Key Points
- My Day 2 betting tip won over C&D last spring and he can repeat the feat this year!
- This horse is now 3lb under his last winning mark, so he is handicapped to strike!
- His sole win in the UK came on Good to Soft ground, so he has the right conditions today
We head back up to Perth again for today’s betting tip as they enter Day 2 of their festival. The horse tackles division two of their 2m 4f Handicap Hurdle, which is a Class 4 race for handicappers rated 0-115. His last run was too bad to be true and he has one win from one run at this track and it came off a higher mark, so he must have a fantastic chance if they can get him back to his best.
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Betting advice
- 14:55 Perth -
Singapore Trip
@ 16/1 (3 places) -
0.5pt each way
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Singapore Trip can take a trip to the winner’s enclosure
Singapore Trip heads up to Perth today and that is very interesting for two reasons. Firstly, he won his only race at this track, which I’ll discuss in depth later in this article. Secondly, his trainer has a great record here this season. Micky Hammond has sent just eight runners to Perth this season, with two winners (25%) and a further three horses placing in the first four (63%). That strong strike rate has seen him return a profit of +£4.25 to a level £1 stake on his runners.
Hopefully he can continue that fine Perth form with Singapore Trip today, and in the remainder of this article I’ll be breaking down why I think Singapore Trip is a great value each way bet at a price of 16/1.
Singapore Trip is 1/1 over course and distance
Last spring, Singapore Trip went up to Perth and raced over this distance, and he made the 4.5 hour journey worthwhile by winning! However, his winning margin of 1.5 lengths doesn’t tell the full story, as it was a far more comfortable win than the distance suggests.
Brian Hughes was in the saddle and stalked the leader turning into the home straight. Brian sent Singapore Trip on as they entered the home straight and came down to the second last. Between the second last and the final flight, Singapore Trip had opened up a seven or eight length lead. All he needed to do was to jump the last… but he got it all wrong, and lost his momentum.
The Olly Murphy-trained What A Johnny subsequently kept on to press Singapore Trip, but the latter found more and managed to keep him at bay. Quite frankly, without that mistake at the last, and a little idling on the run-in, Singapore Trip’s winning distance would have been considerably more, and I think it flatters What A Johnny.
He is handicapped to strike off 3lb below his last winning mark
Singapore Trip’s win up at Perth last year came off a mark of 110, and it wasn’t remotely close to anchoring him that day. The handicapper had his say after that win and pushed him up 6lb, to a mark of 116. However, in the five runs since that win Singapore Trip has put up some poor form figures of 5055P. As a result, his mark has dropped 9lb in the process and he now looks very well treated off a mark of 107.
That is 3lb lower than his last winning mark, and he has also placed in a far hotter Class 2 Handicap at Kelso off a 2lb higher mark of 109. Given they didn't get a clear run with Singapore Trip this season and the whole Micky Hammond stable were under a cloud during the winter months, I think this could be overly lenient from the handicapper.
If Singapore Trip is back to his best today, he is more than capable of being extremely competitive off a mark of 107, especially in this Class 4 (0-115) company. Interestingly his latest win came at this level, and this is the first time he has run at this level since.
His sole UK win came on Good to Soft ground, so he’ll have no ground excuses today
If you look through Singapore Trip’s form book, he is pretty versatile when it comes to the ground conditions. He started his racing career over in France and during his time there he won on Soft, Very Soft and even Heavy ground.
Since his switch to the UK, he has run on a variety of different going types. He has produced RPRs of 109 or above on Good, Good to Soft & Soft ground during his time here, just further proving his versatility.
His peak efforts in the UK though were the third at Kelso and the win here during the Spring of last year and those runs came on Soft and Good to Soft. With his win coming on Good to Soft and it being the same conditions today, he will have no excuses when it comes to the ground, as it looks absolutely ideal for him.
Can Singapore Trip take his record at Perth to two from two?
As I have mentioned in my articles before, trainers can be creatures of habit and once they find something that works, they like to stick to it. Whether that is a certain track, a certain race or something else, you’ll see them repeat it time and time again and often with success.
Singapore Trip won here last Spring and now he comes back again this Spring, handicapped to win. It could just be coincidence but I would strongly suspect that his season started to go astray and when he started to come back to himself last month, Micky was likely eyeing up this meeting for him.
Ironically, as I talk about creatures of habits, he ran at Kelso last Spring before coming here. And this Spring… he ran at Kelso and now comes here. He did pull up at Kelso last time out, but he had only run 13 days prior so that would be a valid excuse. It also looked as if Brian Hughes was looking after him, as he wasn’t getting especially vigorous in the saddle that day.
I think this could have been the plan for a while and I think he can make it two out of two here, if they have him right. I certainly feel he is more than capable of outrunning his odds of 16/1 which massively underestimate his chances here. They do need to get him back into form, so there are risks attached and as a result, it’s just half stakes on this one.
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