MISS MAVERICK (3.15, Nap) is fancied to win on her chasing debut at Leicester on Thursday afternoon. The daughter of Westerner, trained by Gary Hanmer, completed a hat-trick over hurdles over two and a half miles at Uttoxeter in May, beating Disco Daisy by four and a half lengths. She then returned after a break in January to finish third on the same track. But that was her first run for eight months and, having led and travelled well for much of the race, the eight-year-old tied up in the later stages. With that race under her belt and now over fences, my selection is taken to land the TCS Recruitment 20th Anniversary Mares' Handicap Chase under regular rider James Davies.
At Newcastle, impressive Irish Point-to-Point scorer CONMAN JOHN (4.30, nb) is the call in the Watch Unbridled On attheraces.com Open NH Flat race. The Lucinda Russell-trained five-year-old was purchased for £170,000 after winning by 20 lengths on his second start in Ireland. The stable have a 24 per cent strike rate with their bumper runners this season and they are likely to have the son of Malinas ready and firing in what doesn’t look a particularly strong contest.
THURSDAY'S SELECTIONS. CHELMSFORD. 4.25 JUNKANOO. 5.00 STARSHOT. 5.30 TWILIGHT FUN. 6.00 NOBLE VICTORY. 6.30 MONSIEUR BEAULIEU. 7.00 FREAK ENCOUNTER. 7.30 MISSILE MAC. 8.00 LIKEALOT. 8.30 SOLANNA. LEICESTER. 1.30 RIVER RUN FREE. 2.05 LAZY SUNDAY. 2.40 CLASSIC MAESTRO. 3.15 MISS MAVERICK (NAP). 3.49 ORBYS RIVER. 4.19 MR GLASS. NEWCASTLE. 1.05 CARRIG KATE. 1.40 GREEN SKY. 2.15 BENEFIT BEN. 2.50 WILD SIDE OF LIFE. 3.25 AIRE SPRAY. 4.00 ENSEL DU PERCHE.
4.30 CONMAN JOHN (NB). SANDOWN. 1.20 SOIGNEUX BELL. 1.55 MOUNT TEMPEST. 2.30 HOLLOWAY QUEEN. 3.05 ROCCOVANGO. 3.40 LAWRENNY. 4.12 JUPITER DU GITE. 4.45 KING CALIFET. NEWSBOY'S DOUBLE: MISS MAVERICK and CONMAN JOHN. MISS MAVERICK (3.15, Nap) is fancied to win on her chasing debut at Leicester on Thursday afternoon. The daughter of Westerner, trained by Gary Hanmer, completed a hat-trick over hurdles over two and a half miles at Uttoxeter in May, beating Disco Daisy by four and a half lengths.
She then returned after a break in January to finish third on the same track. But that was her first run for eight months and, having led and travelled well for much of the race, the eight-year-old tied up in the later stages. With that race under her belt and now over fences, my selection is taken to land the TCS Recruitment 20th Anniversary Mares' Handicap Chase under regular rider James Davies. At Newcastle, impressive Irish Point-to-Point scorer CONMAN JOHN (4.30, nb) is the call in the Watch Unbridled On attheraces.com Open NH Flat race.
