Neil Morrice brings us all of his best bets and tips for Thursday’s racing at Lingfield, Wetherby, Yarmouth and Sandown Park.
Lingfield Best Bets
Race 4: ENZEMBLE (3)
Trainer: James Fanshawe
Jockey: Silvestre de Sousa
Although he’s been largely disappointing several of ENZEMBLE’s rivals in this very tight handicap have also been hitting the crossbar. The booking of de Sousa who is strength personified in a driving finish might be enough to get this one home.
Race 6: DECORA (11) (Each Way)
Trainer: Mick Channon
Jockey: David Probert
This daughter of dual Breeders’ Cup Turf and St Leger winner Conduit will want further than this six furlongs the soonest, but she has nevertheless shown plenty of speed on her work to suggest she could have a say.
Wetherby Best Bets
Race 1: OUT OF HERE (4)
Trainer: Kevin Ryan
Jockey: Kevin Scott
There was enough to like about OUT OF HERE’s debut effort at Beverley to suggest he can use the experience card to good effect and open his account. He stayed on into a midfield finish behind Glasvegas but his main foes don’t have a run under their belts, and it’s very hard for two-year-olds to win on debut with an outing being worth a couple of lengths in most cases.
Race 4: MAKE ME (9)
Trainer: Tim Easterby
Jockey: Jason Hart
The ultra-consistent MAKE ME will greatly appreciate the rain that fell in the North yesterday, have broken her maiden on easy conditions. Her other three career starts resulted in two seconds and a third, the last named effort at Thirsk having teed her up perfectly for this.
Yarmouth Best Bet
Race 5: AUDARYA (10)
Trainer: James Fanshawe
Jockey: George Wood
It may be more than the beautifully bred Velorum to do to successfully give 12lb to AUDARYA. The selection had to play second fiddle to a smart Gosden filly on her Nottingham return but that run will have brought her to the boil for a task that could give us the exacta and the straight win.
Sandown Park Best Bet
Race 5: MAIDEN CASTLE (10) (Nap)
Trainer: Henry Candy
Jockey: David Probert
This will be harder than the Chepstow maiden in which MAIDEN CASTLE finished second to Aloe Vera but the fact remains he should have won. His pilot exuded a ridiculous level of confidence to hit the front on the bit, but instead of pressing on she was taken by surprise by the winner. With a new jockey booked, I’m very hopeful that MAIDEN CASTLE can make amends.
