Saturday’s Racing Tips – Vincenzo can go one better after a near miss at Cheltenham last month

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Once again, my selections on Friday were poor.

I've mentioned many times that I hate when jockeys are motionless in the saddle approaching an obstacle. Jack Tudor was doing that on Kingston Queen.

Kingston Queen's jumping was lacklustre, and I think you've got to put a large portion of the blame on the jockey. Luckily for Tudor, the winner looks a very smart horse and would've won if Kingston Queen jumped perfectly anyway.

King Turgeon tried to make the running, jumping boldly from the front. He got swamped towards the end and finished a tired horse, probably showing that this year's field was better than last year's.

She Is For Me Boys 11/2 (1pt) – Cheltenham 1.15

I tipped up Theonewedreamof last time out over 3m at Exeter, and I thought she did it nicely for the Skelton team. She has to be respected, but maybe it's best to side with She Is For Me Boys.

You will struggle to see a trainer with a better strike rate with the amount of runners he's had than Jamie Snowden. The yard has been firing on all cylinders since the start of the new season.

His six-year-old mare made a winning chasing debut at Kempton, doing it nicely whilst being well-supported in the market.

She is a very likeable horse with three wins from four runs in her career to date. It's quite incredible how she got such a low handicap mark over hurdles, and since then, she's taken full advantage of it.

There is a very strong chance that she is still ahead of the handicapper off a 7lb higher mark. If she handles this track, she is one of the leading contenders for this good mare's race.

Vincenzo 4/1 (1pt) – Cheltenham 1.50

At the November Cheltenham meeting, I tipped up Vincenzo in the Paddy Power Gold Cup. I thought he was going to be tough to beat until Panic Attack came and won easily.

It turns out the winner was prepped for that race since the start of the year and was also very well handicapped. She has since gone on to the big Graded handicap at Newbury a couple of weeks ago, boosting the form of Vincenzo.

Vincenzo was just ahead of the Hoe Joly Smoke, and the Skelton runner is better off at the weights. However, I think Vincenzo is still likely to improve, whereas I think we know the level that Hoe Joly Smoke can get to.

Sam Thomas is brilliant at getting his horses ready first time out, but we've seen on a couple of occasions this year that do come on for their first runs. If that's the case for Vincenzo, he has to be the one to beat, even with Dylan Johnston no longer claiming 3lbs.

Game Colours 10/1 (1pt) – Cheltenham 3.35

Nurse Susan was one of the horses I was keen to keep on side for this race as she won this last year. You never know what these Skelton handicappers have up their sleeve, but a more obscure horse I liked was Game Colours.

Ben Clarke is a trainer who definitely goes under the radar, but does very well and has a good strike rate with his runners. His mare has only won once in nine attempts, but has some solid form.

She was second in a big field handicap at this track over 2m in April. She finished behind King William Rufus, who had shown up well in a few good handicaps throughout the year.

The time before at Kelso, she was third behind Leloopa, who has since won at Cheltenham at the November meeting and ran well yesterday.

Sean Bowen is in the saddle, and I think she might be overlooked with more ‘sexier' types in this race likely to attract most of the market support.

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