Joe Logue’s Saturday ITV Racing Suggestions
13:50 Ascot – Aid Rally
14:05 Newmarket – Brighton Boy
14:25 Ascot – Al Qareem
14:40 Newmarket – Tamfana (nap)
15:00 Ascot – Jarraaf
15:20 Redcar – Billboard Star
15:35 Ascot – Popmaster
*All costs are bang updated with our snazzy widgets, whereas odds in copy are correct at time of publishing however topic to vary.
A really large prize for this Public sale Stakes Race and Brighton Boy is fascinating off a mark of 88. His greatest kind has come on softer floor, successful on good-to-soft floor twice. Connections clearly really feel he’s nicely handicapped and this doesn’t look the deepest of races.
In a uncommon ante-post guess from me I backed Al Qareem firstly of the week. He enjoys testing floor and has finished little or no incorrect this 12 months, and though overwhelmed by Al Aasy within the Gregory Freer Stakes at Newbury on good to agency floor, he has an enormous likelihood of reversing that kind on this softer going. Hamish will even like the bottom, however at eight-years-old now, he appears to be regressing. I’d like a good value earlier than I’d take an opportunity on him.
Tamfana was fourth within the 1,000 Guineas the beginning of the season and has finished little or no incorrect since together with when positioned behind Glowing Lots within the French Oaks over 10f after that. They then stepped her up once more to 12f for the Grand Prix De Paris and again all the way down to 1m final time at Sandown and he or she received. It regarded like they had been fiddling together with her journey in that Sandown contest having run over 10f & 12f this season. I didn’t like her dropping again to a mile at Sandown, however I’m keen to stay together with her towards some older mares that don’t actually seize my creativeness anymore. I’d prefer to see her take a step ahead once more and hopefully she will accomplish that. She’s my nap of the day.
Regardless of successful his final two begins, Jarraaf nonetheless appears to be like very unexposed as he heads into an Autumn marketing campaign in his three-year-old profession. Twice a winner over course and distance (rated 87 & 95) he finds himself working off a mark of 104 and is entitled to step up in grade now. The bottom is a bit of little bit of an unknown, as each wins got here on the all climate or the final twice on good and good-to-firm floor. His victory on the Shergar Cup appears to be like very robust kind, with the second Enterprise Capital, a subsequent day trip winner, whereas the third positioned Thunder Blue, was solely narrowly overwhelmed subsequent time. Aramram has received since too (and completed runner-up within the Ayr Gold Cup) whereas Bulldog Drummond has additionally received. If Jarraaf handles the bottom he ought to go very shut.
Busy two-year-old Billboard Star has been contesting Group 2 races all 12 months, since successful his novice in June, and has been aggressive in most of them. He was third final time behind Highly effective Glory on heavy floor, and has a excessive knee motion, so the going at Redcar shouldn’t pose an issue. He appears to be like the one to beat off a good low attract stall seven. We’ll have one other chunk of the cherry with Northern Ticker although he has a lot to search out on scores. One for the each-way locations as he’ll deal with the bottom.
Ed Walker’s cost Popmaster was a neck second on this contest final 12 months, off a mark of 106, however has but to win this season. He runs off 104 now and wasn’t disgraced within the Victoria Cup over course & distance, behind the Wizard of Eye, when solely overwhelmed two lengths into seventh. He’s been contesting Group contests since at large costs, however has dropped down the weights a bit, and right here’s hoping he can go one place higher this time.
Joe Logue’s Saturday ITV Racing Suggestions
13:50 Ascot – Aid Rally
14:05 Newmarket – Brighton Boy
14:25 Ascot – Al Qareem
14:40 Newmarket – Tamfana (nap)
15:00 Ascot – Jarraaf
15:20 Redcar – Billboard Star
15:35 Ascot – Popmaster
*All costs are bang updated with our snazzy widgets, whereas odds in copy are correct at time of publishing however topic to vary.
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