ITV Naas And Lingfield Preview

R'evelyn Pleasure takes the eye for us in the second race from Naas on ITV in the 2m4f Handicap Chase and this gelding is a horse on the upgrade.

The nine year old has been seen four times this term, not performing well on seasonal debut over two miles behind winner Dreal Deal, but has since been stepped up in trip and faired better.

Three starts ago over 2m4f at Thurles he was a good third of 13 in a handicap hurdle and backed that up next out at Punchestown when a game winner.

He moved back over to the bigger obstacles last time out and having gained some confidence from going over flights, he finished a narrow second behind an improving type.

Off the back of that form he will go close again.

One of our best bets on Saturday comes in the Class 4 Handicap over a mile at Lingfield and the Martyn Meade trained Crackling will be tough to beat.

The five year old son of Vale Of York has been seen only three times in his career and for his age is very unexposed, also holding plenty of ability.

He made his debut back in 2018 over seven furlongs at Lingfield and handled the track well to get off to a winning start.

After suffering some injury problems his next run came in November 2020 and he ran over seven furlongs at Kempton and blew away the cobwebs with a solid fourth.

Last time out he was sent to Southwell and backed up his seasonal debut with a solid second over a mile to Daafr, who is a horse that is in red hot form of late on the fibresand.

The step up to a mile last time out saw him improve and it bought the best out of him and now returning to the track of his sole win makes him the one to beat if improving again.

Our final selection from Naas on the show comes in the two mile Novice Hurdle and the Jospeh O'Brien trained Druid's Altar will not be far away.

The four year old gelding has shown plenty of ability over obstacles this term, winning on debut at Punchestown in November and then finishing a fair third behind the superstar Zanahiyr.

For a second time the gelding took on Zanahiyr in the Grade Two Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown over Christmas and was no match for most of the horses in the race, but he has been keeping good company.

Last time out he put up one of his best runs to date at Fairyhouse finishing a good second behind the smart Teahupoo at Fairyhouse.

Druid's Altar has close form with market rival Autumn Evening having just nabbed his rival for second last time out and we think we the added help of a 5lb claimer today he showed be seen beating him by a bigger margin.

Our final pick for ITV on Saturday comes in the Class 5 event over 1m2f and at a big price Aztec Dreams for trainer Richard Rowe can out run his odds.

The eight year old was a dual winner in France, who this season has been moved over to England and looked to have plenty of potential on his debut run.

He finished fifth of 10 runners over course and distance at Lingfield and looks to be on a very dangerous mark if coming on for that run.Big each way player at 12/1.