Key Points
- After a couple of runs to blow away the cobwebs, I expect to see a different horse at Huntingdon today
- My Tuesday NAP has been running on the wrong ground but gets his preferred conditions now
- The opposition look full of holes, and need to be taken on in this race
Today’s article is all about the racing action at Huntingdon and bringing you my best bet of the day (NAP) along with the reasoning as to why it is my strongest bet. Whilst the horse looks out of form on the surface, I think there are reasons for his recent performances and that we will see a different horse today. Hopefully by the end of the article, you will agree.
If you missed yesterday’s article, it was an early antepost selection for the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, so make sure you check that out! At the time of writing, he was 33/1 and he may well be at the same price now. Anything above 20/1 is still a great price, so if there has been some market movement, don’t feel like you have missed the boat.
Betting advice
- 15:35 Huntingdon -
Iskar d’Airy
- 1pt Win @
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Today’s NAP is trained by Gary & Josh Moore. Their stable is in fantastic form with 10 winners in the last 14 days, producing a strike rate of 24%. They have also had two winners and two seconds from their last five runners! With a yard in such strong form, it is hard to ignore them.
When you consider the strength of the stable form and that the NAP today looks like he is about to turn a corner, the stars seem to be aligning for our bet. Hopefully the factors in our horse’s favour today will see him add a further win to their growing tally.
Iskar d’Airy will now be race fit and ready to win!
The first element that I like about Iskar d’Airy is where he appears to be fitness wise. He won a Maiden Hurdle at Plumpton back in April 2023 but then unfortunately, we did not see him on the track for 610 days due to issues. He pulled up on his comeback run but you can forgive that after such a long absence. He then finished a remote 7th on his last run which was an improvement but still not near his old form. I suspect he was still a bit rusty on that second run after such a long absence prior amongst other excuses but with two runs under his belt now, he should have no excuses in terms of fitness today.
I think the Good ground will be a huge advantage for Iskar d’Airy
If you look back through Iskar d’Airy’s form prior to his issues that kept him off the track, he had 11 runs with all bar one of them on Good or Good to Soft ground. Interestingly his sole run on Soft ground saw him pulled up at Lingfield. I think this horse wants better ground and when you consider that his two runs since returning from an absence have been on soft ground, it becomes quite easy to forgive them. I also think that most of the opposition today would be better suited by softer ground, so that gives him an edge over them today.
This looks a very modest race that he should be capable of winning
As well as the fact that this is his third run after his long absence and the ground conditions appear to be in his favour, I just genuinely believe this is quite a poor race. Superstylin is a hard horse to trust and whilst his mark is dropping with each defeat, he still remains 4lb above his sole winning mark. Between that and the fact he would prefer some juice in the ground, I’d certainly be taking him on at 2/1 and shorter. Tropical Talent has a similarly hard to trust profile with the exact same 1 win from 8 chase starts as Superstylin. Tropical Talent is back down to his last winning mark but he only scraped home by a shorthead that day and hasn’t delivered in his 8 runs since.
Jaitroplaclasse is a low mileage 6-year-old but his best run was his latest one which came on Heavy ground and the previous best was on Soft, so the Good ground has to be a concern for him and the top weight of 12st won’t help his cause either. That then leaves Victory Club who is 0/7 over hurdles and making his chasing debut here. His opening mark has dropped from 102 to 90 but for good reason with him defeated 32, 24, 24 & 13 lengths in his last four starts. He had first time cheekpieces last time and they were of no help, so today’s first time blinkers look like an act of desperation. Like I said, they look a modest bunch to beat…
Iskar d’Airy can bounce back to winning ways
Considering all of the points above, I think Iskar d’Airy can bounce back to form in this modest handicap chase and with conditions in his favour, a return to anything like his best should see him come out on top against this bunch. With the Gary & Josh Moore stable operating at their strongest monthly strike rate since the start of the season, I think Iskar d’Airy can continue that wave of success today. It is a little bit of a leap of faith with Iskar d’Airy today as he could simply not be the same horse after his absence but I think there are obvious excuses for his two poor runs to date (fitness and ground) and with conditions to suit today, he should bounce back to form off his reduced mark.
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