Southwell Tips: Royal Holiday

Royal Holiday might be a 9-year-old but is at the top of his game right now and has an excellent chance in the 2.40 Southwell.

Last time out he was unable to defy a career high mark but that was more to do with the pace of the race than anything else. Jacob Butterfield set an overly strong pace in soft conditions with a finishing speed of 91.4%.

Understandably, Royal Holiday tired at the finish but did well to plug on for third and was only beaten 3.75 lengths.

A testing surface plays to his strengths and it is no surprise he’s won seven times at Southwell.

The key this afternoon could be the return of Robert Winston. His record on the Royal Holiday is 12659131 but that improves to 1213 at Southwell only.