Finding selections that we expect to go
well at rewarding odds is tricky, especially during midweek, but the
Coronation Fillies’ Handicap (4.30) at Leicester looks an above
average contest for the grade and might just be ripe for a turn up.
For a filly who ran creditably off
higher marks in two nursery handicaps over 7 furlongs on the Rowley
Mile Course at Newmarket last autumn, Conjuring ran too badly
to be true when only eighth of eleven, beaten 30 lengths, behind
Lahayeb at Nottingham earlier this month and deserves another chance.
She’d handled soft ground well enough at Newmarket and was ridden
along at Nottingham long before the 1 mile ½ furlong would’ve been
an issue, so it’s reasonable to assume that she just wasn’t fit
enough to do herself justice.
If that was the case, the daughter of
Showcasing looks attractively handicapped and should be suited by
dropping in class and distance on good to firm going. Win or lose,
she looks extraordinary value at 33/1 with Bet 365 and Ladbrokes in
the early price lists.
Selection: Leicester 4.30 Conjuring
to win