Lucky 15 Tips: Sedgefield’s where it’s at on Friday

One of the jumps courses I've yet to visit and really must is Sedgefield, and it's from there that we're sourcing Friday's Lucky 15 tips.

Their seven-race card starts at 11:48 and former champion Brian Hughes looks to have a great book of rides.

Horse Racing odds

Fast Racing Results

13:33 - Bathgate @ 9/4

This one ran a fine second at Market Rasen yesterday and if allowed to take its chance is the one they've all got to beat for me.

Bathgate is a five-year-old gelded course-and-distance scorer (2m 1f), trained by Phil Kirby in North Yorkshire. He went down by only a neck on Thursday in a warm little Class 4 event and he's dropped down to a C5 this afternoon off the same mark (98).

Joe Williamson, on board last time, claims 3lb - which he wasn't allowed to do when narrowly denied as it was a conditional jockeys' heat.

14:08 - Bo Cruz @ 11/4

Don McCain trains, Theo Gillard rides - in this novice handicap chase over 2m 5f.

Our fancy Bo Cruz is a six-year-old gelded son of the mighty G1-winning flat ace Doyen, himself by Sadler's Wells, so there's blue blood coursing through this one's veins all right.

Two points so far (one respectable second, beaten 10l) and five hurdle races showing definite signs of ability. I'm guessing connections feel chasing is going to be his game as he's sent over the larger obstacles this afternoon for the first time and the yard is in decent nick - 21% strike-rate over the past 14 days.

Gillard is also ticking along nicely, at 20%, and I like his chances very much as long as he handles this new discipline.

14:43 - Be The Difference @ 6/4

Phil Kirby and Joe Williamson, again claiming 3lb, combine here in a 2m 5f handicap hurdle with Be The Difference.

This nine-year-old is on a hat-trick after authoritative wins at Kelso and Bangor last month in this grade. That last win six days ago was in a conditional jockeys' heat so the selection can run off the same mark of 101.

He's got 12st to carry but in his current form I just can't oppose him. He's five from 32 all-time, and connections are looking to strike while the iron is hot.

15:20 - Grazeon Sunshine @ 15/8

A nice-looking bumper closes proceedings, and our selection will be ridden by the outstanding, evergreen Brian Hughes.

Grazeon Sunshine is a four-year-old gelding trained by John and Sean Quinn at Norton in North Yorkshire. One run so far - a similar contest at Newcastle 36 days ago. He was beaten just half a length by a nice type of Mick and David Easterby's, and he's probably got Trigg, from Team Skelton, to beat.

The training combo are operating at around 22% and I'm sure will have given a great deal of thought regarding this entry. Brian had a good winner at Market Rasen yesterday so the scene is set fair for a bold bid.

If all four of our selections won, today's notional 50p win Lucky 15, at the prices indicated (they can of course fluctuate), would return around £135 for a £7.50 total stake.

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