Queens to reign for Skelton

Queens Wish looked a hugely promising prospect for Dan Skelton on her debut for the yard and can follow up in the Bet £10 Get £10 At Yeeehaaa.Bet Novices' Hurdle at Doncaster on Wednesday.

The six-year-old mare won an Irish point-to-point in April 2024 and had been originally sent to Laura Morgan by her owner, former footballer Alan Rogers.

She never ran for the Leicestershire handler though, and appeared under Skelton's name for the first time at Newcastle in January.

Sent off a heavily backed odds-on favourite, the result was never in any doubt as she beat the Morgan-trained Forsa Bay by over 8 lengths.

Skelton is clearly not concerned about running her against the geldings again and she can take this on the way to bigger targets in the spring.

Mark Walford has his string in fine form and he can strike for the second time in seven days with Farmer Jimmy in the Follow Us On X @yeeehaaabet Handicap Hurdle.

Having shown little since his bumper debut, Farmer Jimmy was sent into handicap company and won off a mark of 94 at Wetherby.

As that was a conditional riders' race, he escapes a penalty and should be hard to beat.

Ben Pauling's good form shows no sign of abating and No Questions Asked should take the world of beating in the Racing TV Members Day EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle at Ludlow.

Already seven, he is making up for lost time as having won at Carlisle and Hereford this season, he ran a corking race in the Listed Sidney Banks Hurdle at Huntingdon last time out.

On ratings he had no right to win that but having seen off the challenge of Jax Junior, he was mugged close home by Califet En Vol.

As this is a qualifier for the EBF Final at Sandown next month, that looks a likely reason he is turned out again so quickly.

Philip Hobbs and Johnson White have enjoyed a very profitable campaign and while they perhaps lack a standout star, they have plenty of promising young horses.

Among those is The Hardest Geezer who, while he is a chaser in the making, can continue to progress over smaller obstacles in the Michael Lumsden Memorial Handicap Hurdle.

He won despite not looking the most straightforward ride at Taunton, so could be better than the bare form.

On the all-weather at Kempton, Harry Charlton runs an interesting newcomer in Papa Oscar in the Unibet Zero% Mission Restricted Maiden Stakes.

The already gelded son of Expert Eye is a half-brother to Juliet Foxtrot, a Grade One winner in America for Juddmonte.

A handful of his rivals have previously run but not shown much, so he could have been found a decent opening for his debut.

Clive Cox's Cracking Gold looked a little rusty when second after the best part of 200 days off at Southwell recently.

He chased home Symbol Of Light, now rated 102, while Cracking Gold's mark stayed the same ahead of the Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap. - Press Association

TAB is betting on 3 UK meetings on Wednesday. Here are the tips.

LUDLOW: Race 1: 16.00 No Questions Asked, Race 2: 16.30 Doctor Midas, Race 3: 17.05 Game On For Glory, Race 4: 17.35 The Hardest Geezer, Race 5: 18.10 Ballycamus, Race 6: 18.43 Dunstall Rambler, Race 7: 19.13 Stone's Throw.

DONCASTER: Race 1: 16.15 QUEENS WISH (NAP), Race 2: 16.50 Glory And Honour, Race 3: 17.20 Farmer Jimmy, Race 4: 17.58 Touchwoodexpress, Race 5: 18.33 Diamond Koda, Race 6: 19.03 Valence d'Aumont.

KEMPTON: Race 1: 18.25 El Hibri, Race 2: 18.55 Mighty Gurkha, Race 3: 19.30 Rajwa, Race 4: 20.00 Party Bear, Race 5: 20.30 Papa Oscar, Race 6: 21.00 Magna Grecia Star, Race 7: 21.30 Shallow, Race 8: 22.00 Cracking Gold, Race 9: 22.30 Bruce Banner.

ALL TO COME: No Questions (Ludlow, Race 1) and Asked Queens Wish (Doncaster, Race 1).