Today's Pointers - 5th Feb 2011

A couple of pointers for today below.


I was unable to post a preview of the Master Handicap chase but that doesn't stop TAKE THE BREEZE being one of my strongest bets of the day. Only two starts ago he was third to Burton Port in the Mildmay at Aintree and he ran a cracker on his seasonal reappearance at Ascot and a 6lbs rise for that is very fair. Add the fact that it's been negated to just 1lb by Ryan Mahon, who's one of the bet young riders around and you've got a very fair 9/2 chance.

Blue Sq have offered winning distance bets on Binocular and Oscar Whisky (11/10 Binocular wins by less than 12 lengths, 5/4 Oscar Whisky wins by less than 10 lengths) - Binocular only won by 1 length last year and Oscar Whisky will want a much stronger gallop than might occur if Barizan is handled with kid gloves, then surely they won't win by 11 lengths?

Advice:

Back Oscar Whisky to win by less than 10 lengths (5/4 Blue Sq)

Back Binocular to win by less than 12 lengths (8/11)

Back Take The Breeze to win the 3.30 Sandown