Timeform UK SmartPlays: Monday February 25

Evan WIlliams trains one of today's SmartPlays

Today's SmartPlays comes in an 70-minute flurry from Plumpton and Kempton.

It all starts at 15:10, in Plumpton's two-mile handicap hurdle. There are a couple that catch the eye, including the Gary Moore-trained Right Stuff who has fallen to a good mark, though the most interesting of all is Tornado In Milan. A useful bumper performer, Evan Williams' charge has shaped better than the result on both starts in handicaps (both at Taunton) thus far, beaten only by a resurgent type on the first occasion and again failing to settle adequately when third in a strong race of its type last time. This contest probably won't take quite as much winning and, should Tornado In Milan settle, he looks the likeliest to score racing off the same mark.

The handicap hurdle over an extended 25 furlongs an hour later looks a far weaker affair, that fact being a significant part of the basis for selecting Hero's Call. She hasn't shown any concrete form as yet, but she's often left the impression that it'll all drop right one day (she was taken to race very wide last time) and there must be a chance that this will be that day. Dropped 6 lb since her last run, now sitting on a lowly BHA mark of 75 and, with her opposition as poor as it is, Hero's Call wouldn't need to prove herself far in advance of such a mark to break her maiden here.

We make a drastic change of tack for SmartPlays number three, switching to Kempton's polytrack and a useful mile handicap thereon at 16:20. It's a fairly competitive affair, as you'd expect, though top weight Guest of Honour looks a worthy favourite and well worth a bet on despite fairly short odds. He basically could be destined for a higher grade, taking big strides forward on his last two starts to win a maiden at Wolverhampton followed by a handicap over today's C&D which featured a number of similarly-unexposed sorts. Guest of Honour ran out a fairly comfortable winner that day and, truth be told, probably doesn't have as strong opposition today, despite their greater numbers. He's been raised a fairly lenient 6 lb for his last success and could scarcely have more going for him.

Timeform UK SmartPlays

Back Tornado In Milan @ 4.3100/30 in the 15:10 Plumpton
Back Hero's Call @ 9.08/1 in the 16:10 Plumpton
Back Guest of Honour @ 2.47/5 in the 16:20 Kempton