Horse Racing Tips: Paddy Power’s Cheat Sheet for Day 2 of York Dante Festival

I’m a big fan of jockey Daniel Tudhope and there’s more improvement to come from his mount Alligator Alley whereas the handicapper might have Raasel’s measure.

I’m taking a chance JAWWAAL will be ready for Michael Dod and Paul Mulrennan. The seven-year-old is a decent sprint handicapper at his best and has been dropped 1lb for the start of the season

ALLIGATOR ALLEY put up a very smart return to action on the all-weather at Wolverhampton last time for the new yard and stable jockey Danny Tudhope is aboard now.

I’ve landed on Zargun for Scott Dixon. I see there’s money for Fine Wine, who’s the other Dixon runner, but I fancy Zargun over his stablemate.

STRONG POWER has been transformed since joining Alice Haynes, scoring three times on the AW, and can race off a much lower turf mark here so is worth siding with at the forecast odds.

Is there much scope for improvement for Thunder Kiss and Forbearance? NOON STAR beat Technique at Nottingham on her sole start this year and should improve for that run.

VILLE DE GRACE had one or two excuses for her narrow defeat at Newmarket first time this season and can run a big one.

VILLE DE GRACE went through the gears very nicely last season with two impressive wins. Second on her seasonal debut, she can pick up the winning thread again.

I don’t think there’s much between Thunder Kiss and Forbearance but the price difference is because Thunder Kiss was giving Forbearance 3lbs when they were joined at the hip at Leopardstown. I’ll side with Forbearance.

THUNDER KISS is a likeable mare who looked like she had improved over the winter when scoring readily in a listed event at Cork on reappearance, so she’s narrowly preferred to Noon Star, who won at this meeting last season and remains an excellent prospect.

SNASH ran really well in the Thirsk Hunt Cup but just seemed to lose his balance and suffered some interference as they got down past the furlong post. He’s a nice price and an each-way fancy.

I’ll take a chance with CRUYFF TURN as his form is not consistent. That said my hope has the perfect opportunity to bang out from stall one and make all the running to win like he did here last season.

LA TRINIDAD already has some rock-solid form in the book over this course and distance and the make up of this race looks perfect for him to get a nice mid-division sit and can be produced late in the day.

Brunch is hugely reliable and he wants a strong pace, which he’ll get. I’m also going with Whats The Story who is a course and distance winner and he’s got plenty of solid form.

A most progressive 3-y-o handicapper, ISLA KAI produced a solid comeback effort when fourth in last month’s Spring Cup at Newbury. He has plenty about him physically to think he can rate higher still this term and earns the vote to come out on top.

When you look down through it, the one that sticks out like a sore thumb on form is James Ferguson’s EL BODEGON. He’s already beaten the Derby favourite Stone Age. If he was trained by Godolphin or Ballydoyle, he’d be the clear favourite for this race.

EL BODEGON had a little setback not so long ago but he might just be underestimated. His Group 1 win in France last season has been given a big form boost in Ireland and he clearly stays well.

Desert Crown is tight in the market and MASEKELA could be the value play. Has some nice back form and should stay this trip.

Masekela was disappointing at Newmarket on his return this season, but lost to Eydon, who is very good. horse. He didn’t settle well that day and the rest of his form from last season has held up. He’ll sit behind the rest and could pounce late on.

Those that dominate the market are all about potential so surely EL BODEGON represents some value having already beaten current Derby favourite Stone Age in the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud in October.

I’m going to take a chance on PROJECT DANTE. He had a really good run in the Norfolk at Ascot last year before his form trailed off. I’m hoping he can bounce back after a wind operation.

GET AHEAD has each-way claims here for Clive Cox and Liam Keniry. The daughter of Showcasing returned this season with a fabulous third in a big field at Bath and she did really well having ducked right at the start and got bumped.

PROJECT DANTE made a great start to his two-year-old career before his form levelled off. A recent wind operation can help him get back on track again now.

Get Ahead is a good each-way bet. She ran a blinder in the Lansdown Stakes at Bath, which was a 5f sprint, and her finish didn’t reflect how well she ran. She’s going the right way.

With the Aidan O’Brien team in such good form it’s hard to ignore the claims of KING OF BAVARIA, who can build on an encouraging reappearance run at Navan and take his career record to 3-4.