It's a struggle at the moment to find much worth betting on during the week. It's the start of Aintree's Grand National meeting on Thursday which will bring with it plenty of punting action so I won't be pressured into an untoward bet in the meantime. The jumping cards at Kempton and Fakenham tomorrow leave a lot to be desired so I've turned my attention to the flat action on Lingfield's all-weather surface where I hope to have found one at a nice price.
16:48, Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Handicap
Port Road 6/1, 1pt each-way (3 places)
This is a fairly low level affair but it's an open enough contest over the mile. There is no doubt that Urban Sprawl is well handicapped on old form and is once again well fancied here but he often finds himself vulnerable late on and Lingfield really does lend itself to horses who like to come fast and late. To that end I'm happy to take a chance that Port Road will finally shed his maiden tag here. Simon Dow's 4 year old was heavily punted at Kempton last time only to finish second to a horse of James Fanshawe's who was in receipt of lumps of weight. It's worth noting that Fanshawe's yard is in hot form and his winner that day was always going to be hard to beat off a lowly handicap mark when he got his act together so I think it was a fair effort from Port Road to finish second there. That was over 7 furlongs and he has been shaping as if this slightly longer trip is what is required for a little while now. He's drawn 2 so should get plenty of cover and with Urban Sprawl likely to set a decent pace here I fancy that this race could really be set up for the selection.
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