Horse racing ideas: Chepstow, Nottingham and Wolverhampton, Wednesday 6th Nov
There are six meetings scheduled across Britain and Ireland on Wednesday with Nottingham staging one of many last Flat turf fixtures of the season on testing ground.
This meeting typically produces a good performer or two to maintain within the notebook forward of subsequent term.
Over the jumps at Chepstow a variety of big stables are represented, with Paul Nicholls likely to have a successful day.
McFabulous should take it away at Chepstow
Champion jumps coach Nicholls has a humiliation of riches in most of the jumping divisions, and one of his main prospects makes his seasonal return at Chepstow on Wednesday with connections doubtless hoping this would be the first step on the highway to the Cheltenham Festival in March.
McFabulous (Chepstow 1:35) proved himself a smart bumper horse last time period, profitable three of his 4 races and has surged in to 4/9 to add to his tally at present.
He succeeded on debut at Chepstow in October in respectable type then met his solely defeat on the only event there was no give within the ground, finishing seventh of eight in a Listed bumper at Cheltenham a quantity of weeks later, working as if one thing was amiss.
The gelded son of St Leger winner Milan bounced back after a mid-term break to win at Newbury in March in fantastic fashion, then adopted up with victory in a scorching Grade 2 bumper on the Aintree Festival that in the final eight years alone has produced subsequent Grade 1 winners The New One, Barters Hill and Lalor.
With gentle ground forecast and with him sure to have been well-schooled at residence, the present ante-post 20/1 shot for the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle, and 25/1 likelihood for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, can lay down a marker and make a winning start to his career over timber earlier than going on to greater and better issues.
King’s Castle can reign at Nottingham
There’s a proper end-of-term really feel to Flat racing on the turf in Britain this week however Nottingham stage eight intriguing races right now, the maidens being of specific curiosity. In the 1:25, a two-year-old contest run over the extended mile on ground forecast Heavy, Soft in locations, William Haggas can proceed his nice form by sending out the once-raced King’s Castle (Nottingham 1:25) to victory.
The Newmarket-based handler received this occasion two years in the past with the similarly once-raced My Lord And Master who went on to be an honest horse. King’s Castle, a son of Derby winner Camelot, was very green on debut at Newmarket just lately, starting slowly and never getting involved.
He wasn’t knocked about but hinted he might need a good amount of capacity and it’s more than attention-grabbing that his trainer, currently working at an honest 27% profitable strike-rate, appears eager to run him once more on turf before the season attracts to a detailed on Saturday at Doncaster.
In what could possibly be the simpler of the two divisions of this race, the 7/4 fancy with Paddy Power is taken to get the better of John Gosden’s Mishrif.
Rock stable Orvar price ready for
It could be worth placing your dinner back until after 7pm this night as a outcome of Paul Midgeley’s Orvar (Wolverhampton 6:55) seems set to run an enormous race beneath the floodlights at Wolverhampton in a competitive 5f handicap.
A actual specialist with sprinters, Midgeley’s six-year-old has gained 6 of his 41 starts, but curiously has a really respectable 2-5 strike-rate on All-Weather surfaces and is arguably still unexposed on this sphere.
The Dandy Man gelding justified favouritism on the turf at Doncaster in August and was not disgraced in two starts following that in sturdy occasions, including the precious Portland Handicap back at Town Moor in September.
Last time he kept on nicely when third of 22 in a well contested York 5f handicap, and on the steadiness of his AW type – he’s a earlier course and distance winner at Wolverhampton – has wonderful credentials.
At 11/2, he could attraction to each-way punters in a well-contested affair. Rocket Action and The Daley Express could give the choice most to do.
Verdict: McFabulous could make a profitable start over hurdles at Chepstow, whereas at Nottingham, King’s Castle is fancied to land his maiden. In the night, Orvar should give supporters an excellent run for their money in the dash handicap.