Saturday’s ITV Racing Tips: Ascot and Haydock, November 23rd
Today’s Racing Tips – November 23rd
Saturday’s ITV cameras bring the best of the action from Ascot and Haydock, with a compelling mix of graded racing alongside typically competitive handicaps.
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Today’s Daily Nap
GREY DAWNING
Haydock 3:05 (UK time)
Dan Skelton’s young chaser did not stop improving all last winter, and he is sure to be primed to make a winning reappearance in this valuable Grade 1 prize. He jumps superbly when allowed to dominate proceedings from the tape, and Harry Skelton seems sure to take this field out of their comfort zone from an early stage.
Odds: 7/4
Today’s Value Angle
BEAT THE BAT
Haydock 1:15 (UK time)
Harry Fry’s unexposed hurdler looks a young handicapper to follow this winter, and starts off from a fair opening mark under Bryan Carver (with the recent rain easing conditions very much in his favour). He remains open to plenty more improvement after just three career starts is far over hurdles, and fitness is unlikely to be an issue after 344 days off the track.
Odds: 8/1
ITV Racing Tips -Saturday November 23rd
Time (UK) | Track | Horse | Analysis |
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1:30 | Ascot | PIC D’ORHY | Paul Nicholls classy chaser has an excellent record at Ascot, and seems sure to be primed for a winning return with conditions to suit. |
1:50 | Haydock | IROKO | Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero are a training team to keep firmly on side of over the next few seasons, and their stable star ran three cracking races over fences last winter. He is smooth traveller who revels in soft ground, and the recent rain easing ground conditions has come at the right time ahead of his long awaited reappearance. |
2:05 | Ascot | ART DECCO | Robert Walford stayer has an excellent strike rate over fences, winning 4 of his 10 career starts so far, and he can defy the handicapper again on his reappearance here (with a marathon slog on soft ground his ideal conditions and a flyweight to carry under Harry Kimber). |
2:30 | Haydock | DOYEN QUEST | Dan Skelton’s rapidly improving young hurdler barely came off the bridle to land a substantial punt at Cheltenham last weekend, confidently ridden from last to first, and remains open to plenty more improvement granted a thorough test of stamina over three miles. |
2:45 | Ascot | GOLDEN ACE | Jeremy Scott’s stable star won all four of her starts over hurdles last season, travelling really strongly and showing a cracking turn of foot to beat the best of her division at Cheltenham twice. She has been waiting for the rain to arrive before making her reappearance, and seems sure to be primed for this valuable Saturday prize after 219 days off the track. |
3230 | Ascot | FRERE D’ARMES | Dan Skelton’s chaser has shaped better than the bare result on a couple of occasions already this season (caught too far back here last time out when fifth behind Martator), and the young claimer Miss Heidi Palin seems sure to be more positive with that experience under her belt. |
3:40 | Newcastle | MONBEG GENIUS | Jonjo O’Neill’s quirky chaser has won 3 of his 9 starts so far in this sphere, and could be worth chancing first time out after 256 days off the track (with his mark eased a few pounds after failing to fire last winter at a time when the yard was struggling for form in the main). |
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