Southwell Tips: Dan’s the man

National Hunt action comes from Southwell on Tuesday afternoon. Seven races, 12.40 - 15.40.

Decent field sizes, and the presence of a certain in-form dynamic duo in Cobden and Nicholls.

Should be a cracking card. Enjoy!

12.40 Tom Creen @ 7/4

A competitive-looking handicap chase to kick off the card, and a selection in splendid form since reappearing in October.

Tom Creen is in the care of team England, with Sam doing the training and Jonathan the steering. This gelding produced a career-best last time at Sedgefield in a Class 5 and steps up a notch here over a similar trip.

He won 'going away' in the words of the Racing Post, giving hope that the 8-yr-old's improvement might not be at an end. He's a much better chaser than he was a hurdler, and is doing connections proud.

This is a nice flat track which shouldn't impose any great stamina examination, and that finishing kick displayed in County Durham could well be evident on Wednesday in Nottinghamshire.

13.40 - Lindy Reilly @ 3/1

Every now and then you've just got to take a stand and follow your instinct. Here we have a concrete example with this unraced mare by Kayf Tara, but she's in the hands of the mighty Skelton operation.

This is a National Hunt flat race, and she gets the very handy 7lb fairer sex allowance. A Nicholls inmate heads the market, predictably, and of course he could be useful. Dan and Harry are having winners though, including an all-the-way Kempton success on Monday.

We're getting what I feel is a decent price about a runner from a tip-top yard in a smaller midweek contest. That'll do for me - small stakes of course.

Horse racing tips - from Betfred Insights