BRADMAN is fancied to hit his rivals for six in the opening Bet £10 Get £40 At BetMGM Nursery Handicap (4.30) at Wolverhampton today.
There wasn’t much to write home about in the Charlie Fellowes-saddled son of Australia ’s first three runs – after a debut 11th of 12 at Salisbury in the first week of September, Bradman returned to Wiltshire for a fifth-of-seven finish eight days later before returning last of the septet to contest a Newmarket maiden over seven furlongs at the end of the month.
But the British Horseracing Authority handicapper couldn’t get carried away, and Bradman made his handicap debut from a lowly rating of 51 at over this course and distance last Friday.
Sent off at 16-1 in a field of 11, my selection came home with gusto to finish fourth, beaten a length and a half, to Roman Secret, and can go three places better from the same mark.
At Warwick, KRAQUELINE gets the vote to take her tally over fences to 2-2 by landing the Duncan Smith Over The Hill Birthday Mares’ Novices’ Handicap Chase (2.40).
Harry Cobden says winning Cheltenham ride on Il Ridoto did not deserve banKerry Lee’s grey jumped with assurance for a winning start over the larger obstacles at Wincanton last month and an 8lb rise may not be enough to prevent the follow-up.
Wednesday's selections
WARWICK
12.25 PEMBROKE
12.55 BON RETOUR
1.30 ACT OF AUTHORITY
2.05 PUSH THE BUTTON
2.40 KRAQUELINE (NB)
3.15 AYE RIGHT
3.50 LINDY REILLY
FFOS LAS
12.35 LUMP SUM
1.05 PERCY VEERING
1.40 OAK CREEK
2.15 WALKINTHEWOODS
2.50 CLASSIC CONCORDE
3.25 LINCOLN LYN
4.00 LARGY POET
HEXHAM
12.45 IDY WOOD
1.20 APPLAUS
1.55 INOX ALLEN
2.30 CLOVIS BOY
3.05 SHOW NO FEAR
3.40 WENDIGO
WOLVERHAMPTON
4.30 BRADMAN (NAP)
5.00 ACONCAGUA MOUNTAIN
5.30 MOON FLIGHT
6.00 WHITE UMBRELLA
6.30 STRONG JOHNSON
7.00 MCLEAN HOUSE
7.30 GOD OF THUNDER
8.00 RED HAT EAGLE
8.30 CLIFFS OF CAPRI
DOUBLE: BRADMAN and KRAQUELINE