Tips
A tougher Saturday card all round — Goodwood especially — but Windsor, York and Salisbury throw up three. Yesterday returned +8pts, with the Bayside Boy progeny line stretching further, and we go again with one of them today.
Short and sweet today — too many rabbit holes for a tricky-looking set of cards. Three bets out of six considered, one full Bet and two Min Bets, so stake accordingly. A handful of others noted in the prose worth a watch too.
Back after a quiet week of big changes down here — and one leaps out today at Musselburgh. A trainer sending his very first flat runner to a course he’s only ever raided in jumps, with a top local jockey booked and a price that catches the eye.
Saturday was a day to play with caution and the same discipline holds today, with two chanced at Hamilton — the betting card of the day — both at each-way prices that earn the stake.
Yesterday’s card I ducked out of and was glad I did. Today looked just as tough, and from a day I thought I’d be going to war I’ve somehow come away with just the one. An each-way punt at Thirsk, a filly badly underrated by the handicapper, and a sire-track angle that’s been paying for years.
No bet today — nothing leaps off the cards worth the risk. But plenty to talk about first, not least the 40/1 winner we chanced last time, and an unlucky eyecatcher under Ryan Moore well worth keeping on side.
A decent day of racing, especially so at York and it looks a right punters card, too. The sort of day where we could have a bit of a boilover so pay attention to the staking plan as I’ve tried thinking about how best to play the chances.
Two losers yesterday and on with today. Thapa Vc looks ridiculously over-handicapped at Bath off 60 — a potential penalty kick at 5/2. Plus a small each-way risk on Andrew Balding’s well-bred Turret on debut at Lingfield.
Henry Callan looks to ride another field to sleep on a well-handicapped Silver Gunn at Windsor, and a long-priced each-way speculative on Port Louis at Wolverhampton.
Way behind, so selections online but the dial will have to follow later. An 18th Birthday last night and the small matter of an early kick off in the Championship Play-Offs this morning, what with about 50 races to sift through, I’m well behind schedule.