Betting Suggestions

Six exciting juveniles line up for Saturday afternoons Racing Post Trophy (3.00pm, live on Ch4), with antepost Derby favourite Camelot the obvious starting point having attracted strong market support in the last five days.

His trainer Aidan OBrien has won this contest five times in the last 13 years, most recently with St Nicholas Abbey in 2009.

Camelot is no bigger than 12/1 with the firms for the 2012 Epsom Derby next June, but he must be performing miracles on the Ballydoyle gallops given how badly the form of his sole racecourse appearance, a distinctly ordinary five runner maiden back in July, has worked out.

Granted he won very easily that day, but I certainly wouldnt be steaming in to back him at no bigger than the current 11/8 for Saturdays assignment given that the four rivals he beat that day have subsequently failed to win even a single race between them!

Not even a maiden has fallen into the lap of those that filled the places at Leopardstown, even though cumulatively theyve tried 13 times.

Perhaps Joseph OBriens mount can justify the hype, but at double the odds Id far rather place my faith in a youngster who made a huge impression on me when I stood in the betting ring and watched him win at Newbury back in mid-August.

By Street Cry out of a French Oaks winner it was impossible not to be impressed how John Gosdens Fencing got the job done in what used to be the listed Washington Singer Stakes, confidently backed from 5/2 into 5/4 that day he displayed signs of inexperience, but once William Buick asked him to go about his business it was all over in a matter of strides inside the furlong pole, and in a good time too.

That race has produced a couple of winners, and having swerved the Dewhurst to come here this imposing sort can reward us at 3/1 with Ladbrokes.

Elsewhere the National Hunt season gathers pace, and Aintree should be bouncing for Master Minded versus Albertas Run (who receives 10lbs) in the Old Roan Chase run in tribute to three-time winner Monets Garden.

Ill be in Liverpool to see that unfold, but though Ill be keeping my powder dry there I did think there might be a couple of winners to be poached at Stratford courtesy of their seven race card.

In form Charlie Longsdon has only had Grandads Horse since the middle of March, but has already managed to win three times with this improving son of Bollin Eric, and now he chooses he make the step into handicap hurdle company in a winnable looking race at 2.50pm.

Successful in a Newton Abbot bumper in August 2010 when with Alan Jones, he has built on that since joining his new connections by winning three on the bounce over timber.

He has form at Stratford, skips off quick ground, and struck up a promising partnership with decent conditional Kielan Woods (who claims 7lbs) when winning easily a Uttoxeter latest.

Although of the opposition Teshali looks dangerous I thought a mark of 122 wouldnt be beyond Grandads Horse, especially with his riders claim to be taken in to consideration.

Longsdon has banged in seven winners in the past fortnight, and theres grounds for believing thisll be number eight on the way.

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Theres stacks of good racing to enjoy all over the country on Saturday afternoon, not least at Newmarket where the Cheveley Park Sun Chariot Cambridgeshire fixture takes centre stage live on Channel 4.

Richard Hannons lightning quick Exceed And Excel filly Best Terms ought to prove very hard to beat in the Group 1 Jaguar Cars Cheveley Park Stakes over six furlongs 2.35pm, especially in light of how easily she saw off the re-opposing quintet Hello Glory, Sunday Times, Angels Will Fall, Lady Gorgeous and Shumoos on her first try at this trip in the Lowther at York.

Proven on faster ground she has been massively impressive in a four race career so far, winning every time in the manner of a classy animal.

First up in April she saw off a very attractive filly Heyward Girl at Windsor, before following up in a four horse race at Newbury in mid-May.

She built on that with a win in Royal Ascots Queen Mary back in June, and having added the Lowther to her CV I expect her unbeaten record to remain intact come Saturday night.

A win bet at the generally available 5/4, including Bet365 and Paddy Power is the advice.

The other Group 1 on the card at HQ arrives via the Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes at 3.10pm, a race I also expect to fall to the market leader as Rod Collets Saphresa goes for her third win on the bounce in this contest.

Her form this season is rock solid, with a Group 3 win at Longchamp complimented by a second to Timepiece (who runs here) in the Falmouth at the July Meeting, as well as a second to Goldikova in the Prix Rothschild (Timepiece was third) and a third to Immortal Verse in the Jacques Le Marois.

An in form mare at the top of her game boasting a 66% strike rate on the Rowley Mile has to be a danger to all, and as long as theres at least some pace on I expect her to complete the hat-trick.

Christophe Lemaire will surely be alive to the danger posed by Timepiece nicking a cheeky advantage, while Alanza has to improve on everything shes done so far to figure, though she is very fast and John Oxx isnt one to tilt at windmills.

Alanza is respected, but Saphresa should have too many guns for them, and the 9/4 with Coral looks worth taking.

If youre hungry for one at a bigger price then head to Market Raspberry for their feature Handicap Chase at 2.50pm the one I like in a wide open race is Peter Bowens North Island, a 16/1 shot with any of Betfred, Coral or Victor Chandler.

A course and distance winner in July the nine year old has won three of his ten starts over fences, hails from a stable whove won this three times since 2007 (sole representative for them!), goes on the ground and is only four pounds above his last winning mark.

Jamie Moore clearly gets a good tune out of him, and from the bottom of the weights he can make an impression at a big each way price.

I mentioned in the title of this article my expectation of a Hannon double on Saturday afternoon, and that can be realised in Milan where his top miler Dick Turpin lines up in the Group 1 Premio Vittorio Di Capua at 3.15pm.

Already a scorer at this level after his win in the Prix Jean Prat last summer, more Group 1 glory beckons for Julys Summer Mile winner, and this looks a weak race for the prize money.

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Jake Giuriceos stock is on the rise.  The young boxer from Campbell, Ohio is winning fights and looking impressive in the process. The Bull, as he has been nicknamed, is 13-0-1 as a professional and looks better than the last fight each time I see him.  Part of his success can be attributed to good management with Joe Corvino at the helm, good training with Frank Duarte and Keith Burnside splitting the responsibilities, work ethic, and a fiance who believes in him.  

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