Friday Racing Tips: Key Timeform data including a top-rated Horse In Focus at Wetherby

• Thistle Ask one to keep on side

• Lump Sum can make his mark over fences

• Tonal ahead of his mark

14:55, Wetherby - Thistle Ask well in under a penalty

Dan Skelton has a good record at this two-day meeting and Thistle Ask can give him further success in the Bet Boost At bet365 Handicap Chase (14:55) following his excellent start for the yard at Kelso last week.

Thistle Ask had won at Musselburgh on his final start for James Ewart and was backed as though defeat was out of the question and the ease in which he won considering the adversities he went through suggests he's a very well handicapped horse.

Fences in the home straight were omitted due to low sun, and he jumped and hung to his right on occasions, slithering on landing at the last (usually three from home), but it did not stop his momentum. He was quickly back on the bridle and he readily quickened clear in the straight, given the Horse In Focus Flag for his facile win.

His jumping style suggests he'd be better suited back at a left-handed track, but such was the impression he made at Kelso, he's hard to get away from turned out under a penalty, while he's with a yard who will no doubt straighten out some of his quirks.

15:05, Uttoxeter - Lump Sum stands out on hurdles form

None of these have experience over fences, but it looks a cracking race on paper, and one in which the Sam Thomas-trained Lump Sum is taken to come out on top.

He developed into a smart hurdler last season, well backed to make a winning return in the Welsh Champion Hurdle at Chepstow, proving an opening mark of 134 all wrong, and he went on to finish an excellent second to Sir Gino in the Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle next time.

His next best effort came when runner-up in the ultra-competitive William Hill Hurdle at Newbury, running right up to form but having a herculean task attempting to concede stacks of weight to the progressive winner.

Lump Sum wasn't at his best when last seen in the Imperial Cup, but he may still have been feeling the effects of his monster effort at Newbury four weeks earlier. Thomas is very equipped at readying one after a break, and Lump Sum has an exemplary record when fresh, too. He has the scope to make a chaser and his hurdles form surpasses anything the remainder have done.

19:45, Southwell - Tonal can follow up easy Chelmsford success

Tonal is generally a better performer on the all-weather, and he produced arguably his best ever performance returned to an artificial surface at Chelmsford last week.

He took advantage of a reduced mark after a 10-week break with his stable in good form, well suited by being held up in a truly-run race, making good headway out wide from two furlongs out and readily stretching seven and a half lengths clear.

Admittedly, that was a weak race, but the timefigure was good for the grade, and he has been found another excellent opportunity. He's officially 6lb well in, while on Timeform weight-adjusted ratings, he's at least 7lb clear of his rivals - he makes plenty of appeal.

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