Horse racing tips: Wednesday April 2
There are five horse racing meetings across the UK and Ireland today. Flat fixtures at Musselburgh (1.37-4.43pm), Gowran Park (4.02-7.15) and Southwell (4.55-8.30) begin and end the day, with jump cards coming from Ludlow (2.15-4.48) and Exeter (2.25-5.00).
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Calum Weill's selection:
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7.00 Southwell – Class 6 Handicap (6f)
In seven runs since she was fitted with a hood, ORIENTAL PRINCE has settled into her races much better and recorded five impressive wins and one second-place finish.
Four of those five victories came from her six outings at Newcastle, but she also visited the winner's enclosure at this venue on her penultimate start, winning a Class 5 handicap over today's trip off a mark 9lb lower than her present one.
Owner Johnnie Delta Racing and trainer Jim Goldie achieved similar success in 2018 with Oriental Prince's half-sister, Oriental Lilly, who put together strings of wins early in her career. She reached a peak mark of 86 suggesting today's selection still has scope for progression off a mark of 69.
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