A busy Saturday and the Great St Wilfred Handicap at Ripon has drawn the attention of our Long Shot tipster. Here are their thoughts.
Ripon
J: O J Orr
T: R A Fahey
Dare To Hope had some fair handicap form last season but seems to have upped his game a bit this year. He won on his seasonal reappearance at Beverly and has since then run well in some big sprint handicaps. He was a good 4th of 14 at York 2 runs back and then was short of room before running on well at Goodwood in the Stewards Cup last time out when finishing 10th of 25, beaten only 4 1/4 lengths. He has a good draw in stall 16 with plenty of early pace drawn around him he should have a good lead into the race. Dare To Hope has also won over this track and distance on his only visit here. It all bodes well for a big run and Dare To Hope rates a 4 star each way Pick.