Here at Bettingsites.co.uk we’ve turned our attention this week to the Sussex National tips on Sunday at Plumpton due to the main Saturday action taking a hit with the weather.
The gruelling 3m 41/2f Chase at the East Sussex track is their big race day of the season as the popular locals track at Plumpton always welcomes a decent crowd. With soft ground (or worse) also forecast, then it goes without saying that stamina will be the order of the day.
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Sussex National Tips: Tizzard Camp To Follow-Up Last Year’s Win
3m4½f (3m4f102y) BetGoodwin Sussex National Handicap Chase (Class 3) (5yo+ 0-135)
We can expect the horses to be finishing Sunday’s Plumpton Sussex National Chase in slow motion with the race run over 3m 4 1/2f on soft ground. With that in mind, proven stamina is a ‘must-have’ when hunting out your Sussex National tips.
Of the eleven Sussex National runners, recent Southern National winner Tommie Beau stays all day but is up another 5lbs from that Fontwell win and will have to lump 12-1 in weight here. He can go well, but you feel more is needed and it would be some effort to carry that burden.
Gold Clermont and Sidi Ismael are the other proven distance winners in the line-up, but a horse that has won over 3m 2 1/2f on heavy ground is ROSE OF ARCADIA and this 9 year-old mare also represents last year’s winning yard of Joe Tizzard.
She was last seen running the useful Pink Legend to 2-lengths at Newbury in a Listed Mares’ Chase last month, which is solid form now eased slightly in grade. The horse also gets in here off the same mark as last time (128) and the useful Freddie Gingell is back in the plate to take off a handy 5lbs – which will be a big help in conditions.
Add in that the Tizzard yard also won the Sussex National in 2020 with Christmas In April, then it’s clear this is a race the stable like to target. They also boast a cracking 31% strike-rate at Plumpton with their chasers (5-from-16) and Freddie Gingell is 2-from-3 in all races at the venue too.
All things considered Rose Of Arcadia seems to have plenty going for her in a race that we can expect to see just a handful of the 11 runners finish, but the Tizzard runner is taken to complete the course and hopefully with her head in front and give the Tizzards another win in the Sussex National.
Plumpton Racing Tips: ROSE OF ARCADIA with BetGoodwin
Recent Sussex National Winners
- 2023 – ATAKAN (11/4)
- 2022 – GO WHATEVER (5/1)
- 2021 – SEASTON SPIRIT (6/1)
- 2020 – CHRISTMAS IN APRIL (9/2)
- 2019 – THE TWO AMIGOS (11/8 fav)
