Handicapper has given chaser another chance to score

Credit: Alan Crowhurst

No. 5
Poker School
3.00 Wincanton
1pt win at 4-1 generally

Poker School hasn't won for nearly two and a half years, but the handicapper has given him a right chance and he is now well treated on some of the form he has shown this season, let alone what he was capable of at his peak.

It is not as if he has been running badly either, and there was no disgrace in going down by just under nine lengths to Ballywood over 2m at Ludlow last time.

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Published on 14 April 2019inHorse racing tips

Last updated 09:59, 14 April 2019

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