Course specialist looks set to score following unlucky all-weather run

Credit: Alan Crowhurst

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4.40 Catterick
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5.20 Windsor
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8.20 Windsor
1pt winWhether you’re a Flat or jumps fan, there’s plenty to get stuck into on Monday with 51 races across seven cards. I much prefer the Flat for punting purposes and my three best bets unsurprisingly come under that code.

I was extremely tempted to back Ice Galley in the Go Racing In Yorkshire Handicap (4.10) at Catterick on the back of his decent runner-up effort to stablemate Zig Zag at Thirsk two weeks ago.

He travelled really well on his return from a 253-day layoff and stayed on strongly over 1m4f to go down by an ever-shortening length.

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Published on 13 May 2018inHorse racing tips

Last updated 16:23, 13 May 2018

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