Horse racing tips: ‘He looks hard to beat on handicap debut’ – Templegate’s 7-2 NAP will relish tough conditions

TEMPLEGATE tackles 1 of the biggest Saturdays of the twelvemonth assured of bashing the bookies.

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SOLE SOLUTION (1.25 Sandown, nap)

He did good to rally erstwhile winning astatine Hereford past clip aft looking successful occupation turning in. That benignant of staying powerfulness volition beryllium a existent plus successful what should beryllium beauteous investigating conditions. He makes his handicap debut disconnected a just people and looks hard to beat.

MARBLE SANDS (2.50 Musselburgh, nb)

was a bully 2nd astatine Cheltenham past clip successful a beardown contention and this looks an fantabulous winning chance. He sees retired this travel powerfully and goes connected immoderate ground. He has won present earlier and the handicapper has dropped him by 1lb.

ETALON (2.00 Sandown, treble)

He landed his past triumph implicit this people and region and has fallen down the weights aft immoderate humble efforts this season. He likes brushed crushed and thing similar his champion would present successful this humble contest.

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SANDOWN

1.25

SOLE SOLUTION did good to rally erstwhile winning astatine Hereford past clip aft looking successful occupation turning in.

That benignant of staying powerfulness volition beryllium a existent plus successful what should beryllium beauteous investigating conditions.

He makes his handicap debut disconnected a just people and looks hard to beat.

De Kingpin was 2nd past the station astatine Newbury connected conscionable his 3rd hurdles rotation successful December.

That was implicit a somewhat longer travel truthful helium should get location and has much to come.

Just Lucky Sivola recovered 3 miles a spot acold erstwhile a just 3rd astatine Ascot latest.

He had earlier scored implicit this travel astatine Hereford and looks connected a just value for Cobden and Nicholls.

Kalif D’Airy has been knocking connected the doorway and came location good erstwhile conscionable denied astatine Fakenham past month.

He goes connected brushed crushed and has just spot claims.

2.00

ETALON landed his past triumph implicit this people and region and has fallen down the weights aft immoderate humble efforts this season.

He likes brushed crushed and thing similar his champion would present successful this humble contest.

Martator won 5 successful a enactment earlier a mates of level efforts arsenic the handicapper whitethorn person caught up with him.

His champion signifier has been successful amended crushed that we’re apt to get here.

Solo is down the weights and was a coagulated 4th astatine Ascot latest.

He has winning signifier astir present and, portion helium ideally wants a longer trip, this volition beryllium much of a slog than accustomed which volition help.

Classic Maestro would similar adjacent much rainfall arsenic dense suits perfectly.

He has tally good successful each of his 3 chases and trainer Jennie Candlish puts a 5lb claimer up contiguous which makes him competitive.

2.35

JANGO BAIE couldn’t person been immoderate much awesome erstwhile winning connected pursuit debut astatine Cheltenham past time.

He easy saw disconnected a utile performer successful Springwell Bay who lagged successful himself adjacent clip out.

Nicky Henderson’s imaginable prima saw retired this travel powerfully up the hill.

The crushed volition beryllium slower present but it was bottomless erstwhile helium won a Grade 1 hurdle astatine Aintree past play truthful that won’t beryllium an issue.

Kalif Du Berlais has enactment successful a mates of breathtaking efforts of his ain since a clumsy autumn connected pursuit debut astatine Carlisle.

He showed bully battling tone to get up astatine Newbury earlier leaving that signifier down with a creaseless Cheltenham success.

He’ll person to rise his crippled again but that’s wholly possible.

Handstands landed his 2nd Grade 2 lawsuit successful dense crushed astatine Ffos Las 21 days agone and won’t beryllium a pushover. He stays well.

Mark Of Gold besides took a Grade 2 past time, astatine Ascot, but that was not a beardown contest.

3.07

RED DIRT ROAD ran a cracker to triumph from the beforehand successful bully institution astatine Aintree past time.

He wasn’t stopping astatine the extremity of 2m4f successful investigating crushed and tin marque different bold bid astatine what could beryllium tasty odds.

Henri The Second was awesome erstwhile winning implicit people and region by 18 lengths past time.

He’s been shunted up 8lb but it could person been much and he’s proven successful these conditions.

Deep Cave is simply a due stayer who was connected the premises astatine Windsor 13 days ago.

That was a decent contention and helium should springiness different bully account.

Shoot First recovered the Long Walk Hurdle excessively overmuch past clip but earlier won a large handicap astatine Haydock implicit 3m.

Any marketplace enactment for the Charles Byrnes runner would beryllium telling.

3.42

O’CONNELL was awesome erstwhile scoring implicit 3m4f astatine Market Rasen past clip connected the backmost of an fantabulous triumph successful the mud astatine Carlisle.

We cognize helium has plentifulness of staying powerfulness and should grip conditions. He looks up of the handicapper adjacent aft a 9lb rise.

In D’Or is successful flying signifier and had 4 lengths successful manus erstwhile scooting successful astatine Ascot past time.

This would beryllium the biggest triumph of his owner/rider’s vocation if helium could propulsion it disconnected and there’s each chance.

Gustavian went adjacent astatine Aintree successful bully institution connected Boxing Day.

He copes good with brushed crushed and could get his ain mode retired successful front.

He’s precocious connected the shortlist though he’s won lone erstwhile successful 20 pursuit starts.

Gelino Bello is different with spot claims. He came backmost from a twelvemonth disconnected hurdles astatine Wincanton and should beryllium overmuch fitter for that run.

MUSSELBURGH

1.42

MAITRE EN SCIENCE has immoderate fancy signifier successful France and tin onslaught connected debut for Harry Derham.

He won a stronger contention than this crossed the Channel erstwhile past seen and should person much to come.

Static has held his ain successful Grade 2 institution and looks coagulated each-way. Decent crushed suits and he’s reliable.

Nardaran is absorbing for Paul Nicholls.

He was an costly bargain who looked successful request of his gait debut erstwhile 4th astatine Kempton’s Christmas meeting.

He should travel connected for that successful the first-time cheekpieces.

Hosaamm dug heavy erstwhile winning astatine Wetherby past time.

That was conscionable his 2nd hurdles tally truthful determination should beryllium much to travel but this is stronger company.

Luker’s Tipple has a spot outcry aft a bully 2nd astatine Cork latest.

2.17

OLD GREGORIAN is successful fantabulous signifier and followed 2 wins with a close-up 2nd astatine Kelso past time.

He’s creeping up the weights a small but Lucinda Russell wisely puts up 5lb claimer Alan Doyle contiguous who has ridden him to triumph already this season.

This travel suits connected bully crushed and he’ll beryllium close successful the mix.

Afadil won this 12 months agone nether Freddie Gingell and is backmost from a little mark.

His signifier has been mostly mediocre since that occurrence but this volition person been a people for a portion and helium is apt to amusement his existent colours.

Maghlaak was a bully 3rd astatine Ayr earlier this period and the first-time cheekpieces whitethorn assistance him present more.

All The Glory has plentifulness of value but landed a mates of handicaps nicely earlier uncovering an Ascot Grade 2 a spot overmuch past time.

2.50

MARBLE SANDS was a bully 2nd astatine Cheltenham past clip successful a beardown contention and this looks an fantabulous winning chance.

He sees retired this travel powerfully and goes connected immoderate ground. He has won present earlier and the handicapper has dropped him by 1lb.

The Kalooki Kid looks the main menace aft his convincing occurrence astatine Doncaster latest.

The crushed volition beryllium a spot livelier contiguous but he’s different with people signifier and a 7lb emergence for his past triumph gives him a chance.

Saint Segal got his enactment unneurotic erstwhile scooting successful by 11 lengths astatine Newbury 45 days ago.

He jumped amended determination and has spot claims from a career-high mark.

Minella Drama has his ain ideas but helium was awesome astatine Aintree connected comeback and has been fixed a small break.

LEOPARDSTOWN

3.30

GALOPIN DES CHAMPS galloped each implicit astir of these erstwhile winning the Savills present astatine Christmas and tin repetition the feat.

He looked arsenic bully arsenic ever past time, jumping good and pulling distant from Fact To File aft the last.

Willie Mullins’ superstar tin implicit the hat-trick of wins successful this.

Fact To File looks the 1 to pursuit his stablemate location again.

He’s a genuine Grade 1 performer who has been beaten lone by the reigning Gold Cup champion since his pursuit debut.

He looks much of a Ryanair benignant and is apt to beryllium tally retired of it successful the closing stages again.

I’m a large instrumentality of Monty’s Star and deliberation helium has coagulated claims of making the framework astatine Cheltenham.

If that’s the lawsuit you would similar to spot a decent showing from him present and helium tin reward each-way support.

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