Timeform UK SmartPlays: Tuesday July 17

Beverley's 15:30 gets us underway this afternoon, where Icy Blue is taken to get back to winning ways having slipped to the mark from which he was last triumphant in August last year. The four-year-old has been threatening to come good for some time now, shaping as if ready to strike on a couple of occasions, none more so than when third at Ripon last week having met trouble two furlongs out and finishing best for minimum pressure. A case of sorts can be made for a number of these, with Carlisle first and second, Lady Chaparral and Lockantanks, heading the dangers, but Icy Blue has to be taken seriously and appeals as a good bet at the 8.415/2 currently available.

Course specialist Shadowtime has hinted on several occasions this season that he retains all of his ability, and is taken to gain a sixth career win in Beverley's 16:30. All of the seven-year-old's previous successes have come at this venue, the most recent in July of last year off a 3 lb higher mark, and Shadowtime has done enough in five starts this year to suggest that he is on the verge of entering the winners' enclosure once more. First Class Favour rates as the most likely danger but she is not the most consistent and cannot be relied upon to follow-up her win here earlier this month, so it is Shadowtime that gets the vote to, with any luck, land us a quick-fire Beverley double.

The final race in Britain and Ireland on Tuesday is Southwell's 21:00, in which Kung Hei Fat Choy is going to prove mightily tough to beat under a penalty for his win over C&D a week ago. On his fibresand and handicap debut, with blinkers applied for the first time, the three-year-old got off the mark on his fifth racecourse appearance with an improved effort, demolishing his 11 opponents with a seven-length success. Kung Hei Fat Choy is a fairly restrictive price but, hopefully teamed with a brace of winners from earlier on in the day, the James Given-trained gelding looks a solid selection.

Timeform SmartPlays
Back Icy Blue @ 8.415/2 in the 15:30 at Beverley
Back Shadowtime @ 5.04/1 in the 16:30 at Beverley
Back Kung Hei Fat Choy @ 2.26/5 in the 21:00 at Southwell
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