Rizz and I would like to thank Attacanter Racing for stepping in to cover us in such short notice. We do hope to have Attacanter Racing back at some stage in the new year to cover the Lucky 15 thread but in the meantime that particular thread will only be active around eight to ten times a month.

Attacanter Racing had a sole runner in the shape of Traprain Law, who unfortunately was unable to land a blow in his contest on Sunday afternoon. Traprain Law was backed throughout the day into a solid enough 7/4 favourite from his advised price of 3/1. Lucinda Russells charge tracked the expected pace angle in Matata but his effort dwindled out quite tamely which was disappointing to see.

Nells Son was your eventual winner of that contest as he managed to out stay Matata in the final stages to win quite cosily in the end. Nells Son is now two from two since winning on seasonal reappearance last month and he's potentially one to keep an eye on in future races.

Cairnzy's Racing Tips

Fine Casting 6/1 – Lingfield 2.00

I'm more a flat racing man as many already know, but if there is a trainer and jockey combo that I've enjoyed backing this term on the jumps scene then it's the Ben Pauling and Ben Jones partnership. Ben Paulings horses for the most part have been running to a good level and at present he's operating at a 19% S/R. Pauling has had 5 winners from his last 26 runs, as well as plenty of his horses hitting the crossbar to finish in second place. Kielan Woods, Callum Prichard and Ben Jones are the three main jockeys that have been used by Ben Pauling and notably, his last three winners have had Ben Jones on board. Pauling has enjoyed some nice success this term with some of his more progressive types such as The Jukebox Man and most recently the progressive-looking Handstands.

My first selection on Monday isn't one of Ben Paulings progressive horses, and you could probably say this horse is more on the downgrade than the up but I thought Fine Casting looked like a well-handicapped animal on paper and was worth a small wager at his current odds of 13/2.

Fine Casting at one point was running over hurdles of a rating of 131, but his form since early last year has taken a significant drop and he now finds himself running on a mark of 117 for this contest which is 6lb lower when last winning at Haydock in a Class 3 contest around this same time of last year. He beat home Donald McCains 131 rated Jungle Jack that day, who reappeared this season with an encouraging effort at Bangor in a competitive looking Class 2 race.

Fine Casting reappeared this season at Haydock in a competitive Class 2 Handicap hurdle contest where he was soundly beaten by the winner Steel Alley who was actually tipped up by myself on the Lucky 15 thread on that occasion. That particular contest look hot enough for the grade and although the finishing position on paper doesn't spark much confidence, I don't believe it tells the whole story. Fine Casting was making his seasonal reappearance, so he is more entitled to come on for the run and my selection was also quite prominent that day before his effort dwindled out as they approached two from home. Tomorrow's contest represents a significant drop in class for Fine Casting and I think he is worth another chance in the hope he comes on for his most recent outing.