The Racing UK Straight
Mile Series Handicap (3.25) is the best race of the day at Redcar on
Tuesday and, although roundly thrashed in 0-90 company at Newmarket
and Thirsk on his two most recent starts, Showboating can take
advantage of this slight drop in class. John Balding’s 9-year-old
has shown his best form on turf with plenty of cut in the ground and,
although still 5lb higher in the weights than when winning the
Carlisle Bell Consolation Race Handicap in June, promising apprentice
Lewis Edmunds takes off a useful 3lb.
Obviously, the
Shamardal gelding isn’t getting any younger, but he’s been given
a short break since finishing out with the washing, at 50/1, at
Thirsk in August and demonstrated earlier in the year that he’s
still a force to be reckoned with at this level. His trainer has a
paltry 5-140 (4%) career strike rate at the North Yorkshire course,
but that shouldn’t necessarily be held against Showboating, who has
his favoured conditions and is by no means impossibly handicapped on
his best form.
Of course, Showboating
is fully exposed but, with the possible exceptions of the 3-year-old
Kynren, who’s had just three career starts, and the 4-year-old
Poet’s Beauty, who returns from an absence of 431 days and must
have fitness doubts, the same can be said of the opposition. John
Balding has used Lewis Edmunds to good effect this season, so
Showboating should hopefully go well at a decent price.
Selection:
Redcar 3.25 Showboating to win - 25/1
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