NAP HAND (4.45, Nap) can live up to his name and be Monday's banker bet at Kempton in the Unibet Support Safe Gambling Nursery.
The Alan King-trained juvenile won over six furlongs at Salisbury In June, finishing well to beat Delirious Dream by a neck, and has always looked the type to improve over a slightly longer trip.
Last time out, over today's course and distance of a mile, the gelding looked in need of a stronger gallop when again making late headway and failing by just a neck to overhaul the favourite Monopolise in a nursery handicap earlier this month.
My selection has been lightly raced and is sure to progress again. He looks to have been found a good opportunity here to notch his second win of the campaign.
At Catterick, take SNOWY CLOUDS (1.00, nb) to make it gloomy for his five opponents in the Download The Vickers.bet App Novices' Handicap Chase.
The six-year-old, trained by Nicky Richards, was a fair hurdler but looked a much better chaser when landing a three-runner handicap at Market Rasen in October, beating Dibble Decker by six and a half lengths after Master Malachy pulled up.
Snowy Clouds is up only 1lb for that victory and with more improvement to come, will take all the beating.
MONDAY'S SELECTIONS
CATTERICK
12.30 NOBLE ANTHEM
1.00 SNOWY CLOUDS (NB)
1.30 ROYAL MOGUL
2.00 NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
2.30 HEREWEGOHONEY
3.00 JOHNSON'S BLUE
3.30 TIPPERARY STAR
KEMPTON
1.45 BROAD APPEAL
2.15 SHIP TO SHORE
2.45 FALESIA BEACH
3.15 DASHING RAT
3.45 AZURE ANGEL
4.15 DRAGON ICON
4.45 NAP HAND (NAP)
5.15 DHABAB
5.45 FIRST CHARGE
WOLVERHAMPTON
4.25 CHAOS CONTROL
4.55 ALBION PRINCESS
5.25 MAFIA POWER
5.55 SELFISH BRIAN
6.25 ALGHEED
6.55 RATTLING
7.25 SHINING AL DANAH
7.55 PRINCESS NIEVE
8.25 CAILIN SAOIRSE
NEWSBOY'S DOUBLE: NAP HAND and SNOWY CLOUDS
