Matt Chapman’s ITV Racing Tips
13:50 – Ancient Wisdom
14:25 – Aomori City
15:00 – Elmonjed (each-way)
15:35 – Arrest
*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change.
13:50 – Ancient Wisdom
ITV Racing is back Thursday at Newmarket for the start of the July Cup meeting starting here with the Group 3 Bahrain Trophy over 1m5f and often seen as a St Leger trial. Impossible to get away from ANCIENT WISDOM with some juice in the ground for Charlie Appleby and William Buick. While Space Legend is clearly talented, Ancient Wisdom was a Group 1 winning juvenile and returned with a fair second to Economics in the Dante before a moderate eighth in the Derby itself. This is a horse who needs give in the ground and I expect him to bounce back.
14:25 – Aomori City
Young talent here in the Group 2 July Stakes for juvenile colts and geldings over 6f. Whistlejacket is obvious here but I’ll chance AOMORI CITY for Godolphin, Charlie Appleby and William Buick. Ultimately this son of Oasis Dream will stay further and that’s the angle I like in this event. The selection showed plenty of promise on debut at Nottingham and looked as though he would have learnt plenty from that effort as he didn’t travel as well as the runner-up. They won the same Nottingham race with Blue Point in 2016.
15:00 – Elmonjed (each-way)
Here’s a handicap for 3yo over 6f. A wide open contest. I like ELMONJED each-way here for a William Haggas stable that is flying now compared to when he ran his first two starts this season at York. The first was over 7f and he kept on well while the second was over this trip and he just couldn’t quite see his effort out. Jim Crowley takes the ride and he has a big each-way chance.
15:35 – Arrest
The feature of the day in the Group 2 Princess of Wales’s Stakes over 1m4f, There should be some pace on here with Outbox Giavellotto both able to go forward. It’s hard what to know we will get from ARREST as he has been disappointing this season but at his best the St Leger second might be too good for the old boy Hamish who has run two crackers this term. Hamish will take all the beating, but if Arrest runs anything like his best race he’s too big in the betting. I’m surprised he’s not been gelded.
So best of luck and pray for Yeeehaaas.
Matt Chapman’s ITV Racing Tips
13:50 – Ancient Wisdom
14:25 – Aomori City
15:00 – Elmonjed (each-way)
15:35 – Arrest
*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change.
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