Hi,
Please see my one tip for Tuesday:
Battle of Marathon – 1.00 Lingfield – 1m 5F Handicap – 7/1 888 Boyles Bet365 (8/1) – 3 Point Win.
I put up Battle of Marathon two runs ago, please see the write-up below.
He ran a solid enough race, but the apprentice jockey didn’t exactly give the horse a strong ride.
He has been in my tracker for some time to back when his winning jockey, Darragh Keenan, gets back on.
Today very much looks like the day. Unfortunately, he has already been considerably backed last night, so we have rather missed the price.
However, I still feel he is value at 7/1 with 888, Boyles, and is best priced with Bet365 at 8/1. They are best odds guaranteed and would strongly recommend you back BOG, just in case he drifts back out.
With him being bit, off such a low handicap mark, and most importantly, on his favoured polytrack, we must get involved and I recommend a 3 point win.
He is still value at 6/1.
Battle of Marathon – 3.45 Chelmsford – 1m 6F Handicap – 22/1 Paddy Power/Betfair Sportsbook/BetVictor – 1 Point each way.
Battle of Marathon has been a good servant to connections with 8 wins. 5 of these have been on all weather and he reached a very decent high of 114.
With age he has gradually stayed further and 1m 6F now looks like his optimum trip.
He has always been quite a stuffy horse that needed two or three runs to gain his fitness, and this certainly looks to be the case recently as he has been slowly away twice and looked to blow up in both runs.
I like that Battle of Marathon is having his third run in just 22 days which should have a big impact on his fitness and race sharpness.
It’s interesting to note from his previous form that his last 4 wins have all been on a polytrack surface and he returns to that surface today for the first time in 12 months where he finished first over course and distance (off 82) and 3rd at Lingfield over 2 miles.
Today he runs off 75, with claimer Tia Philips taking off a further 7lbs and with the step up to 1m 6F very much in his favour he is in with a big chance if he can return to form.
Because this is only a 6 runner event and two or three of these aren’t exactly in good form either it looks a fair each way play, especially at juicy odds of 22/1 with Betfair Sportsbook, Paddy Power and BetVictor.
I therefore recommend 1 point each way.
He is still value at 12/1.
