Chester Tips: The Best Bets for Day 1 of the May Meeting live on ITV Racing
The three day May Meeting at Chester begins today with the Cheshire Oaks and Chester Vase the big race highlights. Here we round up the best Chester tips from the most popular newspaper tipsters and the naps from the top tipsters contesting the Naps Table.
With Newton Abbot abandoned due to waterlogging, the live ITV4 action will be focused on Chester with terrestrial TV covering the five races from 1:30pm to 3:40pm. Let's take a look at those five races, in turn:
#AD 18+ New customers only. Bet £10+ on pre-match accas with 4+ legs, min odds 3/1 (4.0) within 14 days of sign-up. Get 4x £5 Horse Racing Free Bets and 50 Free Spins using code BETGETRACING, valid for 7 days on selected bets and games only. Restrictions and T&Cs apply. GambleAware.org
1:30 Chester - CAA Stellar Handicap
Old Chums and Stash The Cash head the market in the opener with both horses being selected by five tipsters. BEYOND BORDERS is the most popular selection, though, with six tips on the Karl Burke runner. He finished his juvenile campaign with three successive wins at Wolverhampton, Pontefract and Newcastle and then improved on his ninth placed reappearance when finishing runner up at Pontefract (splitting subsequent winners). Crucially he has the plum number 1 draw which is so important on the Roodee.
2:05 Chester - CAA Stellar Lily Agnes EBF Conditions Stakes
A really tight contest looks in store in the Lily Agnes with the top four in the market all trading between 5/1 and 6/1. Lady Lightening just leads the way in the betting and she's the joint most popular selection (4 tips) with the racing tipsters. Sir Geoff Morgan and Seraphim Angel have each been chosen by three tipsters but the selection goes to NIGHT IN PARIS who holds a fantastic chance on bare form.The 140,000 guineas purchase was an eye catching second on debut at Ripon - showing plenty of speed and battling qualities when pulling clear of the field with another promising runner. She may have the class to overcome the widest draw.
2:35 Chester - tote.co.uk Saddle-Up For More Than Racing Handicap
After a couple of tight contests, this handicap is dominated by one horse when it comes to the tipsters. KING'S MERCHANT for Edward Bethell and Oisin Murphy has been selected by nine tipsters with three of those chosen as their 'nap' of the day. The form of the Bated Breath gelding's win last time at Wolverhampton has been boosted with the runner-up triumphing twice since then and he has been handed the inside draw for today's contest. Expect him to be strong in the betting.
#AD 18+ New customers only. Bet £10+ on pre-match accas with 4+ legs, min odds 3/1 (4.0) within 14 days of sign-up. Get 4x £5 Horse Racing Free Bets and 50 Free Spins using code BETGETRACING, valid for 7 days on selected bets and games only. Restrictions and T&Cs apply. GambleAware.org
3:05 Chester - Weatherbys E-Passport Cheshire Oaks
Two horses dominate here both in terms of the betting and the popularity with the tipsters. Joseph O'Brien's GALILEO DAME just edges favouritism and has six tips alongside her name. She has been napped three times including by popular newspaper tipsters Templagate (The Sun) and Newsboy (Daily Mirror). A winner at Leopardstown last time out, she looks to have the best form on offer with a Racing Post Rating of 104. The main opposition looks to come from Forest Fairy who earned an RPR of 97 for an impressive novice win at Wolverhampton and you can never discount the Aiden O'Brien runners in this race. His remaining runner is Port Fairy but she hasn't received a single tip from the racing press.
3:40 Chester - Boodles Chester Vase Stakes
Another race dominated by two horses. Aiden O'Brien has a tremendous record in the Chester Vase and he trains the favourite, Grosvenor Square. A half brother to an Irish Derby winner, he has already won a Group 3 and finished 3rd in a Group 2. He holds the highest RPR and Topspeed ratings and importantly has been drawn in stall 1. But with question marks over the Ballydoyle runners after City Of Troy's Guineas flop, the tipsters have sided with the second favourite here. The Godolphin entrant, HIDDEN LAW, has been napped six times and has a total of 11 tips alongside his name. He was an impressive winner of a Newbury maiden last time and drawn just on the favourite's outside in stall 2, he looks bet of the day material at around 15/8.