Plumpton best bet: Criquette targets frame finish off dropping mark
Plumpton racecourse
A morning withdrawal has reduce the final race on Plumpton’s card to just seven runner, and the word in the Tipstrr camp is that the winner could come from an unexpected source.
16:45 Plumpton: Half Moon Plumpton Mares’ Handicap Hurdle (2 miles
The top four in the market are covered by barely a couple of betting points, which tends to suggest: a) that one of them should land this mares’ hurdle, and b) that the bookies don’t really know which it will be.
Majestic Jameela appears to tick all the right boxes as early favourite, with November’s 14-length romp at Leicester the highlight among five straight frame finishes. She struggled in much stronger company at Doncaster last time out 16 days ago, but this switch to handicaps should be more to her liking.
Gearings Point looks best-equipped among the market leaders to challenge the favourite, but there appears to have been a significant move, both in the market and among Tipstrr’s each-way specialists, for the Billy Aprahamian-trained Criquette.
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An initial glance at her form offers little to get excited about for this former Irish point winner, with the seven-year-old making little impact in nine previous bumper/hurdle appearances.
She was allowed to do too much too soon in first-time cheekpieces at Taunton last time out five weeks ago, andt he headwear changes to a first-time visor this time around.
Meanwhile, a switch of jockey could also prove significant, as new rider Tom Cannon knows his way to Plumpton’s winner’s enclosure, with a 23% win rate (51% place rate) from his last 222 rides at the Sussex venue.
Off a dropping mark that is 16 pounds lower than this time last year (just four outings ago) the word might be out of a better run expected from Criquette here.
She was available at an largely untouched 14/1 when the market opened on Monday morning, but that price has been almost halved to just 8/1 in places, and with three places still available with some leading bookies, she might just be worth an each-way play on those terms.
Suggested best bet: Criquette each-way in the 16:45 at Plumpton
- Tip advised by The Profit Rocket on Tipstrr
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