Hamilton 7.00 Preview: Pace, Penalties and a Progressive Three-Year-Old The 7.00 at Hamilton may be a modest Class 6 selling handicap over the minimum trip, but races like this are often decided by one factor more than any other: who gets control of the early pace. Historical data for Hamilton’s 5f course paints a clear…

18:45 Leicester: Berning Hot looks the value in a tricky 7f handicap The 18:45 at Leicester is a competitive Class 6 handicap over 7f on good-to-firm ground, and it is not a race with a bombproof favourite. No Gain arrives in the best recent form and is clearly respected, but at short odds she looks…

18:07 Newcastle: Barleybrown sets the standard, but Cable Beach may be the value The 18:07 at Newcastle is a low-grade but interesting 1m Class 6 handicap, run on Tapeta with the going described as standard to slow. Thirteen are set to line up, and the race has a familiar Newcastle look: several hold-up horses, a…

Pace Could Decide the 17:32 Newcastle Handicap The 17:32 at Newcastle is a competitive 5f Class 5 handicap for three-year-olds, and the key to the race looks likely to be pace. Newcastle’s straight 5f on Tapeta often rewards speed, and the supplied track data backs that up: front-runners have performed notably well over this course…

15:47 Newcastle: Back In Black Sets the Standard, But Pace Could Be Key The 15:47 at Newcastle is a strong Class 2 mile handicap on the Tapeta, and it looks a race where the market has broadly found the right horses. The central question is whether Back In Black deserves to be as short as…

Per Contra Has the Right Profile for Newcastle Return The 15:12 at Newcastle is a strong Class 2 1m2f handicap on the Tapeta, and it has the look of a race where the favourite may be good, but not necessarily good value. Eternal Force sets the standard on recent form. William Haggas’s gelding was progressive…

14:02 Newcastle: Pace, Patience and Value in a Tricky Class 6 Opener Newcastle’s 14:02 handicap is exactly the sort of Class 6 race where the most obvious horse is not necessarily the best betting proposition. Based arrives as the clear market leader after a breakthrough win at Wolverhampton, but this 7f Tapeta contest has enough…

Crystal Pier and Darzah Head an Intriguing Fillies’ Handicap at Newmarket The 1m Hallgarten Fillies’ Handicap at Newmarket’s July Course may have attracted only a small field, but it looks a fascinating contest between established form and potential improvement. With Thursday Girl declared a non-runner, six runners go to post on good ground, and the…

Irish Dancer Can Make Pace Count at Nottingham The 13:00 Nottingham, a 5f Class 6 handicap on good ground, looks a race where early speed could prove decisive. With Get Up Everybody declared a non-runner, only six go to post, and the shape of the contest now strongly favours those able to race close to…

12:45 Newmarket July — Handicap Preview The 12:45 at Newmarket’s July Course is a competitive 7f Class 3 handicap, and the key point is that Silver Ghost is a non-runner, leaving a 10-runner field on good ground. The market has latched on to Aalto, and that is understandable. His course-and-distance record is excellent, including a…