Daily Racing Tips: The famine before the feast

Carl Harris’ Daily Racing Tips / Carl Harris / 07 July 2009 / Leave a Comment

After a good start to the week in the North East, Carl Harris travels down to Staffordshire in his bid to keep up the good form...

A good day on Monday with a couple of good winners. The racing on Tuesday can be nicely summed up as the famine before the feast that awaits us for the rest of the week. The July Cup meeting at Newmarket kicks off tomorrow, then it's the John Smith's Cup on Saturday. I will not be getting involved on the flat today but luckily there is a jumps card at Uttoxeter with a couple of interesting bets.

Regular readers will know that the first thing I do is look at Tony McCoy's mounts and he is at the Midlands course for three rides, the best of which is Charmahal (5.50) who I think has an excellent chance. Just beaten at Southwell the front two were some 10 lengths clear of the field a performance for which a four pounds rise in the weights looks reasonable. On the down side he can be a tricky ride but we have McCoy on our side which is a huge positive and could well be the deciding factor.

Any Given Day (7.50) looks the banker of the day and is definitely one to back seriously. An easy course and distance winner last time, the grey gelding should have no problems in conceding weight to all his novice rivals. I was anticipating an odds on price, but at the early [2.12] I think we have some genuine value. Get on Any Given Day ahead of a fantastic week at Newmarket.

Tuesdays Bets at Uttoxeter:

5.50 Charmahal win @ [5.0]
7.50 Any Given Day win@ [1.96]