Horse Racing Tips: Skelton to land Uttoxeter’s big prize on Sunday

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15:27 Uttoxeter - Riskintheground @ 9/2

Dan Skelton is firing on all cylinders at the moment and the talented nine-year-old RISKINTHEGROUND seems to always look well handicapped. Good ground is very important to him and he's likely to thrive in the conditions at Uttoxeter.

He's been in good form in the last couple of months, although he's now up to a career-high mark of 144, but that might not be enough to stop him. Adaptable with regards to trip, he won a decent race at Haydock over 2m4f back in April, showing a good attitude that day.

Second here over a shortest trip after that, connections then sent him back over three miles for the first time in a long time at Perth earlier this month and he managed to come out on top. A 4lb rise shouldn't make too much difference and he's likely to be in the mix here.

16:03 Uttoxeter - Blizzard Of Oz @ 12/1

Faye Bramley has a habit of taking horses from Willie Mullins and achieving success with them, with the likes of Paggane and Glengouly both winning some decent prizes. BLIZZARD OF OZ is the latest to make the switch and he appears to have every chance here.

It's worth noting that he won a Listed chase at Wexford over 2m7f as recently as October and the fact that he's on a 14lb lower mark over hurdles catches the eye. A winner over hurdles at Thurles in March, he should be competitive in handicaps off this sort of mark.

16:35 Curragh - Benvenuto Cellini @ 6/4

Aidan O'Brien has won each of the last three renewals of this race and the master trainer is going to be a short price to make it four in a row. He has a very strong team for this year’s race and the very promising BENVENUTO CELLINI can get back on track here.

Connections have long been convinced that he's a Derby horse and that was always the plan since his juvenile days. Very impressive in the KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes last term, he was much too good for his rivals that day and he pulled five lengths clear at the line.

The testing ground at Doncaster did him no favours and it was a similar story at Epsom, so it was easy to forgive his effort in the Futurity Trophy in October. He bolted up in the Chester Vase last month and you can put a line through his 'run' in the Derby earlier this month.

Clearly connections expect a much higher level of performance and with Ryan Moore keeping the faith here, the quicker ground will enable him to bounce back.