Taunton Placepot tips: Richard Birch navigates a tricky Tuesday card

Taunton is the Placepot insurance meeting, which means that if you go out in the first leg your stake will be refunded up to a maximum of £10.

Time To Tinker, now 12lb better off with last month’s length-and-a-quarter Taunton conqueror Stellar Magic, can be relied upon to get the perm off to a flier in leg one (1.55).

Russian Service, who usually performs well at the track – course figures of 2101 – is only 3lb higher than for last month’s success, and must be included in leg two (2.30).

Another course regular Tactical Manoeuvre is better than recent efforts suggest, and provides back-up.

Useful-looking French recruit Fortunes Melody holds standout claims in leg three (3.00), while Orrisdale and Regal Flow are chosen for leg four (3.30).

Course-and-distance winner Song Of The Hunter, an unexposed deep-ground galloper, could show improvement for the switch to the red-hot Johnny Farrelly stable and appeals strongly in leg five (4.00).

Amarillo Sky could have been under-estimated by the handicapper, and also merits inclusion of a mark of 117.

Dual soft-ground point winner Movethechains is most interesting off an opening 83 in the final leg (4.30).

Taunton Placepot perm

1.55
13 Time To Tinker

2.30
5 Russian Service
6 Tactical Manoeuvre

3.00
3 Fortunes Melody

3.30
5 Orrisdale
8 Regal Flow

4.00
3 Amarillo Sky
6 Song Of The Hunter

4.30
10 Movethechains

1x2x1x2x2x1 = 8 lines

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