LATINO FLING can stay ahead of the British Horseracing Authority assessor with a victory in the Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Mares' Handicap Hurdle (4.40) at Sedgefield.
Having made the podium - but without getting her head in front - on her first five tries over hurdles, the Donald McCain-trained daughter of Milan underwent wind surgery.
The betting market suggested the surgeon’s knife had done its job - Latino Fling, dropping back to two miles at Catterick Bridge two weeks ago, went off the 15-8 favourite in a field of 13.
And she justified the support in style, travelling strongly under Brian Hughes before leading between the final two flights for a four-and-a-half-length victory from Blue Hawaii.
There is a 7lb rise in the handicap to deal with here, but Latino Fling still has untapped potential on her seventh outing over timber and the follow-up is very much on the cards.
At Fakenham, SAINTE DOCTOR is taken to give his rivals weight and a beating in the Brisley Primary Academy Novices' Handicap Hurdle (1.52).
Successful over an extended two and a quarter miles at Newton Abbot last May, the grey daughter of Doctor Dino was having her first start for 218 days when finishing a staying second to Punctuation in a two-mile novices’ handicap hurdle at Warwick in the middle of last month.
The evidence of that performance is that this two-and-a-half-mile trip should prove within range, and drying ground in Norfolk is another plus.
Wednesday tips
LUDLOW
1.00 ILE DE JERSEY
1.30 CENOTICE
2.00 LAKOTA WARRIOR
2.30 GORTROE JOE
3.00 KISSESFORKATIE
3.30 LASSUE
4.00 PONT AVEN
SEDGEFIELD
1.37 MERITORIOUS
2.07 LATE DATE
2.37 DRUMBEAR
3.07 TRESHNISH
3.37 DEMI SANG
4.07 GETASTAR
4.40 LATINO FLING (NAP)
FAKENHAM
1.52 SAINTE DOCTOR (NB)
2.22 DUBAI GUEST
2.52 TEDDY BLUE
3.22 ZUCKERBERG
3.52 KANSAS CITY CHIEF
4.25 AVITHOS
KEMPTON PARK
4.55 FLAMING DAWN
5.30 ALMODOVAR DEL RIO
6.00 PARLANDO
6.30 GLOBAL ACCLAIM
7.00 EYES
7.30 SUPERSONIQUE
8.00 ALEATORIC