Horse racing tips: Tuesday April 29
There are four horse racing meetings taking place across the UK and Ireland today.
In the afternoon, there's Flat action to enjoy from Nottingham (2.08-5.38pm) and Brighton (2.20-5.45), as well as jump racing from the opening day of the Punchestown Festival (2.30-6.35). Rounding off proceedings is an all-weather Flat card from Wolverhampton (5.53-9.00).
Our nap of the day comes from the final race of the meeting at the West Midlands course, where we fancy Pessoa.
Dan Fitch's selection:
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9.00, Wolverhampton – Class 6 Handicap (7f)
The six-year-old PESSOA is very familiar with the all-weather track at Dunstall Park, having raced here on 23 of his 37 career runs.
That includes each of his last 10 outings and his most recent victory came over course and distance in March, when today's jockey Finley Marsh was in the saddle. He followed that up with a good second over an extended mile at the same venue.
That win on his penultimate start was the fifth of Pessoa's career, all of them at Wolverhampton and four over today's 7f trip. Despite a 1lb rise, Adrian Wintle's horse looks sure to be in contention.
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