The Novice Tipster

  Sandown (g)   1:15 Ratings : Narragansett Going : Narragansett Speed :Melon Selection :Narragansett 9/2   1:50 Ratings : Meetmebythesea Going : Its Hard To Know Speed :Keplers Law Selection :Keplers Law 16/1   2:25 Ratings : Ooh Betty Going : Sorceleur Speed :Lump Sum Selection :Ooh Betty 11/1   3:00 Ratings : A Path To Ronda Going : Cetic Queen Speed :Charimsma Cat Selection :Charisma Cat 2/1   3:35 Ratings : Java Point Going : Dreaming Blue Speed :Goshen Selection :Goshen 6/1   4:10 Ratings : Don’t Tell Su Going : Hurricane Bay Speed :Coco Mademoiselle Selection :Coco Mademoiselle 9/4   4:45 Ratings : Xcitations Going : Mint Gold/Fire Flyer Speed :Issar D'airy Selection :Xcitations 6/1

1st Ooh Betty 11/1 - 50 1st Lump Sum 8/1 - 50 2nd Hardy Du Seuil 28/1 - 45 3rd King William Rufus 16/1 -40 3rd Go Dante 7/1 - 40   As you can see this race is really tight. Tintintin and Knickerbockerglory were next on 35.  Ooh Betty  scored well, she was 3rd in a Grade 2 Mares hurdle last time and the winner and 2nd are off to Cheltenham. She is a C&D winner, the ground is percet and she could run well here. Lump Sum carries top weight, track should be fine and distance, my only slight worry is that he probably would prefer it to be good-soft. He will have it all to do off top weight but he is rated 8lb better than the next Hardy Du Seuil has been running quite well on soft recently, but his stats suggest that maybe good ground suits him better. He goes well at Sandown having won here before and the trip is perfect. He was only beaten about a length by Knickerbockerglory last time and if the better ground suits then 28/1 to Knickerbockerglorys 12/1 is very generous. ...