Drop in class can spark winning performance from handicapper

Credit: Matt Cardy

4.25 Lingfield
1pt win at 9-2 generally

Pour La Victoire would probably have won a much better race – runners rated between 76 and 92 – than this over course and distance last month granted a trouble-free run.

Tony Carroll’s come-from-behind performer was tanking two furlongs out, but couldn’t get any room until the final 50 yards and finished hard on the bridle in fifth place behind Eljaddaaf.

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Published on 19 March 2018inHorse racing tips

Last updated 09:48, 19 March 2018

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