Make the smart choice

BRYAN Smart enjoyed a fine season in 2008 and he can hit the ground running with Captain Macarry in the William Hill January Sale Now On! Handicap at Southwell today.

He beat Gala Casino Star at York on his second start and that one went on to rattle off a sequence later in he season.

Having then been set some stiff tasks, he bounced back to winning ways over this course and distance beating This Ones For Eddy in December.

He finished second off a 10lb higher mark 11 days later and should be competitive again

Keep Icy Calm is the pick in the wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Maiden Stakes at Dunstall Park.

The filly will be having her first run for William Haggas having made her debut for South African handler Mike de Kock but she has twice made more than 100,000 guineas in a sales ring, suggesting there are a few people around who like what they see.

A close-up fifth on her only appearance to date, she is entitled to come on a good deal for that and is worth close consideration.

Ted Walsh had one solitary runner on the all-weather in Britain in 2008 and he went home with a winner.

Due to that fact, Collingwood is worth a second look in the William Hill January Sale – Why Bet Elsewhere? Handicap.

Walsh is a shrewd operator and while Collingwood is no world beater, he has been running consistently well at Dundalk since that track opened.

Despite showing form over further than this near-six furlong trip, he does have pace to get competitive.

Noel Chance does exceptionally well with his relatively small string and he looks set for a double at Folkestown courtesy of Mendo and Aux Le Bahnn.

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