Thursday’s Best Bets
ANOTHER TOP DAY OF RACING WITH DAY 3 OF ROYAL ASCOT! Also racing from Ripon, Chelmsford, Leopardstown, Lingfield and Ffos Las. Daily Double pays 5/1!
Scroll down to find our most confident selections (NAP & NB) PLUS race-by-race picks for every race across all SIX meetings.
NAP – Best selection of the evening
THE NAP (BEST BET) WON YESTERDAY AND RUNS AT ROYAL ASCOT AGAIN TODAY!
Royal Ascot 4.15 Stradivarius (6/5)
Reinging champion and then some having won this 3 years on the trot; back to something like his best winning the Sagaro here 7 weeks ago; still lots to like and if he runs his race he is going to take the world of beating.
It would be great to see STRADIVARIUS land this for the fourth year in a row and emulate Yeats. He is the best stayer I have ever seen and I think everything is in place for him to win again. He was back in form winning the Sagaro here 7 weeks ago and following a recent gallop on Newmarket’s July course both Gosden and Dettori sound quietly confident he can reproduce what we’ve seen over the last few years. If he runs his race then the others are all playing catch-up. I think the market has it spot on and Trueshan is the most obvious danger. He stormed clear to win the Long Distance Cup here in October and ran a nice race on return in the Ormonde at Chester. Santiago could also run well.
NB – Second best selection of the day
THE NEXT BEST (SECOND BEST BET) ALSO RUNS AT ROYAL ASCOT ON THURSDAY!
Royal Ascot 3.05 Mohaafeth (15/8)
Promising colt who clearly strengthened up and matured over the winter as he is 3-3 since returning; won going away on return at Lingfield before relishing the step up in trip at Newmarket; impressive up to Listed level last time; tons of potential.
There is a fair bit of rain about overnight but as long as it doesn’t get in too much it’s hard to look past MOHAAFETH here. Let’s be honest the ground needed a drop of rain given how fast it was riding on Wednesday and with a thick layer of grass I don’t envisage any problems. If it does come up too soft then connections are likely to take him out. He is a perfect 3-3 since returning in March and has looked a colt going places on each occasion. He took it up on the bridle at Newmarket last time and looks to have so much ability. This is his toughest assignment to date but he has untapped potential and is expected to win this before being aimed at better prizes down the line.
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We’ve gone through all SIX cards on Thursday so here’s what we’re backing. All our selections can be added straight to your bet365 bet slip (just click the orange links).
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Ripon
Here you will find our Lucky 15 which includes our Notebook runners (now on oddschecker), the Daily Eye Catcher and Value Tip (also on oddschecker). This is one of our most popular multiples.
Daily Lucky 15
Royal Ascot 3.40 VALUE TIP (EXCLUSIVE to oddschecker)
Chelmsford 5.10 DOWNLOAD ODDSCHECKER TO SEE
Leopardstown 6.30 Zumoradda EYE CATCHER
Lingfield 8.40 DOWNLOAD ODDSCHECKER TO SEE
Pays 120/1!
Thursday’s Mega Acca
Royal Ascot 3.05 Mohaafeth NEXT BEST
Royal Ascot 4.15 Stradivarius NAP
Leopardstown 5.55 Diderot
Lingfield 6.40 Black Sparrow
Ffos Las 8.20 The Bomber Liston
Pays 66/1!