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Friday 23rd No Nap Today. Saturday’s Nap Brankley Boy Kempton 4:45 was having a off day being pulled up two out.

Blindly picking the Top Rated for each race would have given the following results:-

Haydock
2:10 Karathaena 2nd 18/1
2:40 Unplaced
3:10 King Bee 1st 15/8
3:45 Polinamax 2nd 8/11
4:15 Cobreces 1st 16/1
4:45 Mister Potter 1st 4/7
5:15 NR

Huntingdon
2:00 High Life 3rd 7/4
2:30 Fell
3:00 Chief Yeoman 1st 6/5
3:35 My Turn Now 1st 8/11
4:05 Pulled Up
4:35 Hopesarising 2nd 4/1
5:05 Unplaced

Southwell
1:50 Wodhill Be 3rd 8/1
2:20 Unplaced
2:50 Egyptian Lord 1st 8/1
3:25 Arch Of Titus 3rd 6/4
3:Dodaa 1st 5/2
4:25 Astorygoeswithit 2nd 6/1
4:55 Parkview Love 3rd 4/1

Mister Potter 4/7f Haydock 4:45. This is the second time Richard Johson has ridden the R Lee trained horse, both occassions in group4 at Haydock over 20 furlongs and in heavy going, thought last time he was slighly better odds at 16/1.

No Nap Today

G Lee onboard the Ferdy Murphy trained Top Cloud 5/4fav  Sedgefield 3:20.gave a much needed boost to the Nap Results coming in 6 lengths clear of his nearest rival, Oscar The Boxer.

Barber Shop the red hot favourite in the 3:05 at Market Rasen only managed to finish 2nd at 1/4.

Predateur 5/4Fav Wincanton 1:55 the Paul Nicholls trained horse was well beaten into 4th place by Osana trained by David Pipe and ridden by A Glassonbury claiming 5 pounds.

Fakenham 3:45 New Perk ridden by S Curran and trained by MJ Ginqell won at 11/2 beating the rank outsider Wicked Nice Fella by a neck.

Vincent Clerc’s late try sunk Irish hearts and their standing on Sporting Index’s Six Nations Outright Index. From clear favourites, they are now quoted as third favourites with a spread of 30-33. Is that a true reflection of how things will shape up the punters ask?  O’Driscoll and Stringer are set to return against England, and with home advantage, they could overtake Brian Ashton’s side on the index. England are priced at 34-37 with the French out in front on 47-50. The index offers 60 points to the winner, 40 to second place, 20 to third, 10 to fourth place, five for fifth and 0 for sixth. Wilkinson and Robinson seem to be the only source of points for the English. It’s no wonder Sporting Index give Ireland the advantage on the supremacy market when these two lock horns. They’re tipped to win this by a 4 to 7 point margin. England could only muster the one try against the Italians and it’s tough to see them penetrating a bolstered Irish midfield at Croke Park. England’s total tournament tries spread has dropped with Sporting Index quoting a spread of 10.5-11.3 tries. Although questions remain over whether the French can pull off the clean sweep, the disappointing Welsh are expected to be brushed aside with ease by Sporting Index. Gareth Jenkins side are predicted to lose by a margin of 13 to 16 points.

United may have left it late in Europe, but early goals are often the story when these two meet. The last three games have seen goals scored in the sixth, second and seventh minutes. Sellers might therefore be heartened to learn that Sporting Index reckon the first goal will be scored in between the 34th and 37th minute.  Just how many goals will be scored? Well, United have found the net 10 times in their previous three Premiership games and are predicted to fire in 2.0 to 2.2 goals despite being far from incisive against Reading and Lille. This fixture has been a high scoring affair of late with 17 goals in only the last three games. Sporting Index could see interest from buyers on their total goals spread of 2.7 to 2.9 goals. Fulham may have shipped four against Spurs, but the total goal minutes market was a very profitable one for the buyers! Given the recent goal glut here, Sporting Index’s total goal minutes spread of 135-145 minutes should catch the attention of those eagle-eyed punters. Could Rooney trouble the Cottagers once more? He has struck three times in their last two matches and his goal minutes spread is 24-27 minutes. So who does Sporting Index tip to take the three points? United are unsurprisingly predicted to win this by a 1.2 to 1.4 goal margin - however Fulham could upset the form guide given their solid six game unbeaten home run in the Premiership.