Tuesday horse racing tips: hopes high for Beauty

Our pundit and resident website tipster Dave Nevison likes three runners at Nottingham and Chelmsford in his first column of the week. Enjoy further action on the all-weather at Dundalk live on Racing TV.

4.00 Nottingham: Tuddenham Green

I haven’t removed this staying handicapper from my tracker yet and I definitely feel he is handicapped to win a race such as this.

Tuddenham Green hasn’t been seen for a while but has probably earned a summer break after being on the go during both the Flat and jumps campaigns and, on his latest run at Goodwood’s May Meeting, he was five lengths in front of the re-opposing Capone yet meets that rivals on 5lb better terms here.

The four-year-old was a beaten favourite on his Flat reappearance over course and distance but that performance could be marked up as the winner Coquelicot now runs off considerably higher and other winners have come from the race. Tuddenham Green has been left on the same mark and, at double-figure odds in this good field, he might be worth sticking with from a yard that has been in perennially good form this term.

5.05 Nottingham: Buddy’s Beauty

This filly looks to be rapidly improving and can complete a hat trick.

Buddy’s Beauty is now 10lb higher than her last win but she won by an eased-down 4 ½ lengths on that occasion and the runner-up scored next time in what appears as good form despite the lowly grade. I have previously mentioned my belief that weight rises against rapidly improving sprinters are far too lenient and I definitely feel that Buddy’s Beauty is still very well treated.

A slight concern here is the short absence as I like sprinters who are on a rapid roll, but hopefully she has just been freshened up for a week or two and can come back in form over the course and distance which she started her sequence.

It looks like she could certainly get the lead here at a course which suits her running style very well.

18.45 Chelmsford: Howth

He has run both his best recent races over this course and distance and has dropped 7lb in the handicap since joining this yard.

Unusually for Mick Appleby, the trainer hasn’t got a win out of Howth since acquiring him a year ago from another stable, though admittedly that was the Ballydoyle yard of Aidan O’Brien and Howth is a highly-rated horse so runs in highly competitive races.

A look through his runs for Appleby does suggest things haven’t gone brilliantly - he was out of his ground in some of them and found it difficult to get through horses - but he still ran respectably at Haydock last time and he should get the pace he needs here.

With the talented Frederick Larson claiming 3lb, Howth should go close again.