In Newbury’s Group Three Arc trial, John Gosden’s Eagle Top might represent some value at 5/6 against opposition already making excuses. Connections of Sky Hunter and Ooty Hill have played down their chances, insisting they’ll need the run. That leaves last year’s out-of-form winner, Hillstar, and The Corsican to seriously…
Author: Joel Roberts
1pt win Rathaath @20/1, Newbury 15:25
Steps has done most of his winning on soft ground and gets that today, so it’s little surprise to see him the 7/2 favourite for this five-furlong sprint after his handicap win at Doncaster last week. Caspian Prince was a winner last time out at York, but a collateral form-line…
1pt ew Marsh Hawk @20/1, Newbury 16:25
I’m keen to give Richard Hannon’s Marsh Hawk another go, having tipped her last week at Doncaster. She travelled really well though found little when asked at the business end, but she can claim receipt of a little bump on the way and the ground might have been quicker than ideal. It was a…
Performance Update: +93.64pts, 117.6% ROI
It must have been a brutal weekend for bookmakers with so many well-backed favourites winning. Arc potentials Golden Horn, Postponed, New Bay and the superstar mare Treve all won well, while at Doncaster favourites Limato and Emotionless landed the odds and some bookmakers paid out on Bondi Beach despite Simple Verse being first past…
1pt win Agent Murphy @6/1, Curragh 16:50
Agent Murphy ticks all the boxes for the Irish St Leger. He landed a big gamble when routing a decent Group Three field at Newbury, with the subsequent Doncaster Cup winner, Pallasator, well beaten. That was raced on similar good to soft ground to today’s and the manner of the…
1pt win Sole Power @7/1, Curragh 15:05
Sole Power has hardly been out of sorts this season. He won a Group One at Meydan in March and has run into two superstars in Mecca’s Angel and Muhaarar on his last two starts – he finished a good fourth in both with the trip and ground valid excuses…
1pt ew Arabian Queen @7/1, Longchamp 15:10
Golden Horn’s Irish Champion Stakes win was a big boost for Arabian Queen’s credentials in the Group-One Prix Vermeille. He beat a hugely classy field including Pleascach, who narrowly beat one of today’s runners, Sea Calisi, in the Yorkshire Oaks. That form-line suggests Arabian Queen has the upper hand and deserves…
1pt win Karakontie @11/1, 1pt win Maimara @25/1, Longchamp 15:45
A stellar cast has assembled for Arc trials day at Longchamp, and the Group-One Prix Du Moulin over seven furlongs looks an excellent renewal. The mare Esoterique ran a blinder in second behind the peerless Muhaarar in the Prix Maurice De Gheest at Deauville before going one better the following week…
2pts win Golden Horn, Irish Champion Stakes, Leopardstown 17:45
Golden Horn ran a blinder in defeat to Arabian Queen at York and has plenty of excuses to draw confidence from. The two drew well clear of the rest – with the same winning margin over The Grey Gatsby as in the Eclipse – and the filly is simply a very…
0.5pts win Tupi @40/1, Doncaster 15:10
An excellent renewal of this seven-furlong Group Two, helped by the ever-rarer presence of good(ish) ground. The overnight rain hasn’t had a huge effect on the going so we shouldn’t see too many withdrawals. Limato immediately jumps out, with this his first run since chasing home Muhaarar in his Royal Ascot romp. He…