2023 Hambleton Handicap Tips
Lattam runs for trainer William Haggas on Day Two of the York May meeting, with the four-year-old not among the highest-rated horse although the handicapper might be treating this horse favourably and that accounts for the shorter odds. The horse was sent off as the 2/1 favourite in the Spring Cup Handicap and finished second at Newbury on 22 April.
Previously to this, the horse claimed a victory in the Irish Lincolnshire, with the runner managing to cope with the soft to heavy conditions. Obliging by a short head, this horse is ahead of Awaal in the betting, with Simon & Ed Crisford training a runner who was outclassed last time out at Longchamp in the Prix Jacques Laffitte.
There was also a second-placed finish in the Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster Racecourse and that was on heavy ground, so much depends on how the horse copes with the drier conditions. Assessment is a talented four-year-old who could be well-weighted, with Ryan Moore on board the horse last time out on the all-weather at Kempton.
This victory was over one mile when being sent off as the 11/4 favourite, with Northern Express one of the best weighted horses in the race. The five-year-old will be carrying just 8-13 for this encounter, with a victory coming at Thirsk last time out and there were fifteen runners in the field on that occasion.