ITV Racing Tips: Super Sprint and Summer Plate Tips feature amongst Saturday best bets
There's a bit of everything for racing fans on Saturday as there's not only top notch Flat action from Newbury and the Irish Oaks from the Curragh, there's also some hugely competitive National Hunt racing at Market Rasen on Summer Plate day. Our in-house tipster Steve Chambers has taken a look through the form book and has picked out his best bets for the live ITV Racing...
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14:25 Newbury - Mettal UK Handicap
Roger Varian's POSTILEO shaped with promise for a long way in the Copper Horse Handicap at Royal Ascot last month, but was unable to deal with the runaway winner Vauban and eventually finished a creditable sixth. A winner at Hamilton two starts ago off a mark of 95, the six-year-old wasn't disgraced at the Royal meeting off 98 and it's that same figure he lines up off on Saturday afternoon in the 14:25 at Newbury.
He will have the burden of top weight in this event, so will have a tough ask in this staying event, but there's no doubting that he's a class act on his day and he could improve significantly for that Royal Ascot run and while the likes of Novel Legend, Sweet William and Nathanael Green will be notable dangers it's Postileo that looks the value play at double-figured odds, at the time of writing.
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14:40 Market Rasen - Unibets Zero% Mission Summer Handicap Hurdle
Fergal O'Brien will saddle four runners in this hugely competitive handicap hurdle at 14:40, but the yard's first jockey Paddy Brennan has opted to partner DANCILA, who is vying for favouritism and could prove to be a very tough nut to crack in what is a wide open contest. The six-year-old has won two of his four hurdles starts to date and the former Jim Bolger shaped like he could be capable of a lot more over hurdles last time out when winning at Newton Abbot.
A comfortable winner by over two lengths that day he's been handed a 4lbs rise, but that looks more than feasible for the smooth travelling sort, and while the likes of Belvedere Blast, who is bidding for a fourth win in a row, and another runner seeking a four-timer Myristica looking big players it's the O'Brien charge that can land this coveted summer prize.
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15:15 Market Rasen - Unibet Summer Plate Handicap Chase
Dual winner of this event, Francky Du Berlais will bid for an historic hat-trick in the Summer Plate Handicap Chase and the Peter Bowen-trained ten-year-old is only 1lb higher than last year's winning mark, but he could potentially be vulnerable to an improving performer that could use this is as a potential stepping stone to bigger and better things and the one to keep an eye is the Sarah Humphrey-trained GLOIRE D'ATHON.
The seven-year-old has thrived since switching to fences winning four of his five outings over the larger obstacles and he was last seen storming to victory at Uttoxeter back at the end of May and will be looking to kick on again. He will have another 5lbs rise to contend with today and a mark of 133 will certainly test his abilities, but he's shaped like there could be more to come over fences and the hugely consistent gelding has to be in the shake-up in this event and has to at least make the frame.
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15:35 Newbury - Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes
Narrowly beaten in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot, RELIEF RALLY can comfortably return to winning ways by landing victory in the valuable Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes at Newbury at 15:35. Already a short-priced favourite for the 5f contest, the William Haggas-trained raider has by far the best form in the book than any of his rivals and he can saunter to success here.
Eve Johnson Houghton's Bobsleigh was sixth in the Coventry Stakes at the Royal meeting and could enjoy the slight drop back in trip and has to be considered here, but Relief Rally can ultimately prove a cut above his rivals here and use this victory as a launchpad back into Group company later in the season.
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