2:30 Nottingham Tips

With plenty of rain forecast, Bay Breeze looks interesting at these odds. Five of his eight career wins have come on soft ground, including last year's win, which came off a mark of 68. He was second at Hamilton on his last start in September off 69, and off the same mark here, looks a good EW bet with 5 places on offer.

It's all about the ground here since this horse needs soft ground and any further rain would increase confidence. The trainer has put the horse away for a while to await this softer ground and he could bounce back to form here since the last time he had soft ground, he hacked up on it by over 3 lengths for this jockey off a 4lb lower mark. Such was the ease of that win, that the horse was eased down and he had stacks in hand so this higher mark doesn't concern me at all since he is clearly good enough to win this.

Ziggys Queen has only had two wins so far, with the latest being in C5 on the AW off a 67 back in May. She has tended to be a bit down the pack on turf, but all the recent runs have been on Gd/GF, and her only success was on GS, way back when. It could be worth a shot that today's soft could help, and she has always improved when second up after a break.

Won at Hamilton on good to soft in September, placed there in a much deeper race subsequently on soft ground. She hung right the entire way at Ripon last time on quicker ground, so perhaps that is not her track. Generally consistent prior to that and the return to soft ground will help.

Ann Terry remains fairly unexposed. 3yo filly by Mohaather trained by John & Sean Quinn. Won on heavy ground over six furlongs last season by 5.5 lengths. Disappointing in two starts much earlier this season but returns after an extensive break and coming in for some market support. Given a chance to return to form.