Saturday 2yo Racing Tips (19th June)

Another late post. 

1:20 Redcar - 

Not that much value going on with the favourites but both respected. Mahogani looks straightforward and ran well last time out at Chepstow. Whether he can defy the penalty is open to debate. I wouldn't knock Sir Mark Prescott's charge but Flippin Eck, trained by Tim Easterby, may be a fair challenger. The form of his Thirsk run is working out well. Something of a springer in the market that day, it may be telling connections made his debut at Class 2. I really can't see much value with these two unless one drifts to the extreme. 

Benzema is a good-looking colt who may appreciate this step up in distance but a horse that needs to improve. 

That's the question. 

Watching brief. 

Source: Racing Post Full Result

1:40 Newmarket - 

This looks a competitive heat. The Yarmouth duo are at the head of the market. I can see Find and Zechariah running big races. Both look progressive types and given very easy introductions as if they would be primed for their second start. To be fair they ran similar races. Find looked to travel well and tired in the closing stages. His backers, today, will be hoping that was due to a lack of fitness. Martyn Meade's Zechariah ran on well at the seaside track and perhaps, in ways, ran a better race in that he was running on at the line. 

Lusail has the burden of a win penalty and that may be enough to slow him down. However, he has won and contested a class race at Pontefract and was far from disgraced. A drifter in the market, there may be some value at each-way odds. 

Desert Miracle is worth a mention as Darryll Holland had earmarked this colt to run at Royal Ascot. A 100/1 shot with the bookies, perhaps this is a sign of a horse with little hope. On the other side of the coin, there may be a chance this two-year-old is backed and ready to roll. 

I like the two favourites and would probably be betting on Find if available at each-way odds. However, that is very unlikely to happen and I would respect the challenge of Martyn Meade's Zechariah. In addition, Lusail has proven he can win a race, while Noble Truth cost over a million euros. 

Desert Miracle may be worth a small each-way bet simply because I'd look a bit of a nutter if it went unbacked at huge odds and won. 

Source: Racing Post Full Result

Good luck.

Author: Jason Coote

Brazilian Magic (2:10 Redcar 3rd November)

The luck of the Irish deserted me on Sunday and, to be honest, I have pushed my luck lately with a few nice wins over these past weekends. 

Saying that, I was still disappointed as my two bets didn't even look like placing never mind winning. 

I was worried about the drop in trip for METAPHORICAL and despite being up with the pace couldn't quicken with the leaders and plugged on to finish fifth. 

I did expect more from KING OF THE CASTLE who comes from a lovely family who have won multiple group races so it was disappointing to see King Of The Castle finish fifth and never in with a shout. I won’t be giving up on him just yet as it took Serpentine a few runs to get the hang of things before getting a win on the board and going on to win the Epsom Derby last year so put this one in your tracker for another day. 

I thought HOPEFULLY DARLING ran a promising race In dire conditions at Newmarket when getting the hang of things late on. 

I mentioned a few to look out for at Kempton on Monday and was pleased with how they ran. ILZA'EEM was actually 7/1 the night before but that didn’t last long and went to 3/1 in a blink of an eye, I thought I was seeing things and couldn’t believe my eyes as I was just about to have an each way bet. In the end, I had two win bets on ILZA'EEM and my other tracker INIGO JONES who stayed on nicely and definitely worth checking next time out. 

14:10 Redcar 03 Nov 2020  

Karl Burke doesn't have the best first timeout record with 2-year-olds at Redcar. In fact, he hasn’t had a first timeout winner over the past four years but a few have placed so my tracker here comes with a warning. 

WIZARD D'AMOUR is an expensive Dutch Art colt owned by Mr Carl Waters & Mrs E Burke. 

A full-brother to the William Haggas trained Diagnostic who ran to a decent level. One issue is will the 200,000gns yearling take to the soft ground? 

I guess we won’t know till tomorrow but sire Dutch Art did win on soft early in his career. 

The likely favourite BILL PEYTO looks a nice type for Simcock and with the stylish Jamie Spencer in the saddle we could see one of them rides when he cruises up without moving a muscle to win easily but at the time of writing Wizard is available at 5s so a small each-way bet for me as ground concerns and first timeout is always a worry.

16:50 Kempton 04 Nov 2020 

The 2-year-old racing on Wednesday looks fantastic but a day to watch and take notes. Saying that, I will be having a each-way bet on my next tracker who I backed first timeout. GIRL FROM IPANEMA comes from the Ed Walker (pictured) yard and William Buick takes the ride. The Fast Company filly is a 56,000 gns purchase for owner David Ward who also has the talented Starman in training with Ed. Looking at the result you would think she was disappointing but I thought she looked professional, maybe a touch keen, but was up with the pace and not knocked about. Hopefully an each-way bet is available come Wednesday. 

Good luck and thanks for reading.