Today's Horse Racing Tips: Bullace to bound to Sandown glory

There's a seven race card at Sandown Park on Wednesday afternoon, and our in-house tipster Steve Chambers has picked out three tips for the Flat action...

Sandown Tips

15:30 Sandown

An impressive winner of the Listed Heron Stakes two starts ago, the John & Thady Gosden-trained Mostahdaf failed to land any sort of blow when upped in class in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. However, a drop back to Listed company should see him in a much better light and he has to set the standard here. But, at relatively short odds it could be worth taking him on with the horse that finished third in the Heron Stakes, and that is BULLACE. Ralph Beckett's three-year-old was another that competed in the St James's Palace Stakes and actually finished in front of Mostahdaf, although both finished out the back. Receiving weight from the market leader, Bullace will also have to deal with the consistent Sir Busker, but he struggles to get his nose in front, so could be worth siding with the improving Bullace in a trappy contest.

16:05 Sandown

Clive Cox's Spirit Of The Bay is going in search of a fourth win on the bounce on Wednesday, but will need to defy another 6lb rise, and the progressive filly could be in the handicapper's grip ahead of the 16:05 event at Sandown. One that most certainly is open to improvement is DEEP SIGH, who broke her maiden tag last time out when staying on to win at Doncaster, and she shaped like there could be more to come over the rest of the season. Given a meagre 2lb rise for that success, Deep Sigh will need to improve on that Doncaster effort, but with Jamie Spencer likely to adopt patient tactics on board David Simock's charge then she could well unleash her bid for victory in the closing stages and get her nose in front once again.

16:40 Sandown

Jamie Osborne's CREMA INGLESA has secured two wins already this season, and the three-year-old filly will attempt to land another success at Sandown in the 16:40 event, and she looks a leading player. An impressive winner at Sandown two starts ago off a mark of 66, the daughter of Lope De Vega failed to deal with a 7lb rise when returning to Sandown, but the form from that event is shaping up well, so she could be much better than the bare result. She lines up off 73 again today, and with the slight step up in trip sure to help her cause then she can bounce back to winning ways and bag another success for the three-year-old.