Tips
Three bets today across Kempton and Windsor — pedigree edge in a novice that lacks it, a tracker horse dropping back in trip with enough to like about the race despite the reservations, and a third-time selection who’s been knocking on the door long enough that he owes us one in a grade he should be winning.
The four UK cards didn’t have anything overly jumping out at me, despite a few running who have been on the radar, but there was one runner for a prolific yard over at Ballinrobe in Ireland who I couldn’t ignore.
Three bets across Brighton and Pontefract today — two each-way chances at prices and a course specialist who has form figures at Pontefract that read like a broken record. After a frustrating weekend, there’s reason to think the handicapper has left at least one of these ahead of his mark.
Two bets today — one from a Ascot where a Palmer stat sealed the decision and one from Doncaster where a horse I’ve been following since a penalty run finally gets a fair crack at the weights in a handicap.
Two big prices at Royal Ascot on Day Two — A 40/1 shot in the Royal Hunt Cup and a 28/1 chance in the Fillies’ and Mares’ Handicap. Both each-way plays with genuine claims. Also a look back at Yesterday with one who should be in every notebook after a badly hampered run in the Coventry.
One bet on the day with a big priced outsider chanced for a yard who hold a fantastic record in the race stretching back to 2009.
Two Win bets today, at Doncaster and Salisbury — one a full sister to a Group 1 winner, the other a notebook filly running off a mark that looks too kind. The case for both inside, plus a few others across the cards.
After a welcome 33/1 winner yesterday, today’s three are a braver kind of bet — two out-of-form types and an unexposed filly, each-way at prices worth the gamble across York, Hexham and Leicester.
A bruising day yesterday with two of the others-noted bolting in while the selection flopped — but no chasing it. Three taken today from Sandown and Fairyhouse, including a couple of debutants worth a serious look and one monster price I couldn’t leave alone.
After a couple of blanks, the cards today are a grind — plenty looked at, but only one stood out worth getting involved with. A Beckett filly who caught the eye travelling on her turf debut last time, and has been nudged up just 3lb for it. One bet at Newbury.