Raceline: Tip of the Day - 2nd November

Tip of the Day - 2nd November, ARDLUI, Newmarket 3.55 WIN

It might seem bonkers to tip a horse carrying top weight of 10-0 in a 2m slog in the mud on Newmarket’s stiff Rowley Mile course.

But unless he was confident of winning it, I cannot believe that trainer Alan King would bother wasting his time with this late-season contest on the Flat when his four-year-old is clearly primed, and well-handicapped, for a return to hurdles.

The son of Galileo was a promising juvenile hurdler last year but has shown much-improved form on the level in recent weeks, thanks largely to successful breathing and gelding operations.

At Chester in September, he gave a scare to Countrywide Flame, who went on to run a blinder in the Cesarewitch.

And at Ascot last month, he was beaten only by a progressive younger horse receiving 19lbs in the weights, with an eight-length gap back to the third.

I have no doubt he is the best horse in this race, for which the galloping track on soft ground ought to be right up his street.

THURSDAY: SENTARIL WON (10/3)

WEDNESDAY: ELIDOR 4TH

TUESDAY: MOLOTOF WON (evens)

MONDAY: FICKLE FORTUNE 2ND

TIP OF THE DAY IS SUPPLIED BY SCOOP RACING (RICHARD SILVERWOOD)