Rory Delargy’s Newmarket Racing Tips
13:50 Space Legend
14:25 Aint Nobody
15:00 Tropical Island (NAP)
15:35 Hamish
16:45 Kitty Rose
*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 Space Legend
This is never a double-figure field and yet we’ve only had two favourites win it in the last dozen years. I don’t know where we stand with Ancient Wisdom at the moment. I was inclined to forgive him the run in the Dante and his two-year-old form is very good. I thought he had no excuse in the Derby and I’m not inclined to back him at the price.
I’m looking for late developers in this race as a general rule and the obvious one to be with here is Space Legend. It’s going to be a tactical four-runner race and it wouldn’t be a surprise is someone was to nick this. I like the way Space Legend shaped last time at Royal Ascot and I’d fancy him here.
14:25 Aint Nobody
The one two-year-old race I got right at Royal Ascot was the one Aint Nobody won! I thought it ended up being a pretty strong contest and Aint Nobody was about 20/1 the day before but was 5s at the starting post. There was a bit of a draw bias, looking at the result, but I was really impressed by Aint Nobody on debut mostly because he was very green.
It didn’t look a particularly strong contest on paper but it was probably warmer than it appeared. He showed some inexperience and it took a while for him to knuckle down but he came on very strongly to win the Windsor Castle. That suggests to me that he’ll appreciate the step up to 6f. He has a speedy pedigree and you’d say he’d be a 5f horse but he needed every yard to get up in the Windsor Castle and the step up should suit.
15:00 Tropical Island (NAP)
We’re at the stage of the season now where we can get a good handle on the three-year-old form. I like Tropical Island and the price is already starting to go on her which is not a surprise. She really caught my eye at York last time out and was a decent two year old who was successful on debut.
The way Tropical Island went through the race at York was impressive despite it being her first start of the season, those at the front just went off too fast. It suggested she is well handicapped, she’s been dropped 1lb for that run, and I think she’ll step up. Her double-figure price has been snapped up and if you can get 6s you’d be happy.
15:35 Hamish
Hamish is an impossible horse not to like and he’s not been out of the first two in the last two years. He’s not particularly flashy, he tends to have to come off the bridle before he wins his races, but he battles and he stays. He’s always vulnerable to a test of speed over 1m4f. If it turns into a sprint, that could go against him.
I don’t see him letting that happen and I think a solid-enough gallop through the race will suit Hamish. You’ve always got a chance with him right up to the line, few other horses put it in like he does so you don’t mind siding with him at a shortish price. With a bit of dig in the ground I can’t oppose him.
16:45 Kitty Rose
I like Kitty Rose here. You could argue that she was a little disappointing at Royal Ascot and trainer Mick Price said they’d rather run her in a handicap at Royal Ascot than win a classic like the Irish Guineas which is interesting from an Australian standpoint. I thought she ran okay in the circumstances.
She had a high handicap mark to overcome given that she’d be running in Group company for most of her career. She was giving away lumps of weight to most that day. She’s the kind of filly you’ll see going better in Group company rather than giving lumps of weight away in handicaps. I think she’ll bounce back to form.
Rory Delargy’s Newmarket Racing Tips
13:50 Space Legend
14:25 Aint Nobody
15:00 Tropical Island (NAP)
15:35 Hamish
16:45 Kitty Rose
*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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