Horse racing tips: Wetherby and Kempton, Wednesday 27th November
Today’s free betting suggestions include a starter and primary course from Wetherby and afters from Kempton.
An even split between the jumps and all-weather motion on Wednesday, with national hunt playing cards at Wetherby and Hereford joined by Southwell in the afternoon on the Fibresand before the Polytrack at Kempton Park takes us into the evening.
Amongst our alternatives is a hurdling handicap debutant for father/son combination Jonjo O’Neill Snr and Jnr at Wetherby and a probable kind for the ‘King of the North’, Brian Hughes, at Wetherby.
All odds quoted are appropriate on the time of publishing but topic to alter.
Scarf to maintain the cold out
A patient strategy for Wednesday’s NAP selection with punters advised to keep their powder dry till the ultimate race on the cardboard at Wetherby and facet with the returning Headscarf Lil (Wetherby three:30) for trainer Nicky Richards.
The Getaway mare was second on debut at Kelso in May, giving greatest solely to a earlier twin winner that boasted good racecourse expertise. The entrance two came clear to the tune of 18-lengths from the chasing pack that day.
Most of this 15-runner area have been seen before and the choice boasts one of the best type within the guide on that effort again at the start of the summer time.
The newcomers aren’t that inspiring and if something, it is the second runner from the Richards team, Innisfree Spirit, that may attraction most. The proven truth that Brian Hughes is on board Headscarf Lil can be taken as a optimistic in that regard.
Hughes has been somewhat quiet recently however he might be desperate to keep tempo with Richard Johnson within the Jump Jockeys Championship and should be succesful of try this with an excellent book of rides at this North Yorkshire monitor right now.
Aptly-named Generation Gap can go well
Jonjo O’Neill has been a well-known face to racing fans for a era and his son, Jonjo Jnr, is following in his footsteps.
The younger rider is doing very properly for himself and clearly has a future in the sport, with the likes of Colin Tizzard latching onto his ability this season and utilising his providers often.
He does still get nearly all of his rides from his father’s Jackdaws Castle staff nonetheless they usually combine on Wednesday afternoon at Wetherby with the appropriately named Generation Gap (Wetherby 2:55).
He was a wide margin scorer in a point-to-point at Maisemore Park (2m4f, good) in May final 12 months and has shown ability in his 4 runs over hurdles thus far.
Notably, he outran odds of 66/1 on this seasonal bow in a 2m maiden at Chepstow (soft) three weeks ago, making fair late progress without having the kitchen sink thrown at him by Will Kennedy.
O’Neill Jnr is on board for this handicap debut, taking off 3lb from what could prove a lenient mark of 117 to start with.
It’s actually probably that Generation Gap will come forward on his reappearance run, and this step up in distance also needs to be in his favour, guaranteeing he appears to be a strong participant on this line-up.
Botti’s charge might find Voice
The Marco Botti-trained Lyricist Voice (Kempton 4:40) is one that may improve for the change to handicaps at Kempton and therefore appears overpriced having opened at 16/1.
The Poet’s Voice colt seemed in need of the expertise when debuting at Newcastle in July however two of his three subsequent runs had been noteworthy – two of them at this venue.
He was a bit green in a 7f novice in August however nonetheless managed to go inside a whisker of breaking his duck, shedding out in a head-bobber.
The two-year-old’s next run came admittedly in a low-grade novice, however as quickly as more he completed to good effect and would absolutely have gotten the verdict with another stride.
His most recent effort at Chelmsford was underwhelming, however he was given a lot to do from the rear and can be forgiven that run. He has been well-supported within the betting for every of these three runs.
A tongue-tie is added for this primary foray into a nursery whereas Andrea Atzeni returns in the plate.
He’ll need to find a bit additional but, with the yard in kind (3-11 recently) there’s loads of cause to suspect that may happen and Lyricist Voice should outrun his odds over a track and trip that clearly go nicely with.