Today's Selection

The cancellation of the Plumpton card skewed my selections slightly as my two main bets today were pencilled in to run there as a result I will only be having one bet today but it should prove to be an absolute cracker!

2:05 Catterick - Tipsy Gypsy (11/4) - 3pt win - On the face of things this would appear to be a three horse race and personally, I can't see Imperial Vic being good enough to carry a double penalty even though he has the benefit of experience and should be able to get a soft lead. His trainer has openly stated that his future lies in handicaps and with his yard in poor form, and with two potentially smart, unexposed, rivals in opposition, I'm definitely ready to take him on at the current price. The McCain horse in my opinion is the obvious danger to my selection as he has some decent P2P form, is a natural born stayer and has already shown ability under rules. I do have two major gripes with him though, firstly, I'm 90% sure that the course at Catterick will be against him and secondly, I think the ground may be on the soft side for him. So having disregarded the two horses at the head of the market, the obvious choice was the newcomer Tipsy Gypsy who impressed plenty of PTP experts when winning at Dromahane back in November Following that run he was purchased by the Vaughan yard who had this to say about the horse;


"A son of the excellent young sire Milan and out of Montelimar mare, he is a full-brother to a dual hurdles winner. He has been bought as a long-term staying prospect and could be anything."



In my opinion there is no doubt that Tipsy Gypsy should have all the raw talent to win a race of this nature. Vaughan has definitely bided his time and he's a trainer which usually plans the routes for his top prospects very carefully. As per usual the market will tell the tale and so far this morning it has been very positive. Obviously this will be a tough test for the newcomer but Catterick isn't exactly taxing on the hurdling front and the key issue will therefore be whether he can stick with the front running Imperial Vic and stay the distance. If he brings his PTP form to the table, I think it's is very likely and at a best price of 3/1, I think he's the value bet in the field.