Horse racing tips: James Boyle's best bets for Tuesday
I could be barking up the wrong tree with Captain Corcoran as he hasn’t fired fully this season and is now down to a basement mark. On the other hand, he wasn’t disgraced at Hamilton last time out when mid-division behind a subsequent two-time winner in Impressor and could build on that.
The finishing effort he produced was tame but a stiff 5f on an easy surface does not line up with his natural abilities, which include a lot of speed, and he could be happier back at Catterick. Indeed, he’s a C&D winner off a stone higher mark and performed well here on another few occasions also.
How willing he is to go into the red zone and push himself is questionable now, that’s one certain worry, but a 0-55 or a classified race is bound to come his way at some stage. This one could set up nicely if he can get a good position behind the speed and decides to follow through on his effort.
20:10 Ripon – Albegone – 1pt @ 11/2
Albegone doesn’t win very often but his record in 0-60’s reads 3-4-4-1 and he’s definitely better than this grade if everything can go to plan mid-race. It didn’t at Catterick last time when the retained blinkers were reapplied for the first time this season, with a clear run at things never coming his way.
I don’t think that more reserved tactics play to his strengths on tracks like that anyway and he didn’t enjoy the Chester experience on his penultimate start either, proving unable to run down an all-the-way winner who bolted up and has since won off 13lbs higher.
It was a reasonable run all the same, in which he wasn’t given a hard time once it was obvious he couldn’t win, and off 4lbs lower in a lesser grade, he must be a player. Ripon suits him and two of his three career successes have come with an ease in the ground, so conditions shouldn’t be a problem.
The risk lies in the fact that he’s on a 16-long losing run but he’s a half-stone lower in the weights compared to the start of this season and there’ll come a point when everything falls right for him again. This looks like the perfect sort of race and there’s enough in favour to think 5/1+ is a play.
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