UK Horse Racing Tips

It would appear that a 4lb rise in the weights for winning on his penultimate start was supposed to put paid to Weather Front at Hamilton at the end of last month, granted that he was sent off 7/1 fifth choice of the nine runners, despite having won two of his three previous starts. Presumably, it was because he was trying 1 mile 4 furlongs for just the second time, having been beaten on his first attempt, under less arduous conditions, at Doncaster in May. Not only did he win at Hamilton, though, he did so comfortably so, having coped admirably with the steep gradients at that course, he shouldn’t be inconvenienced by Beverley, where the downhill turn into the home straight and the short straight, itself, places less emphasis on stamina.

Until recently, trainer Karen McLintock probably thought of him solely as an all-weather horse, but his now proven stamina, not to mention his liking for rain-softened turf, should open a few more doors for him. Indeed, the aptly-named son of Stormy Atlantic is also 3-3 for apprentice Jamie Gormley, who is with Iain Jardine, so the young man could prove to a lucky omen, not to mention taking a very useful 3lb off a horse that’s aleady gone up 19lb this season.

Selection: Beverley 3.25 Weather Front to win 5/1

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