Daily Placepots 
/ Matt Gardner / 18 March 2012 / Leave a Comment 
Newton Abbot is the venue for today's placepot.
"Swing Bowler has made a perfect start to her career, winning two bumpers and her hurdling debut at Ludlow, looking a useful performer in the making..."
Timeform's Matt Gardner heads to Newton Abbot for Sunday's tilt at landing the placepot...
13:45 - Medic Man showed the benefit of a step up in trip when winning at Hereford earlier this month, looking one to follow, and he appeals as the most likely winner of this contest. With Medic Man looking solid we can afford to take a bit of a flyer with She's On The Case, particularly as the market has spoken in her favour this morning. At the time of writing she is trading at [11.0] having previously been as big as [20.0] and, although there has not been all that much encouragement gleaned from her recent outings, she looks attractively handicapped and may well make the places.
14:15 - Johnny Mullen has not been at his best of late but he has been taking part in stronger races than today's and, with three places currently on offer, appeals as a solid selection. None of his rivals make any real appeal, with jumping frailties and current wellbeing a concern among a number of them, so Johnny Mullen goes in as our first banker.
14:45 - Swing Bowler has made a perfect start to her career, winning two bumpers and her hurdling debut at Ludlow, looking a useful performer in the making. She was not hard pressed on her latest start and ought to have considerably more to offer, as highlighted by the Timeform 'P' being affixed to her rating. Jump City would have been her main rival but is a non-runner, leaving the race at the mercy of Swing Bowler.
15:15 - The fourth leg looks a match between Golden Chieftain and Mr Hudson, and as we need to include the winner to progress with just four horses taking part, the safest option is to include them both.
15:45 - Accordingtoeileen won a mares' handicap at Leicester in November, looking value for more than the winning margin as she idled close home, and that's form that should see her competitive today. Her next run wasn't so good, underlining the fact that she isn't straightforward, but she may have been freshened up by the break of 109 days. Dimpsy Time made the frame in a pair of bumpers in January and was not given a hard time on her hurdling debut earlier this month. She should do better for that experience and is worth including as a second selection.
16:15 - Two non-runners have reduced the field to just four, so two are taken in the hope of a safe passage. Magic Marmalade fell on his last two starts over fences but has improved over hurdles of late and appeals as the most likely winner if putting a clean round of jumping on his return to the larger obstacles. Lupita has been contesting races that she realistically could not win and, although she is far from solid, her tumbling mark is of note and she is added as a bit of insurance.
Selections:
13:45 - 1, 9
14:15 - 1
14:45 - 12
15:15 - 1, 2
15:45 - 1, 5
16:15 - 3, 6
= 16 lines
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