Saturday’s UK & Irish Horse Racing Tips

Stretched out nicely to win impressively over C&D last month and a 5lb rise shouldn’t be enough to anchor him if seeing daylight like that again here; still looks ahead of the handicapper; hard to beat in a winnable race.

Strawman is a big danger if picking up where he left off last year but he does normally need his first run back and I think he’ll come on for this. I’m keen to side with the favourite MATCHLESS who looked well suited by this C&D to win easily last month and if he builds on that again he should be hitting the line in front. Of the rest Hathlool has to be respected as well as while he was down the field at Lingfield he wasn’t beaten far and he remains fairly lightly raced so could run a big race albeit more than likely in defeat. Life On The Rocks ran poorly at Chester on final start but this track will suit better so he might be the value play for a place bet. Hard to recommend much else.