Ron Wood, the Telegraph Media Group Betting Writer, has released his horse racing tips for the Thursday, November 12 card at Market Rasen, including a tentative nap selection.
Wood, who has over 20 years of experience covering horse racing, offers tips for two races at the low-key jump meeting.
For the 1.16pm Class 4 Novices’ Handicap Chase (3m), Wood selects Firm But Fair, trained by Harry Derham. The five-year-old, offered at 11/2 by Sky Bet, showed fair ability without winning in four hurdle starts last term.
Now stepping up in trip and switching to fences with a tongue-tie added, Wood considers him a likely improver. “This lightly raced five-year-old looks a likely improver, especially with his stable being among the winners lately. The selection is just preferred to Chemoulin, who has a similar profile.” Wood said.
Wood’s nap selection for the 1.51pm Class 5 Handicap Chase (2m 5½f) is Bongo Man, trained by Billy Aprahamian. The six-year-old is a 10-race maiden offered at 7/1 by Sky Bet. Despite a patchy profile and a poor performance over fences in May, Wood notes a subsequent six-month pause and a step up in trip could be beneficial.
“This six-year-old is a 10-race maiden and has a patchy profile, but he has twice finished runner-up over hurdles and could do better now. Although he was well beaten when switching to fences when last seen in May, a subsequent six-month pause acts as a bit of a reset, and he now steps up in trip, which should help him.” Wood wrote, adding “This isn’t an easy day for a nap selection but Bongo Man tentatively gets that vote and it has to help that champion jockey Sean Bowen, aboard last time, keeps faith with him.”
