Horse racing tips: Timeform’s 5 fancies at Deauville on Sunday

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DeauvilleMay20

12:25 Edge of Victory

Deauville stages the action in France on Sunday and Jean-Claude Rouget has proved the man to follow at the track in recent seasons, saddling 90 winners from 418 runners at the track since 2015 – giving him a more than respectable strike rate of 22%. He has saddled just the one winner at Deauville this year, however, a tally he will be looking to add to with his unraced son of Kingman Edge Of Victory in the opener at 12:25. EDGE OF VICTORY boasts an impressive pedigree as his dam, Beauty Parlour, won the French 1000 Guineas and was runner-up in the French Oaks in 2012, while she has already produced a Listed-race winner in the US.

13:00 Hyperbolique and 13:30 Lady Walli

Two trainers who have started with a bang this term are Andrea Marcialis and Francis-Henri Graffard, the former sending out five winners from 11 runners at this track, while the latter has a 50% strike rate with three wins from six runners. Both trainers have one runner on this card, with the Graffard stable is represented by HYPERBOLIQUE in newcomers’ maiden for fillies (13:00), while Marcialis saddling LADY WALLI in the mile handicap (13:35).

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16:00 Bring On The Night

Christophe Soumillon leads the way at Deauville over the last five seasons, enjoying 124 winners from his 751 rides here, but Pierre-Charles Boudot and Cristian Demuro have experienced notable success at the course this year. Boudot and Demuro both rode a treble on Thursday’s card, taking their strike rate at the track this year to 32% and 30% respectively, and they have plenty of chances to add to their tallies here.Boudot has five rides on the card, with his most eye-catching mount BRING ON THE NIGHT (16:00).

Bring on The Night, trained by perennial champion Andre Fabre, made little impact on debut but looked an entirely different proposition on his second outing, running out a comfortable winner at Compiegne. This represents a step up in class, but he is a promising colt who remains open to plenty of improvement, and he looks the one to beat.

17:10 Tawkeel

Demuro has six rides booked on Sunday, with his best chance coming aboard TAWKEEL, who is trained by Rouget, in the Prix de Lormoy, (17:10), the concluding race on the card. The unbeaten Tawkeel has had only two starts but she has already developed into an exciting three-year-old, backing up her debut win with a wide-margin success at Cagnes-Sur-Mer in February. She comes out well on top on Timeform ratings and should have the measure of her rivals as she bids for the hat-trick.

Timeform’s Deauville Tips summary:

12:25 Edge of Victory
13:00 Hyperbolique
13:30 Lady Walli
16:00 Bring On The Night
17:10 Tawkeel

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