Nap of the Day: 5/2 Tiger to roar for Roger and Rossa at Sandown

Our winning run came to an end on Tuesday, but it remains a successful spell for Nap of the Day followers with eight winners from 11 selections in just over a fortnight.

I'm hoping to get right back into the winners' enclosure on Wednesday, courtesy of one in the penultimate race at Sandown.

Expect testing conditions at Sandown on Wednesday. There's already plenty of juice in the ground and further rain is forecast throughout the morning.

That won't be an issue for Roger Teal's DANCING TIGER, who obliged on heavy ground at Goodwood earlier this month.

The three-year-old son of Starspangledbanner pulled two lengths clear of a nine-strong field in West Sussex, doing his very best work in the final furlong or so. It's clear he acts in such conditions.

The form is relatively good. It marked a significant reversal on the fifth-placed Bownder, whom the selection trailed by six lengths over course and distance in June, and the runner-up arrived off the back of a career-best effort.

The handicapper has awarded Dancing Tiger, a half-brother to Listed winner Dancing Tango, a rise of four pounds for that first win of his career, which is about right in my book. That means he carries just 8st 13lbs, the joint-lowest weight in the field, here.

He's certainly going the right way, having finished second to the reopposing Sir William - and four-and-a-half lengths in front of last-time-out winner Life Is Rosie who was ultimately disqualified due to her jockey weighing in 10lbs light - at Windsor prior.

I'm hopeful about reversing placings with the aforementioned Sir William. We've got just under two lengths to find on William Haggas' gelding and a combination of the surface, three-pound better terms and the excellent Rossa Ryan taking over in the saddle can all help bring about a different result.

Before Windsor, the selection failed to stay 1m6f behind the ridiculously well-handicapped Pendragon, rated 34 pounds higher after finishing second to Sweet William in the Doncaster Cup at the Betfred St Leger Festival last week, and the run before that was his first since being gelded. Easily forgiven, then.

There's not a whole lot to fear from his seven other rivals in this 0-80 handicap over 1m2f. It looks a winnable race and Dancing Tiger, whose trainer's in smart form courtesy of three winners and seven places from 16 runners in the past fortnight, is fancied to strike again.

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