Nottingham 4.45
By UK Flat / AW (Northern)
Nottingham 4.45 Handicap - 6 Furlongs - Good to Soft 16 run.
The Draw here can be perplexing and does tend to favour very low or very high (a bit like Ripon) and my 3 fancies were all drawn in such a configuration.
In Stalls 3 and 4 respectively are Sendacard (now NR) and Snow Berry and both have Course and Distance winning form but you have to make excuses for poor recent runs since their Course and Distance success. IF Low is the best place to be I could see both placing at least.
The one for me though is RED BRAVO, drawn on the other side in Stall 14 and another Course and Distance winner. RED BRAVO is Trained by David Loughnane, ridden by David Probert and runs off a mark of 57. The horse can handle variable ground with the last win on soft off a mark of 55 over Course and Distance and a close look at form suggests that when conditions and Draw gives it a chance off a nice mark it can capitalise.
It's a wide open race but with enough ticks in all the boxes and the CD form, I'll be disappointed if it's not in the first 4 home provided the draw gives it an equal chance.
TIP - RED BRAVO