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Horse racing tips: Exeter and Wolverhampton – Friday February 23
Today’s racing tips come from Exeter and Wolverhampton. See our expert’s nap of the day, next best and other selections
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There are five race meetings across the UK and Ireland on Friday – Warwick having fallen victim to the weather to leave a 3-2 split in favour of Flat fixtures.
The action starts with the National Hunt cards at Exeter (1.30-4.45pm) and Sedgefield (1.54-5.08), after which it’s all-weather all the way to the finish at Lingfield (2.10-4.50), Dundalk (3.35-7.15) and Wolverhampton (4.55-8.30).
Among our Friday fancies is one for trainer Robyn Brisland who went close on her recent seasonal return and retains scope for better over a trip at which she is unexposed.
Horse racing tips today – Exeter and Wolverhampton
William Maxwell’s picks for Friday are below. Scroll down to read the expert analysis behind them.
- Nap: Endless Escape (Exeter, 2.33) @ SP with BetMGM
- Next best: Joyau Allen (Exeter, 4.45) @ SP with BetMGM
- Other: Major Gatsby (Wolverhampton, 5.30) @ SP with BetMGM
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Horse racing tips: Exeter, 2.33
Six go to post in this Class 4 handicap for mares over an extended two miles. Chosen Hero comes here after winning a novice hurdle at Chepstow, but this looks a bit more competitive and ENDLESS ESCAPE is preferred.
She reverts to hurdles after a lacklustre campaign over fences. She has enjoyed plenty of success over timber, picking up four wins on the trot before going to Cheltenham for the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle. She far from disgraced herself in Grade 2 company and finished a very respectable seventh.
A mark of 120 looks very workable and, if she can produce the hurdle form she showed last year, she could win this comfortably.
Selection: Endless Escape @ SP with BetMGM
Horse racing tips: Exeter, 4.45
The Jump jockeys’ championship is hotting up and Sean Bowen and Harry Cobden will be looking for all the winners they can get. The latter has a fantastic chance in this bumper, which looks like a match between his mount JOYAU ALLEN and the Jonjo O'Neill-trained Bill Joyce.
Both come into this on the back of impressive bumper wins, but Joyau Allen has to be favoured. His sire has an excellent strike-rate in bumpers and he has the advantage of a course win.
The booking of Cobden is key with amateur AJ O’Neill on Bill Joyce, and while the amateur does get to claim seven pounds, Cobden’s experience and ability could prove vital, and we have seen time and time again this season why he is one of the best jockeys around.
Selection: Joyau Allen @ SP with BetMGM
Horse racing tips: Wolverhampton, 5.30
The notion of horses for courses certainly applies to MAJOR GATSBY. The five-year-old has run seven times at Wolverhampton and has won four times, all of those wins coming over seven furlongs.
He was last seen at Lingfield coming back off a small break and ran no sort of race, but he should improve from that, and connections will be more hopeful today with him back at a track he loves.
He has won off 1lb and 4lb higher than his current mark, so is well handicapped. His poor effort last time could mean he is a much bigger price than he should be.
Selection: Major Gatsby @ SP with BetMGM
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