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  • Hollie can shine as per

    Hollie can shine as per

    Flat racing takes place at Catterick on Wednesday afternoon between 14.20 and 17.20 with a seven-race card.

    The outstanding Hollie Doyle has an interesting book of rides and is unlikely to leave North Yorkshire empty-handed.

    Noo Point – 15.50 Catterick @ 7/2

    A 7f Class 4 nursery, and our selection is one for the old firm of Archie and Hollie – namely Watson and Doyle.

    Trainer Watson is a master with juveniles, and Hollie Doyle has ridden so many of them in the past. This particular son of Blue Point has run on 4 occasions thus far, including a bold tilt at a Listed contest abroad. His form is progressive, and from a mark of 85 was just touched off at Epsom last time over this 7f trip.

    It was his first try at it, and his sire attempted it once, in the Dewhurst no less, finishing a close-up third in 2016. This isn’t a Grade One however, and hopefully Hollie can nurture his stamina.

    The likely soft ground is something to ponder, sure, but again his sire encountered it the odd time and won on good to soft at Ascot, over 6f.

    Wade’s Magic – 16.50 @ 10/3

    One of two Tim Easterby runners – a trainer in rude form of late in contests just like this.

    A 6f soft-ground handicap in the basement Class 6 grade, so we’re not talking high levels of ability – but our selection is at least consistent in this sphere. Ran well to be 2nd, claimer-ridden, at Pontefract off a mark of 53 just 11 days ago.

    Same mark today, and regular senior pilot David Allan is back on top. Runs at either 5f or 6f with seemingly equal facility, and though I’d prefer good to soft over soft, that consistency, course-and-distance expertise and general experience can pay dividends.

  • 7/2 chance can shine at Listowel on Wednesday

    7/2 chance can shine at Listowel on Wednesday

    Having penned a ‘Jumps Horses To Follow‘ piece earlier this week, I think I’ve come down with a touch of National Hunt fever so I’ve gone to Listowel on Wednesday for the NAP of the Day.

    When JP McManus’ €315,000 purchase FOXFIRE GLOW lined up for a maiden hurdle at Down Royal’s November meeting that trainer Gordon Elliott farms, I don’t think anyone envisaged him taking in a handicap hurdle at Listowel off a mark of 121 almost a year later.

    Clearly, things haven’t gone to plan for the son of Vadamos, who was touted by many as a novice hurdler to follow last term.

    However, it appears a corner has been turned. Admittedly, a very wide corner with little traffic, but a corner nonetheless.

    The French import finally got off the mark at Downpatrick in July, winning an eight-runner maiden by nearly three lengths with his nearest rival pulling over eight clear of the rest oft the field. It’s not strong form, but he clearly enjoyed the drastic step up in trip and the taste of success for he followed up with another victory at Tramore.

    He was raised 8lbs for those exploits and now tries handicapping for the first time. I suspect the aforementioned rating of 121 might not stop this improving type, who also tries three miles for the first time.

    I think further improvement can be expected, and that the five-year-old can land the hat-trick under regular rider Mark Walsh.

  • #NextGenATP Stars Nardi, Passaro Shine Bright, Boosting Milan Chances

    #NextGenATP Stars Nardi, Passaro Shine Bright, Boosting Milan Chances

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    Two Italian youngsters, Luca Nardi and Francesco Passaro, are making a push for the eight-player Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals after strong weeks on the ATP Challenger Tour. Nardi claimed his third ATP Challenger Tour title of the season (Forli, Lugano) in Mallorca, Spain, while Passaro reached the final at the Como Challenger.

    Nardi, 19, outlasted Belgian Zizou Bergs Sunday in a three-set battle, 7-6(2), 3-6, 7-5 to triumph at the Rafa Nadal Open by Sotheby’s.

    Needing a deciding set in four out of his five matches, the Italian is the fifth player to win at least three Challenger Tour titles this year. Argentine Pedro Cachin and Briton Jack Draper lead the Challenger Tour with four titles this season while Nardi, Constant Lestienne, and Wu Yibing are tied with three titles each. The Pesaro native’s trio of titles leads the group of seven teenagers who have claimed a Challenger title in 2022.

    Nardi improves to 12th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Milan and looks to continue climbing to claim his spot in Milan, Italy, where the world’s best 21-and-under players compete in the season finale Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals. The 19-year-old rises to a career-high mark No. 142 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings.

    Bergs, seeded fourth, advanced to the final without dropping a set and climbs to a career-high 136 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings.

    Earlier in the tournament, Abdullah Shelbayh made history by defeating top seed Dominic Stricker to become the first player from Jordan to win a match in ATP Challenger Tour history. Shelbayh advanced to the semi-finals before falling short to Bergs.

    In Como, Italy, home favourite Passaro reached the final to improve to ninth in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Milan.

    German Cedrik-Marcel Stebe captured his ninth Challenger title and first since November 2020, dropping just one set all week and taking down Passaro 7-6(2), 6-4 to claim the Challenger Citta’ di Como.

    “I came here with not many expectations and some really rough weeks recently,” Stebe said. “Finally it worked out, managed to win a few matches in a row, I’m super happy to win a tournament in almost two years.”

    Cedrik-Marcel Stebe is a nine-time ATP Challenger Tour champion. Credit: Bettina Musatti

    The title lifts Stebe to World No. 178 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings, marking a return to the Top 200 for the first time since November 2021. The 31-year-old reached a career-high No. 71 in February 2012.

    Passaro’s run to the final in Como, Italy, propels him to a career-high No. 127 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings. The 21-year-old plays his best tennis in his home country, where he won the Trieste Challenger in July (d. Zhang) and reached the final in Sanremo in April (l. Rune) and Forli-6 in June (l. Musetti).

    Arthur Cazaux collected his maiden Challenger title at the Bangkok Open II, where he defeated Australian Omar Jasika 7-6(6), 6-4, winning seven matches in eight days as he advanced through qualifying and dropped just one set all week en route to the title in Nonthaburi, Thailand.

    The 20-year-old is the youngest French champion since Ugo Humbert won the Cherbourg Challenger in 2019 and is the 10th different French champion in 2022.

    Arthur Cazaux celebrates his first Challenger title in Thailand. Credit: LTAT Media

    Cazaux rises nearly 100 spots to a career-high No. 333 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings. The former junior No. 4 reached the 2020 Australian Open boys’ singles final before losing to countryman Harold Mayot. Cazaux first came onto the professional tennis scene in May 2021, when he defeated countryman Adrian Mannarino in his ATP Tour main-draw debut in Geneva.

    Belgian Kimmer Coppejans advanced through qualifying to win the Open de Toulouse, defeating home favourite Maxime Janvier 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-3 Sunday to capture his sixth Challenger title and first since 2018.

    Coppejans, 28, produced several dominant performances in southern France, conceding a combined five games in his second round, quarter-final, and semi-final matches.

    Kimmer Coppejans triumphs at the Toulouse Challenger. Credit: Tous Droits Reserves

    The Belgian, who has won 11 of his past 12 matches, climbs to No. 207 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings. He reached a career-high No. 97 in June 2015.

      

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