Newsboy's racing tips for Monday's three meetings, including Chepstow Nap
THURSO gets the vote to give his rivals weight and a beating in the Betting.Bet Betting Tips Handicap (4.20) at Chepstow today.
The Richard Hughes-trained son of Dutch Art failed to trouble the judge on his first six outings, but looks an improved horse on the back of a gelding operation.
On his first run back from surgery, Thurso ran a good second to Distant Rumble at the end of April – the race was his turf debut – and was beaten less than a length in third behind Ballsgrove Boy back on Kempton Park's Polytrack the following month.
Thurso then enjoyed a red-letter day, wearing first-time cheekpieces that are persevered with here, back on grass at Haydock Park last time out.
Sent off at 5-1 in a field of 11, Finley Marsh's mount edged out Kisskodi by a head. The pair were eight lengths clear of the third and the runner-up has won not once but twice since.
Bearing that in mind, an 8lb higher mark here looks within range.
At Wolverhampton, ROGUE DANCER, a course-and-distance winner two outings ago, is fancied to bounce back from a defeat on turf at Doncaster when he locks horns with 10 opponents for the Highbet Football Free Bets Handicap (3.00). Monday's selections WOLVERHAMPTON 2.00 KING OF SPEED 2.30 ANTIQUE BLUE 3.00 ROGUE DANCER (NB) 3.30 LECHUGA LAD 4.03 CALL ME BETTY 4.35 ARBOREOUS 5.05 BOLD SUITOR 5.35 RESPIRO SOLITARIO CHEPSTOW 2.45 AMAZING JOURNEY 3.15 ENDOWED 3.45 SOME NIGHTMARE 4.20 THURSO (NAP) 4.55 LAMBOURNGHINI 5.25 DARKENED EDGE WINDSOR 5.17 SOUTHBANK 5.52 LEBRON POWER 6.25 GENNADIUS 6.58 ZOULU CHIEF 7.30 KINETIC 8.00 TWILIGHT MOON 8.30 JET BLACK 9.00 TOP BILLER
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