Today's Racing Tips: Back Boston to prove he's no ordinary Joe

• Our man centres on Ffos Las for his Sunday best

• Joe and Jones can prove the right combination

• Track favourite can land another course win

Ffos Las,14.50 - Back Boston Joe @ 2/13.00

The weather still fails to play ball, hence a good card at Sandown has struggled to muster even 40 runners.

Mind you, conditions are a good deal more National Hunt friendly at Ffos Las and they've only drawn 65 competitors for seven races which, given the amount of jumps racing that has been crippled by fast ground in recent weeks, is a little disconcerting.

Rebecca Curtis sent out her first winner of the new campaign at Newbury on Thursday courtesy of the admirable Haiti Couleurs and course regular Boston Joe may quickly add to that success back at his favoured venue.

A pipe opener over hurdles 12 days ago should have had the desired effect of putting a fitness edge on the selection who has won three of his 13 starts at the west Wales track and has slipped to a very enticing mark after a winless spell stretching back to October last year.

Most of the subsequent defeats have taken place in Class 4 handicaps where he has just a sole win in nine attempts, whereas in this grade the nine-year-old boasts a healthy strike rate for a horse of his class (4-15).

He also saves his best efforts for Ben Jones too (stats 1253511) and the band is back together here for the first time since they comibined for that 20 length success last October.

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