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LEAD the way with BONTTAY (3.20, nap) in the Watch On RacingTV Mares' Handicap Hurdle at Ludlow on Wednesday.
The seven year old was all the rage for a valuable mares' handicap at Cheltenham in mid-December and was still travelling well when parting company with Paddy Brennan two out.
Fergal O'Brien clearly thinks a lot of the daughter of Westerner, who registered six wins and three seconds in her first nine races, so she is worth sticking with against her nine rivals in this two mile five furlong event.
LESSAY (6.00, nb) let favourite-backers down at Kempton last month but can recoup those losses when returning to the track for the Unibet Supports Safe Gambling Novice Stakes.
Ludlow Racecourse, where Newsboy's Nap selection for Wednesday, February 7 - Bonttay - runs in the 3.20Andrew Balding's charge looked all set to make it two from two when kicking on from the front just after entering the home straight but then showed a few signs of greenness.
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Having jinked at the cut-away, the Churchill colt was asked to quicken up again between the final two furlongs and appeared to take control of proceedings.
However, he continued to wander about a bit and that left him vulnerable to the late surge of Newsreader when the petrol tank emptied in the closing stages.
Lessay is now 5lb better off with that rival, who had been over eight lengths back in seventh when Balding's Churchill colt impressed on his successful racecourse debut, again over this course and distance
Wednesday tips
SEDGEFIELD
1.40 FINAL EDGAR
2.10 REACH FOR THE MOON
2.40 GALICE MACALO
3.10 SAWPIT SIENNA
3.40 CUDGEL
4.10 COUP DE GOLD
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4.40 TOWNHILL
LUDLOW
1.50 SWIFT HAWK
2.20 SOUTH OMO ZONE
2.50 BALLYBEGG
3.20 BONTTAY (NAP)
3.25 IRON HEART
4.20 TEA CLIPPER
4.50 BRIDGET MARY
KEMPTON
5.30 FIDDLER'S ELBOW
6.00 LESSAY (NB)
6.30 GUNFIGHTER
7.00 SYMBOL OF LIGHT
7.30 HELLAVAPACE
8.00 KATAR
8.30 STAR OF EPSOM
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