Timeform UK SmartPlays: Tuesday April 30

Michael Bell trains two of today's SmartPlays

We're mixing afternoon and evening racing for today's UK SmartPlays.

Our first two bets come from Yarmouth, both reliant on the continued return to form of the Michael Bell yard. Firstly there's George Cinq in the mile handicap at 15:10. His profile is a fairly familiar one: three runs as a juvenile, showing the benefit for his debut when winning on his second start before shaping well in a handicap. In the case of George Cinq, that promising handicap run was a second-placed finish to Tamarkuz, which we can assure you will be no disgrace come the end of the season. Well bred, if not necessarily for this trip, the manner in which George Cinq saw out seven furlongs last time suggests he'll get a mile if he's fit first time up.

Our second selection comes in the next race. We can be more certain about of King of Jazz's fitness as he has a couple of runs behind him already this spring, the first an eye-catching third at Doncaster before he suffered interference at the same course last time. Just shy of a year ago, King of Jazz finished third in the Victoria Cup from a mark 10 lb higher than the one he shoulders today, so he's clearly a well-treated horse. Admittedly, he's been difficult to win with down the years, though he's generally been mixing it in better company than this, so King of Jazz is definitely worth chancing today.

There's a marked change of tack for our final SmartPlay. In Exeter's final race at 20:05 there are a couple of unexposed improvers, but we're chancing a well-handicapped horse further down the weights. Fashion Weekstruggled all the way through 2012/13, though all four runs came on soft/heavy going and his previous best had come under much firmer conditions. It's not often that a Timeform tip will come on the basis of ground alone, and part of the reason Fashion Week is worth a chance this evening is the form of the Susan Gardner yard: a couple of wins last week, including the Highland National at Perth with Flying Award, means the stable is enjoying its best run for a while and Fashion Week appears to have plenty in his favour to add to that.  

Timeform UK SmartPlays

Back George Cinq @ 4.67/2 in the 15:10 Yarmouth
Back King of Jazz @ 5.24/1 in the 15:40 Yarmouth
Back Fashion Week @ 10.5n/a in the 20:05 Exeter