Check out the Tony Calvin tips on Saturday 13th January 2024 as the Betfair man puts up a rare four selections for a busy day of action on ITV Racing. Read on to see his fancies including an ante-post tip with a solid chance.
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Tony Calvin Tips On Saturday 13th January 2024
- 2:07 – Notlongtillmay @ 8/1
- 2:42 – Wonderwall @ 25/1 (each-way)
- 3:00 – Malina Girl @ 8/1 & Volcano @ 18/1
- 3:35 – Sam Brown @ 9/1
2:07 Kempton: Coral Silviniaco Conti Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Cl1 (5yo+) 2m4½f ITV4
Calvin fancies the chances of Laura Morgan’s NOTLONGTILLMAY and you can see his thoughts on the exciting Kempton race below. He feels that he is overpriced and is worth playing @ 8/1.
“He may not have the class of the top three but the 6lb he gets from them here really levels the playing field – he also gets 3lb from Banbridge, who is rated 1lb inferior to him – and he also comes here after cracking handicap efforts off 152.
“The price doesn’t tally with the formbook, or the fact that he comes in here on the back of a career-best.”
2:42 Kempton: Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Cl2 (4yo+) 2m5f ITV4
The next of the Tony Calvin tips comes in the other big betting race at Kempton in the Lanzarote Hurdle.
“Wonderwall was a very good bumper horse, seventh in the big one at Cheltenham in 2021, and he showed plenty in three starts as a novice hurdler as well, beating City Chief over this trip at Doncaster and then being in with every chance when falling at the last in the Sidney Banks.
“He obviously hasn’t kicked on from there, and he didn’t set the world alight over fences in November, but he ran a couple of decent races on the Flat in the summer and he returns to hurdles off a mark of just 128 and I am taking the switch to Peter Bowen from Richard Spencer as a positive.
“That mark looks generous on his novice hurdle exploits, and that bumper promise.”
3:00 Warwick: Wigley Group Classic Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Cl1 (5yo+) 3m5f ITV4
Calvin put up an ante-post betting tip in MALINA GIRL for this race earlier on in the week and fancies the chances of a couple in the race, including VOLCANO.
“She (MALINA GIRL) looked all stamina when winning over an extended 3m3f at Cheltenham in November and was going smoothly and ominously well, off this mark, when falling 3 out at Cheltenham last time. The handicapper couldn’t mess with her rating because she departed so far out.
“And, clearly, Gavin Cromwell is a man to have on your side in his UK ventures (8 from 31 this season, with another six placed) . He has seen an opportunity over here and is proving rather good at exploiting it.”
Following his ante-post selection, Calvin has also tipped up Volcano, so see his thought process below.
“The case for VOLCANO is more obvious (and less conspiratorial) as he has course form figures of 111151 and, even though 2lb wrong here, he is still 5lb lower than when finishing a respectable fifth in this race last year (when 10lb out of the handicap).
“He has been messing around with Cross Country races on his last two starts, and actually running well in the first of those in November when the small matter of 16lb out of the handicap, and this is much more his bag.
“Forcing tactics around here clearly serve him well, though there is no shortage for pace competition, with a few prominent racers and with Percussion and Galia Des Liteaux with a liking to get on with it, too.”
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