Horse Racing Tips: Timeform's three best bets at Sandown on Saturday

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Queen's Course - 15:55 Sandown

Queen's Course confirmed the promise of her previous run when scoring in good style at Doncaster last week, tanking along and quickening readily clear to put two lengths between herself and the rest of the field. She is open to improvement and is easily the most progressive sort in this contest, so a rise in the weights may not be enough to stop her going in again.

Lay
Geranium - 17:00 Sandown

Geranium made the most of a drop back in grade to regain the winning thread over this course and distance last month, enhancing her good record at the course and taking her tally to four at that level or lower. Her issue has been coming up short when up in class however, and that is the trend she is tasked with bucking here, though an 8 lb rise does not make that any easier, and any further rain would also likely put paid to her chances.

Smart Stat
Cemhaan - 15:15 Sandown

21% - John Gosden's strike rate at Sandown since the start of the 2016 season

Cemhaan got off the mark under a positive ride on his final appearance before the enforced break, and he shaped well after three months off when fourth at Lingfield in June, keeping on when short of room briefly late on. He remains with potential and clearly starts life in handicaps on a handy mark, so is taken to land the spoils in this competitive-looking affair.