November Handicap Raceday at Doncaster
on Saturday officially brings down the curtain on the Flat season,
but there is no shortage of runners at Nottingham on Wednesday and
the Bet at RacingUK.com Handicap (3.20), for which 17 runners are
declared, provides us with an opportunity for a midweek tilt at the
ring.
One or two of those with recent winning
form may be better suited by softer ground and/or a sharper track,
but one who should be perfectly at home over a galloping five
furlongs on the prevailing good going is the topweight Secret
Potion. Ronald Harris’ four-year-old has been raised 6lb in the
weights for winning a similar race on the Tapeta surface at
Wolverhampton eight days ago, by just a head, but the pick of his
turf form, this season and last, suggests he’s far from impossibly
handicapped.
Notwithstanding a poor effort at
Brighton three starts ago, the son of Stimulation, from the family of
top-class sprinter Choisir, has been in fair form since returning
from a 71-day break at Lingfield in August. His third of 17, beaten
1¾ lengths, behind Our Oyster Catcher – who runs in the 2.50 at
Nottingham on Wednesday – in a 0-70 contest at Bath on his
penultimate start was a particularly strong effort in the context of
this race. Champion apprentice-elect, Jason Watson, who has a 2-8
(25%) strike rate for the yard, for a level stakes profit of 11.50
points, takes the ride for the first time, which provides cause for
optimism.
Selection: Nottingham 3.20
Secret Potion to win 8/1
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