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ITV Racing Tips: Newmarket and York, October 12th

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Today’s Racing Tips – October 12th

Saturday’s ITV cameras cover the pick of the action from Newmarket and York, with some classy Group racing alongside typically competitive heritage handicaps.

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Today’s Daily Nap

LEAD ARTIST

Newmarket 1.15 (UK time)

John and Thady Gosden’s smart performer has been running with credit all season, and this Group 3 looks a terrific opening to win again under Keiron Shoemark.

Odds: 4/1

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Today’s Value Angle

PADDY THE SQUIRE

York 2.05 (UK time)

Iain Jardine’s handicapper had been progressing nicely until finding a deep ground Cambridgeshire too much at Newmarket, and he can resume his upwardly mobile profile here under Andrew Mullen.

Odds: 12/1

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ITV Racing Tips – Saturday October 12th

Time (UK)	Track	Horse	Analysis
1:30	York	INVICTUS GOLD	Tom Clover’s scopey juvenile overcame inexperience to win on soft ground at Newmarket in August, and his freshness at this late stage of the flat season should be a real asset upped in class at York on Saturday.
1:50	Newmarket	STARZINTHEIREYES	Ralph Beckett’s exciting prospect impressed when getting off the mark in the mud at Leicester last time out, and there should be plenty more improvement in the tank after just two career starts.
2:05	Newmarket	INVINCIBLE ANNICE	Karl Burke has enjoyed a fantastic season (continues in great form with 7 winners in the last fortnight), and his tough filly looked ready for six furlongs when finishing a good third in a Hamilton nursery last time out.
2:25	Newmarket	SILVER PEAK	Charlie Appleby continues in excellent heart with 3 winners in the last fortnight, and his colt is sure to improve dramatically from a hard fought win at Haydock last month (sent off 11/8f and found generously for pressure).
2:40	York	KINGS LYNN	Andrew Balding’s sprinter has proved extremely expensive to follow all summer, but he has run several blinders in defeat and probably found the ground too firm when below par at Ayr last time out.
3:00	Newmarket	THE LION IN WINTER	Aidan O’Brien has a typically strong hand in the juvenile division, and his highly regarded colt has created a deep impression in winning both career starts so far.
3:15	York	PAPS TURF	Adrian Keetley’s juvenile suffered a buffeting leaving the stalls when well held last time up at Doncaster, and that lesser effort has certainly not done his opening handicap mark any harm here.
3:40	Newmarket	SIXANDAHALF	Gavin Cromwell is one of the shrewdest operators in Ireland, and his 4-y-o filly seems sure to relish the demands of this sapping 2m2f handicap at Newmarket on Saturday.