Sporting Life Racing Replays

Boxing-day: 1.50 Leopardstown - Deano

an encouraging return from half a year off at Cork last thirty days saw Deano go in to the laptop for a possible xmas Handicap success and it's really surprising to see him offered at odds as large as 12/1 to construct on that reappearance. A fruitful stint over fences final season had been capped off with a 13-length victory at Clonmel and its perhaps not a shock to see connections revert to timber because a mark of 107 truly appears practical. A return to a more galloping track should match, especially if waiting strategies tend to be once more used, as he had been doing all his best work on the conclusion under an unenterprising trip final time. It was that belated headway that marked him out together to follow along with and unfashionable contacts check out have ensured that he's been over looked for just what is a pretty winnable contest. (Stuart Jones. Sky Bet)

Boxing Day: 2.00 Kempton - Bally Beaufort

We'll simply take the possibility on Bally Beaufort at a price. It's possible that he could possibly be an impression outclassed inside but he currently seems sure to be a better chaser than he had been a hurdler. He's all about endurance helping to make his stellar overall performance over Aintree's speed-favouring Mildmay training course last time-out even more meritorious. His trainer knows what it takes to win this battle, doing it with a really similar enter the likeable Ollie Magern, who had a similar obstacles score before improving from handicap organization (albeit within the Hennessy) to just take this competition in 2004. With increased enhancement very likely to result from the step back up in journey it is likely that their existing level could enhance extremely and I also'll happily have a go at the 16/1 presently available. (Ian Stables, Sky Bet)

Boxing-day: 2.30 Sedgefield - Uno Valeroso

Mark Walford's seven-year-old enhanced leaps and bounds final season winning three out of his five starts over fences but has not shown everything like that kind so far in 2010. Nevertheless, he's been set some tough tasks on both begins his starts, better demonstrably becoming expected whenever beginning favourite off a mark of 113 on his reappearance then operating with credit whenever fifth in a good 0-140 contest at Wetherby last time-out. He travelled really into assertion that time and was not disgraced considering the run however looked is needed. He drops in to a 0-110 these days against a lot less opposition and with the advantage of those two works behind him together with small step-up in journey a potential source of enhancement I would state appears like using the most of the beating here. (Ken Dickson, Sky Bet)