Today's Racing Tips: Rely on Parole to enjoy the freedom of Newmarket

Doncaster, 14.45 - Back According To Mark each-way @ 9/25.50

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According To Mark (Ire)

• J: Daniel Tudhope
• T: Edward Bethell
• F: 4-22

• SBK 7/2
• EXC 3.75

Any Joseph O'Brien UK runner is treated with the greatest of respect by the layers and Count Bezukhov appears to be no different in this stepping stone to the St Leger.

The Curragh maiden winner has been priced up cautiously by compilers and understandably so given his pedigree and the phenomenal ability of his handler.

However, that presents punters with an opportunity to back According To Mark at a slightly more inflated price than seemed possible and I wonder if there is further progression possible from Ed Bethell's talented middle-distance performer now he has been gelded.

The son of St Mark's Basilica caught the eye on debut at Newcastle over the straight mile and, although beaten twice over 10 furlongs since, there could be more to come now he stretches out in trip, especially as his recent surgical proceedure may help to concentrate the mind.

Doncaster, 15.55 - Back Obito each-way @ 13/27.50

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Obito (Ire)

• J: Daniel Tudhope
• T: David O'Meara
• F: 12226-825

• SBK 15/2
• EXC 1.1

Obito tackles a collection of progressive three-year-olds in this handicap and the market may feel he faces a difficult assignment trying to concede weight to horses yet to reach their ceiling.

That may well prove to be the case, but the Blue Point gelding boasts a touch of back class at this level and he may well relish tackling better ground than he encountered at Ayr last time.

Those with a long memory may recall his effort over the round mile last year on Town Moor when he reared in the stalls which cost him valuable track position and everything that could go wrong did so from that point.

He is no handicap blot by any means, but appears to save his best efforts for flat, left-handed circuits and could be worth a modest each-play if the layers price the three-year-olds too conservatively.

Newmarket, 17.20 - Back Parole d'Oro @ 6/17.00

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Parole D'oro

• J: James Doyle
• T: Michael Bell
• F: 282052-82

• SBK 8/1
• EXC 11

Agonisingly beaten in this corresponding race 12 months ago, Parole d'Oro could prove a decent bet to go one better in this season's renewal.

The selection charged home a fraction too late last year, failing by a short-head to gain compensation for a luckless effort in the Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot and connections appear to have been keen to try and preserve his mark by campaigning him over ten furlongs for much of the season.

The tempo of those races haven't always helped a horse that can occasionally take a good hold and I'm hoping that a return to a truly-run mile could work the oracle in this well-contested finale.

The booking of James Doyle is bonus and the son of Without Parole makes some appeal with four places available on the Sportsbook.

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