Nap of the Day: Lucinda’s Lady appeals at 11/4 on Tuesday

My latest Nap of the Day, advised at 10/3, absolutely bolted up at Wetherby on Saturday and I'm hoping to bring that form into this new week.

An inspection is due at Carlisle in the morning and hopefully it passes, for I've got high hopes for one scheduled to run at the Cumbria venue.

Almost immediately after Lucinda Russell's LADY IN THE PARK finished fourth on her chasing debut at Wetherby last month, I wrote her into my tracker and told myself I'd back her next time out in the right company.

That day has come. I think the six-year-old mare has a huge chance in this 0-120 novices' handicap chase over an extended three miles.

As is the case with the majority of Russell's purchases, it will have been a case of 'anything she does over hurdles is a bonus' when the selection fetched £90k at the sales in April last year following a PTP victory over in Ireland the previous month.

The daughter of Walk In The Park won just once - a novice hurdle at Wetherby on Boxing Day - in six starts under rules last term, but she was competitive on each occasion and fully earned a mark of 112.

That looks exploitable now she's doing what she was bought to do.

Russell suggested exactly that in a recent stable tour with Sporting Life. The Scottish handler said the selection "has the attributes to raise her game several notches" over fences.

Indeed, I thought her debut in this discipline was highly-encouraging. From a long way back, she stayed on to finish just a length behind the winner at the line, closing with every stride.

That form is working out well, with the runner-up Hurlerontheditch and sixth-placed Montregard winning their subsequent starts, and the selection's mark is unchanged.

I think that's generous given the winner Dream Boy, who reopposes here, has been raised three pounds. There was only a length between the pair in the end and in another 50 yards or so I'm sure Lady In The Park would have got up.

Over three furlongs further, I'm very hopeful about that form being reversed.

I think Fergal O'Brien's Lilting Verse and Boomslang are more dangerous. They've also made encouraging starts to life over fences and look to have juice in their marks - just hopefully not nearly as much as the selection.

As for the other seven, I don't believe there's much to be scared of. Wearelongterm, Cream Of The West and Sound And Fury are returning from 200+ day layoffs and Motion In Limine has had wind surgery during his 120 days on the sidelines.

Innisfree Lass was disappointing on her chase debut and has been dropped just one pound, while Raceview Road has failed to win twice since being put up to 104.

The bottom line is this: I think this is an easier race than the one Lady In The Park contested at Wetherby and with improvement expected, especially for going up in distance, she's of major interest off an unchanged mark.

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