Comet to start at Wolves
Countrywide Comet can light up the evening at Wolverhampton by landing a hat-trick in the Ringside Nursery.
Paul Howling’s juvenile has been competing at an admittedly low level of late, but returns to handicap company on the crest of a wave and looks sure to go close once more.
The yard has a decent strike-rate with its two-year-olds at this venue and this one was deemed worthy of a £12,000 claim after rocketing home by two lengths at Lingfield last time.
Luca Cumani, so close to glory with Purple Moon in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, can score at a much lower lever with Boz in the wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Handicap.
The three-year-old arrives on a five-timer and his style of winning by not very far means he is difficult for the handicapper to assess.
He can give Jamie Spencer another welcome winner in his battle to be champion jockey.
Surely it is time for Hamish McGonagall to break his duck in the EBF Maiden Stakes at Musselburgh.
Tim Easterby’s two-year-old has been knocking on the door all season and chased home some decent sorts on his last two starts.
He now drops back to five furlongs and that might just enable him to last home.
Huntingdon’s EBF Handicap Hurdle looks a pretty warm event and a case can be made for a number of hopefuls set to line up.
However, the one that stands out is Alan King’s Mexican Pete following a more than satisfactory return to jumping action last month.
The seven-year-old, who won on the Flat in July, was beaten just one length by Kanad over course and distance on that occasion and that Charlie Mann-trained charge has since scored in a valuable race at Ascot.
Nawamees finished just in front of the selection last time but King’s team are gradually coming to hand, which suggests Mexican Pete can reverse the form.
Punters at Towcester face no easy task in securing some value but it is hard to look past Bermuda Pointe in the Free Tips GG.com Novices’ Handicap Chase.
The five-year-old must shoulder a 7lb penalty for a recent course success but he absolutely dotted up on that occasion and hails from the red-hot Nigel Twiston-Davies stable.
Hill Forts Timmy also makes appeal in what is a decent renewal of the Total Cogop UK Handicap Hurdle.
Trained by Seamus Mullins, the seven-year-old underlined his ability with a taking win at Newton Abbot in June and could progress further this season.
