Sunday tips: Saint Sam looks one to rely on

Top presenter Angus McNae has four fancies divided between the meetings at Kelso and Cork. Watch how they fare live on Racing TV.

This consistent performer won at Wetherby last time out can follow up here.

He has been raised 6lb for that win, but that is not too onerous given the manner of his success and the fact that the horse that he beat that day has gone on to win since.

Joel Parkinson and Sue Smith have their horses in good form and Glen Road  who has won three of his 13 starts, can go in again in a race that is no stronger than the one he won last time. 

Kargese can dominate this field of mares on her chasing debut. Some of her rivals have chasing experience, but they were nowhere near as good as Kargese over hurdles.

A lot depends on how well Kargese takes to chasing, but she was a quick and efficient jumper of a hurdle with a Race IQ Jump Index of 8.5 out of 10.

There are still plenty of opportunities for her over the smaller obstacles, so it is interesting that connections have opted to send her chasing. She will be hard to beat. 

Nells Son won this race last year and it looks like connections have targeted a repeat.

He had a tune up at Carlisle on his seasonal return and that should have put him spot on. He races off the same mark as last year (144) and the cheekpieces that were left off for his comeback will be back on.

Danny McMenamin is an underrated jockey with a 15.22% strike rate at Kelso and he can get Nells Son home in a competitive renewal. 

Willie Mullins sends Saint Sam over for the Peterborough Chase and he can beat Djelo, who took the spoils last year. 

Saint Sam is a consistent performer at Grade Two level, landing the Clonmel Oil Chase last season and winning five of his 11 chases.

He has a Race IQ Jump Index of 7.7, which is perfectly respectable, and and is a front runner who could easily get his own way.

His chance is further enhanced by the fact that Djelo had a tough race when winning the Charlie Hall Chase. He is a bounce candidate here.