UK Horse Racing Tips

In the Follow Sun Racing on Twitter Handicap (2.50) at Southwell on Tuesday, Showboating is into the veteran stage of his career, but can celebrate his official eleventh birthday by recording his fifth win at the Nottinghamshire track. The Shamardal gelding hadn’t won for nearly eighteen months prior to victory over course and distance three weeks ago but, even with a 6lb rise with the weights for that success, remains 6lb lower in the weights than last winning. At his ripe old age, he’s unlikely to suddenly find a jolt of improvement, but he ran with promise on his return to Fibresand in November and confirmed that promise when keeping on strongly to beat a fair yardstick, Zodiakos, by 2¾ lengths, on his latest outing.

He faces no fewer than five other course and distance winners, but none of them really make much appeal, from a form or handicapping perspective, so the main danger could well be topweight Thechildren’strust, who ran promisingly on his Fibresand debut, over 7 furlongs, here 11 days ago. Even so, despite his rising years, Showboating has plenty going for him and, off an attractive weight, it’s not hard to envisage him going, at least, very close in a race that shouldn’t take that nuch winning.

Selection: Southwell 2.50 Showboating to win

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