Ross Millar top tips: a 50-1 bet for Monday's Jumps racing

Heavy rainfall, early inspections - the jumps are certainly back! Despite unhelpful weather, we were treated to a feast of competitive racing over the weekend.

Despite a steady start to the season, Gary Moore had Botox Has primed and ready to land the Bet365 West Yorkshire Hurdle under Caoilin Quinn, suitably demonstrating the ups and downs in the life of a jump jockey, as he had hit the deck on his previous two rides.

As a graded race, Quinn, who is still a conditional, was unable to utilise his claim. Given his experience and talent, his 5lb claim surely represents a case of daylight robbery in handicaps, doesn't it?

The bet365 Charlie Hall Chase proved once again that small fields aren’t necessarily a barrier to exciting racing.

Irish raider Gentlemansgame used race fitness to his advantage to marginally out-‘game’ the short-priced favourite Bravemansgame, who made an uncharacteristic jumping error at the final fence.

I don’t think it stopped him winning as he landed running and lost no momentum, but I do think it adds credence to his trainer, Paul Nicholls, suggesting that they got found out by the testing ground on what was the Gold Cup runner-up’s reappearance.

There is a Jump action at Hereford and Plumpton on Monday. I have selections at both meetings.

Kraqueline has been well placed here by Kerry Lee, with her win last Sunday meaning she can’t be reassessed by the handicapper until Tuesday. However, the relatively quick turnaround and the fact she disappointed at times last season means I’m happy to take her on.

Harry’s Hottie made her chase debut at Ffos Las last month, on what was her first start for Jamie Snowden since switching from Harry Whittington.

She jumped with accuracy, apart from one calamitous error on the back straight which dropped her to the back of the field. A couple of careful jumps afterwards didn’t aid her cause but did show me that she’d thought about the error she had made, jumping confidently up the home straight to finish a staying on fourth.

That was over 2m5f and she now steps back up to 3m1f - the same trip that she has recorded her sole victory over, when 6lb higher in the ratings. She can land this for Snowden and the excellent Gavin Sheehan.

It’s fair to say that I See You Well is something of a Plumpton specialist, with six of his ten career wins coming at this track.

In six seasons he’s yet to win on his first start after a break so it was no surprise to see him sent off at 33/1 on his seasonal return at Exeter and, always in the rear, he was pulled up some way from home. That’s far from a positive but I’m certain the ground (which was riding noticeably softer than the official description of good) played a part given all his best form is on a sound surface.

The handicapper dropped him a helpful 2lb for that run, which means he’s now 2lb below his last winning mark and 4lb below his highest winning mark.

James Best and Seamus Mullins have struck up a good relationship in the last 12 months and, back at his beloved Plumpton, I See You Well can strike again. His early odds of 50-1 are insulting.

Kerry Lee is certainly on my list of favourite trainers. Her horses always look immaculate, and I like how she goes about her business with the minimum of fuss. She perhaps didn’t enjoy the best of seasons last term, but has undoubtedly hit the ground running this season, operating at about 40% (six winners from 15 runners).

Pimlico Point clearly hasn’t been easy to train with just four starts to his name, but despite that he’s hinted that he possesses plenty of ability.

He showed a good level of form in his only bumper start but took his form to another level when winning on his hurdle debut at Chepstow, beating Autonomous Cloud (gave 7lb) and Super Survivor (levels) by a length. Given both of those rivals are now rated 130, he looks well handicapped off just 118.

His next two runs were disappointing, but a respiratory issue was reported on the second of those I’m happy to put a line through them, given he’s subsequently undergone wind surgery. Provided he takes to this new discipline he’ll take all the beating and can start to make up for lost time.