Nap Of The Day: Dancer to delight for Carroll at Brighton

Just three meetings are taking place in Britain and Ireland on Sunday afternoon with Flat action from Brighton and Tipperary as well as a jumps card at Worcester. There’s Pattern action from Ireland with Listed and Group 3 races, while Brighton’s feature race of the day is the Summer Sprint Series Final, which has attracted a 13-runner field.

Our Nap of the Day comes from the south coast of England at Brighton, where we have a course specialist that looks primed for a big run on ground that he’s going to appreciate.

Fast Racing Results

15:22 Brighton - Pop Dancer @ 9/1

There’s plenty of rain around in Brighton this weekend and that is going to play right into the hands of Pop Dancer. Tony Carroll’s gelding is one of the few runners in this field that has a decent record when there’s soft in the going description, which there’s likely to be on Sunday given all the rain in the forecast in the 48 hours prior to racing.

This son of Kodiac was a disappointing favourite over a slightly shorter trip here last time out, but that was excusable, having uncharacteristically missed the break and the market support behind him that day was probably a significant sign a big run was expected.

The undulations at Brighton mean course specialists often come to the fore at this track and Pop Dancer is a three-time winner at the venue, with several creditable runs in defeat to his name also.

A low draw in stall five is another factor in his favour and he’s versatile with regards to tactics given that he can make the running or come from behind in his races.

Another major positive is that he gets the services of Tyrese Cameron in the saddle, a young rider who has made a particularly bright start to his career and he arrives in good form, having won on two of his last three rides.

The 7lb he’s able to claim means Pop Dancer must be in with a big shout given that he’s still very well treated on old form.

Nap Of The Day from Betfred Insights.