Racing Tips Today - Tuesday 19th May 2026
Six meetings take place on Tuesday with three afternoon flat fixtures at Lingfield, Nottingham and Newcastle, plus Cork's flat card across the Irish Sea. Hexham and Huntingdon take the evening jumps shift with 42 races in all taking place on a busy day of action. Here we round up the tips from the naps table, the most popular selections from the newspaper experts and give a round up of the key racing news.
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Today’s NAPs Table – Top 3
The Ipswich Star's Matt Polley continues to dominate the season-long competition with +£28.71 to level stakes, going in on Capichera in the Nottingham 15:50. The Racing Post's Newmarket man sits second on +£15.22 thanks to a 11-8 record with three current non-runners, his pick today being Gold Digger in Newcastle's feature novice. The Guardian rounds out the top three on +£11.50, opposing the favoured Charlatan and Hengest crowd with No Gain in Lingfield's 15:40.
| Tipster | NAP | Race/Time | Odds | P&L £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Polley (Ipswich Star) | Capichera | Nottingham 15:50 | 5/2 | £28.71 |
| Newmarket (Racing Post) | Gold Digger | Newcastle 16:00 | 7/4 | £15.22 |
| The Guardian | No Gain | Lingfield 15:40 | 15/8 | £11.50 |
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Templegate & Other Big-Name NAPs
The big-name tipsters have produced a striking consensus on Hengest in the Lingfield opener — seven of them are aligned there, including The Sun's Templegate, Racing TV's Dave Nevison, the Racing Post's RP Ratings, The Times' Rob Wright and the Yorkshire Evening Post's Lee Sobot (riding a 7-NAP current winning streak). Robin Goodfellow has a huge priced nap at Lingfield and the rest of the panel scatters across Newcastle and Nottingham.
- Templegate (The Sun) NAP: Hengest, Lingfield 14:10 (4/7)
- Newsboy (Daily Mirror) NAP: Lord Capulet, Newcastle 17:35 (11/4)
- Robin Goodfellow (Daily Mail) NAP: Regal Guest, Lingfield 17:20 (50/1)
Racing News Round-Up
- Hunter Chases have been cancelled across Britain as the BHA attempts to stop the spread of Equine Flu by preventing the mixing of horses from licensed and unlicensed yards.
- Brian Meehan's filly, Esna, who won the Listed Fillies Trial at Newbury on Saturday will be aimed at the G1 Prix De Dianne at Chantilly rather than the Betfred Oaks.
- Twilight Jet landed a monster gamble at Lingfield having been backed from 25/1 into 11/8.