Beverley 3.25
By UK Flat / AW (Northern)
NORTHERN - Beverley 3.25 Claiming Race - Class 6 - 7 and 1/2 furlongs - 12 run Good
This is not strictly a handicap, weights apportioned on set criteria of form, age, sex and a few other factors, so I like to work out my own handicap system and correlate as some will be "badly in" and others "well in" in the context of allocated weight.
The top 4-5 in the market look solid and in relatively decent form based on the Grade but of them only MEDECINE JACK looks a serious each way price and opportunity so I'll have a TRACKER bet on it each way.
A pair at nice prices who look "well in" and with enough form to make me interested are LINCOLN GAMBLE who runs for the Fahey Yard. Drops in trip but has run prominently over further and led to this kind of distance a few times, so the step back has some logic and drawn wide could swoop round them. It did win over just short of this trip last season so evidence it shouldn't be anything but competitive.
The other one is BIBBIDBOBBIDLBOO (I think thats how you spell it....)...won of marks of 59 and 60 as a 3 year old and has then placed no less than 10 times off marks as high as 70, down through the 60's and now down to 56. Ann Duffield has had a few winners in the past few weeks and interesting that David Allen takes the ride and Drawn 4 has every chance off an inside pitch. Clearly a horse with some ability the price looked a bit silly to me over 20/1.
I'll have 1/4 point on both so spend 2 points on the day.