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For the first time in the jumps season, the weather was the winner. Hexham was snowed over, and the card was abandoned, which resulted in both runners being non-runners.
On a brighter note, Tuesday's selection, who was a no-runner (Stick With Me Sam), was well beaten on his run at Warwick. Which is always a good sign when a horse dodges one meeting to run in another, and you avoid backing them.
Star Of Affinity 11/4 (1pt) – Wincanton 1.35
When a yard is firing on all cylinders like the way Joe Tizzard's is at the moment, it's worth giving another chance to their runners who ran with credit last time out.
Star Of Affinity made his chasing debut earlier this month at Chepstow and definitely put in a better performance than the losing margin to Palacio.
Given how well Sam Thomas' chasing newcomers have done this season, it was a very solid effort to finish in fourth. At points in the race, it looked likely that Star Of Affinity was going to put in a challenge to the winner, but he made a mistake two from home, and his gas tank emptied.
Joe Tizzard has been pumping out the winners since the back end of last week, so I think with that recent run under his belt, Star Of Affirmity must be going close in not a very strong race.
Back it with Tote (no fixed odds)Tapley 3/1 (1pt) – Wincanton 3.20
Tapley has been a horse I've been sucked into backing before, and I'm afraid, it's happening again.
I tipped him up in April over hurdles when getting Elizabeth Gale in the saddle, as I thought she made him very well handicapped by taking off 7lbs. Today, he gets another 7lb claimer on board, but it's Isabelle Ryder this time.
This time around, he is arriving in good form, and his handicap mark over fences is lower than his hurdling mark. Last time out, he bumped into Nickelforce, who also had been in good form, by being in the places on three of his most recent runs.
Tapley's recent run recorded an RPR of 117, and he has only gone up a pound, so a repeat performance could be more than good to see him get the win.
There are some potential improvers in this, but this is a drop in class from last time around, and he has competed at a higher level and done well in the past.
The good ground is crucial to his chances, which makes is very lucky that Wincanton has dodged the poor recent weather, and the ground has remained quick. Also, he showed a liking to the track and fences last time out, which is always a huge positive going into a race.
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