalling a profit of +18.23 to £1 level stakes.

Scottish Grand National Antepost – King Of Answers 8/1 (1pt)

I'm gutted I didn't put this up yesterday as King Of Answers was 12/1 and waiting 24 hours has seen his price drop by four points.

I think this race could be tailor-made for King Of Answers, who looks in need of this marathon trip. In his last three starts, he has looked like a horse who relishes a stamina test.

8/1 is still a fair price, and even though he is the current favourite for the race, I think he will be a fair few more points shorter.

The weather forecast looks like the ground could on the soft side, which is perfectly fine for him, arguably beneficial.

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