ITV Racing Tips: Newmarket, Goodwood, Thirsk - Saturday, May 3rd

ITV Racing Tips – Saturday, May 3rd
Saturday’s ITV cameras cover top class flat racing from Goodwood, Newmarket and Thirsk, with a brilliant mix of Group action alongside typically competitive heritage handicaps. The 2000 Guineas at HQ looks potentially a classy renewal at 3.35pm, with Aidan O’Brien holding a typically strong hand.
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Today’s Daily Nap
FIELD OF GOLD
Newmarket 3:35 (UK time)
John and Thady Gosden’s strapping 3-y-o looked a top class prospect when sluicing up in the Group 3 Craven Stakes here last month, and remains open to plenty more improvement after just five career starts. Good, fast ground suits ideally with a strong pace certain in this competitive field, and Kieran Shoemark will be looking to swoop late against rivals who have plenty to prove.
Odds: 5/2
Today’s Value Angle
BOPEDRO
Newmarket 2:20 (UK time)
David O’Meara’s eight time winner missed the break and was never a factor on his Thirsk reappearance last month at a big price, but he is entitled to strip fitter for that sighter and is clearly very well handicapped on the pick of his placed form in the past year (latest win came here over a mile on quick ground from 2lb higher mark in August 2023).
Odds: 14/1
ITV Racing Tips – Saturday May 3rd
Time (UK) | Track | Horse | Analysis |
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1:45 | Newmarket | MORE THUNDER | William Haggas’s useful sprinter did well to make a winning seasonal reappearance, and can defy a small rise up the handicap at Newmarket on Saturday. He is entitled to improve for that first run of the season (stable debut after leaving Sir Michael Stoute), and there is more to come with more racing after just six career starts on the turf. |
2:00 | Goodwood | STOP THE CAVALRY | Ralph Beckett has typically landed running as the turf season picks up pace, and his promising filly seems sure to be primed first time up for this valuable prize. |
2:35 | Thirsk | NORTHERN EXPRESS | Michael Dods usually has his runners just in need of the outing first time up, and his seven time winner is expected to improve for his seasonal reappearance last month over seven furlongs at this track (easy to back and not given a hard time as he faded at the furlong pole). |
2:55 | Newmarket | NO HALF MEASURES | Richard Hughes has a lovely team of young horses in the yard this season, and his useful filly is expected to relish these quickening ground conditions for her seasonal reappearance. She has won 6 of her 11 career starts to date, and the early booking of Ryan Moore increases confidence that she will be fully wound up after 209 days on the sidelines. |
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