Wednesday's Racing Tips (22nd June)

1:20 Carlisle - 

Interesting to see how Armour Propre goes dropping down in distance after showing very good pace on debut. Has recently been given a Class 2 entry and should go well. 2nd 

1:45 Salisbury - No great opinion. 

1:55 Carlisle - Novaportian has very good ew claims. 5th

2:45 Salisbury - No great opinion. 

5:30 Bath - Doesn't look the strongest race and with a short-priced favourite I wonder if Mick Channon's Sixties Chic has ew claims after a recent Class 2 stakes entry. 1st

6:20 Kempton - No great opinion. 

6:50 Kempton - Explicit continues his winning ways and seems even better for stepping up to six furlongs after his impressive Rouse Selling Stakes. 2nd

Conclusion: 

Main hope today is Novaportian if an ew price.

Author: Jason Coote

Wednesday 8th June

Nothing really to get excited about in my last post. My main bet was Fox Degree at Pontefract who I'd backed the night before each way at 5s. The Ralph Beckett trained filly huffed and puffed but couldn't quite get near my tracker Double O who won a shade cosily with Hi Clare second and Fox Degree third. I was pleased Hi Clare didn't win or I would never have been able to live it down as the Mrs name is Clare, well Claire but you get the drift, that's one thing I never do is names. Thunder Cat finished stone last at Chelmsford yesterday, I did mention I wasn't sure what I was going to do about this tracker as I was in two minds after the slow start on his debut run at York. I couldn't resist and took 5s each way, well that was as good as it got basically and don't know what happened to be honest. My other tracker was a Hannon 2yo debutante Armour Propre who travelled well until fading into fourth at Salisbury, not bet this one luckily enough. A pretty disappointing couple of days. 

A few trackers over the next few days. 

Haydock 8th June 2022 14.20 

A couple of debutantes here so it will be a watching brief for me as the favourite Changing Colours looks a nice 2yo for Charlie Appleby. Novaportian is the first for Hugo Palmer, a 75,000 yearling with a decent pedigree. Trainer is three out of eight with debutantes here, if strongly supported could be interesting but no bet for me. My other tracker is Craig Lidster outsider Dickieburd, another one to watch. 

Haydock 14.55 

Looks like a tasty affair with a Gosden newcomer and two Appleby 2yos. Courageous Knight is the pick of Buick after a decent debut at Nottingham when staying on fourth to another tracker of mine, Garner. It wouldn't surprise me to see a much improved effort here from the Dubawi colt. My tracker is the other Appleby runner Winter Crown for Adam Kirby, stranger things have happened when the seemingly second string wins. Winter Crown was another who wasn't knocked about on debut in Newbury maiden last month when attracting some late support and finishing seventh. I thought it was a decent effort and wasn't given a hard time by Jim Crowley that day. I've had a small each way at 5s and if the favourite disappoints hopefully the Invincible Spirit colt can step up. A few other top yards turn up here with newcomers so it will be interesting to watch the betting here. 

Haydock 9th June 17.25 

Times running out but a few trackers Thursday. Madam Macho for Mark Johnston and Let's Have A Flyer for David Evans. I did think the Evans runner ran well at Chester on debut in what looked a decent race, it's a funny old tracker Chester but and despite Let's Have A Flyer being slow away the Camacho filly did pretty well to catch up and was full of running at the finish. Evans is another trainer I can never catch but could be worth a small speculative each way. 

Nottingham 9th June 14.00 

Marbaan for Charlie Fellowes. 

Urban Sprawl for Mark Johnston. 

Newbury 9th June 14.10 

Mysterious Knight for Charlie Appleby. 

Thanks for reading and good luck.

Monday (6th June)

It's been nearly a week since I updated the blog so here we go. Shandy Star was my main bet for Roger Fell at Ripon last week and I was pretty confident of a place at least. This was down in class after the filly made her debut in the Marygate Stakes at York. The 13/2 on offer the night before was a deal and a half by bet 365 so I jumped in with both feet, with let's say a few quid each way. The money slowly came throughout the day but I was still worried by the Fahey newcomer for Middleham Park Racing who was the early favourite. The favourites actually flip flopped and Shandy Star amazingly was backed into 11/4 favourite. It was a great feeling but she had to produce the goods. Ben Curtis had her away well against the rail, the Fahey newcomer Platinum Queen was green in midfield. Ben went for home a couple of furlongs to go but Platinum Queen followed and the pair pulled clear only for the Fahey runner to stay on the better and win by a cosy length. A place is better than nothing.

One other bet I had was on my other tracker Lady Miller who I'd taken 20s the night before. It went wrong after that as a loose horse made it a seven runner race and of course Lady Miller came third. I didn't bet on my last tracker Palm Lily but the Beckett Expert Eye filly won well and looks a nice prospect.

As you know I normally put my trackers on Twitter but to be honest they don't seem to attract must interest of late, maybe it's because 2yo racing is niche so I've stopped posting them and trying Tik Tok, it does make me laugh this Tik Tok as some right whoppers are on it. I did have a nice winner the other day called Ibiza Love which set me up for a nice weekend. 

18.00 Pontefract 06 2022

One tracker in this so here we go. Double O is the early favourite here for David Loughnane. To be honest the Kessaar filly hasn't done much wrong being placed in both her races. The form looks pretty solid and would be no surprise to see De Sousa guide her home, a bit short for me though. 

I've already taken the early 5/1 offered by Bet 365 and had an each way bet on Fox Degree for Ralph Beckett. The Invincible Spirit filly isn't a tracker but I did like her debut race at Bath seventeen days ago. The 200,000 gns yearling wasn't fancied on debut going off 7/1. The field was pretty decent with the Woodcote third Commander Straker and eighth Estate filling the first two places, as for Fox Degree she was pretty slow away at Bath and had to be bustled along by Rob Hornby in the first furlong, when the front two quickened I wouldn't say was to far behind and ran a bit wide losing ground, she sticked on gamely when straightened up and despite being beaten a few lengths I think this looks a lot easier and hopefully she will be more streetwise here and hopefully the extra furlong will see her finish in the first three. 

Other trackers:

Chelmsford Tuesday 07 June.

Thunder Cat for Andrew Balding. Decent debut when pretty slowly away when support came late, The Roaring Lion colt was down to run at one of the abandoned meetings last week, I'm pretty sure he was drifting in the betting that day so I'm not sure yet what I'm doing here, possibly an each way bet. 

13.45 Salisbury Tuesday 07 June 

Armour Propre for my favourite trainer Richard Hannon. No bet on the newcomer for me. 

Good luck and thanks for reading.