Haydock 3.50

The Advisor - Haydock 3.50 6 Tommy Rapper @ 11/2  /  8 Isaactown Lad @ 20/1

(1/2 point each way both horses)

The Going Stick here indicates that they are going to be running on "pudding". The key asset will be stamina and I don't see either
Black Ivory or Noble Robin as being as any real value at 4/1 or lower. Shantou Bob is a horse that can flatter to deceive and it will
win one of these one day but on balance of form off this weight and mark a solid place looks the most likely. I think the running style
of TOMMY RAPPER, who idles in front and who needs to be ridden with great precision, may hide a decent handicap mark;

and the 11/2 looks better value than the others around it in the market on that basis.

The likes of SPLASH OF GINGE can pop up as we have seen more than once but lurking lower down and at a very appealing price
is ISAACTOWN LAD. A Course and Distance winner; always needs a few runs, is not well handicapped but neither is it badly
handicapped, the price and the feeling these are ideal conditions with the Yard now firing make it better value than Shantou Bob