Saturday Racing Tips: Timeform's three to back including a Dan Skelton fancy at Wetherby

11:50 Newmarket - Dashing Dick coming to the boil

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Dashing Dick (Ire)

• J: Nicola Currie
• T: William Stone
• F: 36564522

• SBK 4/1
• EXC 4.7

Dashing Dick is the senior runner in this six-furlong handicap, but he won it twelve months ago and looks to be running into form just in time to for a bold bid to repeat last year's success.

William Stone's eight-year-old also looks well handicapped as he's fully 9 lb lower than when successful last year, getting plenty of weight from all his rivals as a result, and heads the Timeform ratings by 2 lb.

He has found only one too good in his last couple of starts at Leicester, coming up against the well-handicapped Irish Nectar last time who went on to follow up, and that form has been franked by the third too.

13:10 Wetherby - Palamon to gain compensation

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Palamon (Ire)

• J: Harry Skelton
• T: Dan Skelton
• F: 63-553512

• SBK 2/1
• EXC 3.15

Dan Skelton has a number of good chances at Wetherby starting with Palamon who heads the Timeform weight-adjusted ratings in the first of their handicap chases.

While not always straightforward, Palamon is clearly in good heart at present, cruising home by a wide margin at Southwell and then looking unlucky not to defy a penalty at Plumpton six days later.

Winner Tapley caused trouble in running for Palamon more than once but that was another good run, and he can gain compensation with blinkers replacing the cheekpieces he's worn for his last two starts.

18:15 Southwell - Princling on a good mark back in a handicap

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Princling

• J: Jason Hart
• T: William Haggas
• F: 22-14563

• SBK 10/3
• EXC 4.6

Southwell's evening card features a useful mile contest which can go the way of Princling for 'Hot Trainer' William Haggas as this unexposed sort looks on a good mark for his return to handicap company.

After a successful reappearance at Wetherby, Princling put up some useful efforts in defeat in handicaps before a three-month break during which he was gelded.

He looked unlucky on his return in a minor event at Ascot early this month, beaten around a length into third behind Drymee after not getting a clear run. He heads the Timeform ratings in receipt of weight all round.

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