The Evening Punt: Tom Collins' free horse racing tip on Friday

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(7.25 Wolverhampton)

Roger Varian's juvenile has to concede weight to a couple of well-bred Godolphin newcomers but he has looked extremely promising in two starts to date, including when finishing strongly to score over 7f at Yarmouth last time out, and should relish the step up in trip and switch to the all-weather. By Distorted Humor out of a Storm Cat mare, Maqtal has an American dirt pedigree and should improve for the move to synthetic surfaces, while he should be able to get a prominent early position (probably lead) with two newcomers and a slow starter drawn inside him. Hopefully he can put his experience to good use.

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