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The long trip to Hamilton was disappointing for Trainer Kevin Philippart De Foy as Bur Dubai could only manage third place.

The eventual winner took the step up in grade with ease and my selection had no real excuse on the day.

I've concentrated on the Goodwood and Brighton meetings on Friday and selected two horses that I fancy will go well.

Royal Velvet 3/1 – Goodwood 7:35

I can't say I've backed many of William Knight's horses recently, but his Royal Velvet was of clear interest in this contest and looks a well-handicapped sort if going on recent performances.

Royal Velvet made a strong impression on debut at Kempton when sent off at 150/1. She finished midpack that day however she would have gone a lot closer if it wasn't for missing the break. She continued to impress in her next start at Wolverhampton, where she secured her first win over seven furlongs. She displayed great determination by staying on and taking the lead in the final stages.

In her subsequent race at Newcastle, Royal Velvet had no trouble following up on her handicap debut four months later. She maintained a good pace throughout the race and finished strongly in the final furlong, comfortably securing another win.

During her turf debut at Newmarket, Royal Velvet faced some challenges in running. She had to race wide from the main pack and despite being easy to back on the day, she performed much better than the final result suggested. I was impressed by how she moved into contention that day given the circumstances and I'm confident that she still possesses great potential and remains a well-handicapped horse.

Oriental Art 5/1 – Brighton 4:00

Oriental Art is a quirky horse and comes with his risks but on a good day, he is better than this lot and is worth chancing at the current price of 5/1.

My selection has only had two outings this year and although the finishing positions don't inspire much confidence, I'm happy enough to ignore them efforts. His return to the track saw him finish 12/13 at Chelmsford on the AW, that race was after a 144-day break so it can be easily ignored whilst the second outing took place in a leisurely-paced apprentice race which from a punting angle is better left alone more times than most.

I'm happy to see an experienced Pat Cosgrave taking the ride for the first time, his calm and composed way of riding should hopefully help to settle Oriental Art into a nice rhythm. Oriental Art has only run at Brighton one time during his career and I was impressed by the way he handled the track that day as it can be a tricky course for some horses. He went down by two and a half lengths to Eagle's Way who was formerly trained by Sir Mark Prescott. Eagle's Way went on to achieve a rating in the mid to high 90s during his time there. My selection has failed to get to those sorts of numbers during his career but as previously mentioned, on his day he is much better than what he faces in this race.

Horse Racing Tips
Royal Velvet
Goodwood - 7:35 pm

3/1 @ Bet365

Oriental Art
Brighton - 4:00 pm

5/1 @ Bet365

16 Comments
  1. elvis parsley 4 months ago

    Maniatic 1-50 compiegne 🇫🇷 7-4.

    Fabre horse who drops in class for this seasonal debut.
    Ran well in defeat 4 times last year in better races than this, one being a runner up to eventual arc de triomphe winner ace impact last may .

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    • recoba 4 months ago

      Watched a short program on that Ace Impact on Sky Racing and it was good story and some win obviously but 7 runs was it, then retired straight after the Arc when it was by far it’s best performance in the Arc with so much more to come surely? 👎

      GL Elvis 👍 🦨 😉

      🇬🇧
      Market Rasen – 4.50…Gerard Mentor 13/2 ** Ew

      GL all
      I’m going to get the study head on and hopefully pull my finger out with USA stuff for later later as 1 winner and coupled placed last night was $hite! I did take a couple debut horses. and had an NR

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  2. cairnzy1878 4 months ago

    Oriental Art NR

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  3. Gateacre Pete 4 months ago

    Missmimi 4.40 Thirsk @ 66s top 4 ew
    GL

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    • Mike33 4 months ago

      Nice one. Thank you.

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    • jimba 4 months ago

      Well done bud 👍

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  4. Seabiscuit 4 months ago

    Barra blue E/W 1.48 market rasen. Good luck

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  5. spursman 4 months ago

    Small E/W Lucky 15
    2.18 MR Ribeye
    2.38 THIR Foreseeable Future
    3.48 MR Liverpool Knight
    4.08 THIR Opal Storm

    😄

  6. recoba 4 months ago

    🇫🇷
    Compiegne -3.35..Atlantica 11/2 Ew *+
    Small stakes!!
    This horse been in my tracker as long as I can remember much like Jordan Baker I put up yesterday (👎) and he wins even less so mostly just a token bet I keep to myself BUT with 5 places my tokens are £3 Ew going b his last run and weight drop

    GL an sorry late shout but probably thank me either way

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  7. hibee1 4 months ago

    Have some really nice stats to share tomorrow that could help everyone with their own bets over the weekend. No time to do it now.
    Miss Gitana Beverley 4.25. 5/4 is my own bet. Open to stacks of improvement over this trip. I’ll put a few words down tomorrow. Interested in the yards other runner at Chepstow also but need to do more research on that one. Yard have something like a 54% strike rate with their handicappers up there.
    Sunday- Presentandcounting for Donald McCain at Perth. Comes alive this time of year and has dotted up twice at the track. No prices available so will just wait to see how they price it up. Needs decent ground also so does need to dry up by then. Will be keeping an eye out.

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  8. recoba 4 months ago

    France ⬆️ ✅

    Onwards

    🇺🇸
    Tracker lighting up like ‘Time Square’ at Christmas its mind blowing along with all the other meetings so like last night it’s an Acca (possibly go places) I’ll hunt out and few small singles and then even lesser stakes on combo forecast/tricasts for interest as it’s darn good viewing! 👀 📺 🇺🇸

    SARATOGA -Race 1….Itza Mirrakle 14/1 Ew ***
    4 places Skybet
    Arrogate filly been busting the workouts but mostly debut horses so obviously hard to figure.
    RACE 2…Costa Terra 11/2 ** EW Bet365

    ‘GL

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  9. Yonus 4 months ago

    What a call Pete 4th .👌

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    • Gateacre Pete 4 months ago

      👍

  10. recoba 4 months ago

    🇺🇸
    Itza Mirrakle drifted to 25/1 so Best odds lovely. Ended up a strong finishing 2nd

    🇬🇧
    Nice shout Pete 👍

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  11. recoba 4 months ago

    USA 🇺🇸

    Churchill Downs -Race 4…Minty 7/2 ****+
    Was close 2nd to Long Neck Paula who was entered and favourite last night in a 150K Stakes at race at Saratoga. LN Paula ended up NR but Minty runs in same grade and only his 2nd outing so this at Churchill looks very winnable

    GL

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    • recoba 4 months ago

      4/1 Bet365 ⬆️

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