Saturday Racing Cheat Sheet: Best bets for ITV Racing at Newbury, Goodwood, York and the Irish 2000 Guineas

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Tips Summary

Please Note: Prices quoted in table below were correct at time of each writer/tipster's column being published on Betting.Betfair.

Race	Tipster	Tip/Runner	Odds
13:25 Goodwood	Sam Turner	Pathein E/W	14/115.00
13:45 Haydock	Katie Midwinter	Sand Gazelle E/W	14/115.00
14:20 Haydock	Mark Milligan	Princling	3/14.00
14:40 York	Katie Midwinter	Vintage Clarets E/W	12/113.00
14:58 Haydock	Kaite Midwinter	Spicy Marg E/W	11/112.00
15:30 Haydock	Sam Turner	Jm Jungle E/W	9/110.00
15:40 Curragh	Alan Dudman	Go Just Do It E/W	35/136.00
16:05 Haydock	Mark Milligan	Hermetic	5/16.00

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Saturday horse racing tips and insight

13:25, Goodwood - Sam Turner: Easier assignment for Pathein

Pathein has been quite highly tried in a three-race career and could find this handicap, even with 17 rivals, a little easier than the assignments he has been set to date.

The son of St Mark's Basilica won his Doncaster maiden at a big price last September prior to being plunged into Group company at Newmarket in the Autumn Stakes where he moved to the front at the furlong marker before fading.

It was a similar story on Pathein's comeback at today's venue three weeks ago where he looked to blow up on his reappearance behind a St James's Place Stakes entry in Protection Act who could well have booked his Royal Ascot ticket with his victory over a mile.

Connections have bypassed a tilt at the Silver Bowl at Haydock in preference for this handicap where a drop back to seven furlongs may see Ed Dunlop's colt in a better light and, at odds of 20/121.00, he looks worth chancing with his stable in great form and his effectiveness at the track already assured.

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13:45, Haydock - Katie Midwinter: Gazelle to out-run rivals

Four-year-old filly Sand Gazelle could improve for her return to action at Newmarket earlier this month, when failing to see out her race despite being sent off at odds of 15/28.50 in a Group Two event. She's dropping to Listed level here with first-time cheekpieces applied, and may be capable of a better showing with the benefit of a recent run in her favour.

A 20/121.00 winner on debut, the daughter of Frankel claimed Listed honours last term and finished a creditable second to Red Letter in a Curragh Group Three, when ahead of subsequent Group One winner Barnavara. Whilst she hasn't been at her best in either of her latest two runs, it's too early to give up on the Stakes winner who has substance to her form.

The John and Thady Gosden-trained filly is out of Kingman mare Desirous, a half-sister to Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Bluestocking as well as Sussex Stakes winner Qirat. Well-related, she has proven form over the distance and has shown to possess plenty of class on her day.

Should others towards the top of the market fail to fire, most notably her stablemate Friendly Soul, the highest-rated contender in the field returning from a lengthy 594-day absence, Sand Gazelle could take advantage and outrun her odds if able to resume her progression and return to form under Tyler Heard, who has a 23 percent strike-rate for the stable.

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14:20, Haydock - Mark Milligan: Son of Kingman can land Silver Bowl

On a packed Saturday of racing, Haydock takes centre stage in the UK and the first selection comes in one of my favourite three-year-old handicaps of the entire season, the Silver Bowl.

This race nearly always produces strong form and this year's renewal should prove no exception, with 17 runners heading to post, quite a few of which have the potential to graduate from handicaps into stakes races as the season progresses.

The likes of Langstone and Lighting Thunder deserve to be high on any shortlist, but the one with the most potential for me simply has to be the William Haggas-trained Princling.

A son of Kingman, Princling got off the mark at the third time of asking in a novice at Wetherby on his seasonal return last month, still looking far from the finished article but only needing hand riding to assert.

However, it's not the form of that contest that makes him stand out here but more the form of his second to Yazin on the second of two starts that Princling made as a juvenile.

That one bolted up again on his next start and now boasts a Timeform rating of 111p, which suggests the selection could well be a handicap blot starting out life in this sphere from a mark of just 87.

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14:40, York - Katie Midwinter: Clarets to produce Vintage performance

Vintage Clarets stuck to the task well at Chester when last seen in a performance that was worth upgrading when sent off at odds of 33/134.00. He couldn't seriously threaten but the race wasn't run to suit around the tight track and he's capable of better, now rated 3lb lower under 5lb claiming Ethan Tindall.

The experienced seven-year-old has plenty of course-and-distance form having won on the Knavesmire previously, and finished a creditable two-and-three-quarter-length sixth to subsequent Group One winner American Affair in a handicap here last May. He's now 8lb lower than when last claiming success at Ascot in the summer, putting him in with solid each-way claims at the weights on the back of a promising run for Richard and Peter Fahey.

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14:58, Haydock - Katie Midwinter: Marg to go well under champion jockey

Spicy Marg ran a creditable effort in defeat in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket when last seen. There were doubts over her stamina prior the race, but she finished only narrowly behind favourite Precise, sticking to the task well at odds of 40/141.00.

Back over a more suitable distance here, the three-year-old filly shouldn't be discounted under Oisin Murphy, capable of making her presence felt. She holds each-way claims for Michael Bell having enjoyed a fruitful debut campaign last term, winning on three occasions including in a Listed contest that was subsequently franked.

There could be more to come from the daughter of Starspangledbanner, who has shown so much promise to date, and she is one to note at the prices.

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15:30, Haydock - Sam Turner: Jungle ready to rumble

Jm Jungle has five lengths to make up on Night Raider from their running in the Palace House Stakes at Newmarket, but a switch of venue on easier ground could see the former close the gap at a double figure price.

John & Sean Quinn have proved time and again that they are brilliant at improving horses like the selection who progress from handicap company into pattern races and continue to hold their own and in the son of Bungle Inthejungle, they again have a live contender for the major sprints below Grade 1 level this summer.

Today's marquee event has surely been targeted by the Yorkshire operation as a possible win and, given he was easy to back at Newmarket on his comeback, there should be a fair bit of improvement to come for that seasonal reappearance.

I like Jm Jungle's draw too as he is in close proximity to pacesetters Jakajaro and Frost At Dawn so should get a good tow into the race and he has a number of hold up horses to his right so if the stands' rail is a huge advantage, then the excellent Jason Hart could navigate that path.

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15:40, Curragh - Alan Dudman: Big run expected from outsider

With Gstaad's 2000 Guineas performance at Newmarket and the fact he was so far ahead of anything else, I would not want to be laying him.

Yes he is [4/9] but there is no point trying to oppose a favourite for the sake of it. O'Brien, is in something of a mini Irish 2000 Guineas drought, with just one winner in the last nine seasons (Paddington), but he has won the race 12 times.

He said of Gstaad's Guineas run: "The winner (Bow Echo) was very good that day and was in a position to get a little more cover in the first half of the race, but that's the way they were drawn."

I am happy to go each way with Joseph and the 35/136.00 poke Go Just Do It. With Neolithic potentially on pacemaking duties for Ballydoyle, they will need to make this a test to explore the potential holes in Alparslan's stamina. I stress they are potential holes.

1) Gstaad
2) Go Just Do It
3) Neolithic

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16:05, Haydock - Mark Milligan: A lot fitter this time

The one that takes my eye is the much less exposed Hermetic, a French import who has only the five starts under his belt and has already been successful in two of them in his homeland.

The Ian Williams-trained four-year-old made his handicap/stable bow at the York Dante meeting and shaped really well in fourth.

That was his first start in 192 days and he looks sure to strip fitter for the run, particularly as he's a big, imposing type who would probably take a bit of getting fit at home. His trainer excels with this type and Hermetic went straight into my notebook on the back of that Knavesmire run.

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