Saturday’s American Horse Racing Tips
Sky Sports Racing have live coverage of US Racing tonight and I’ve covered all ELEVEN meetings again and picked out my best bets.
KENTUCKY DERBY ON SATURDAY NIGHT! All eyes in America on Churchill Downs plus racing Stateside from Laurel Park, Tampa, Belmont Park, Philadelphia, Woodbine and much more. My Daily Double pays 14/1!
NAP – Best selection of the evening
MY US NAP RUNS IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY ON SATURDAY NIGHT!
Race 12 Churchill Downs 11.57 Forte (best price 11/4)
Smart colt who made it 6 from 7 staying on strongly to get up late and win the Florida Derby last month; still looks to be improving all the time and with more to come looks to have a great chance.
I can’t wait to see FORTE strut his stuff in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday night. He is a horse that has barely put a foot wrong winning 6 of his 7 career starts to date. He warmed up for this with a convincing win in the Florida Derby and I think given usual luck he will come out on top here. He should relish this test and I can’t see how he doesn’t hit the line best. Mage ran huge to get within a length of the favourite last time and has only had 3 starts so with more to come shouldn’t be easily overlooked. Tapit Trice has won 4 in a row since his debut third and beat Verifying last time so could also run a big race in defeat. Can’t wait for this one!
NB – Second best selection of the day
MY US NEXT BEST RUNS IN RACE 8 AT CHURCHILL DOWNS ON SATURDAY NIGHT!
Race 8 Churchill Downs 7.46 Echo Again (best price 3/1)
Likeable colt who looked back to his best winning with a bit to spare at Oaklawn over this trip back in March; more to come after just a handful of starts and looks one to keep firmly on side for now.
Back in the winners enclosure last time ECHO AGAIN looks on good terms with himself and with more to come I think he could put in a big performance here. He is a colt on the upgrade and he should win this before being targeted at the top level. Gun Pilot won 2 of his first 3 and has been highly tried since but he is another colt that I feel has a bigger performance in him so definitely the danger. Kangaroo Court has won 3 from 4 and showed a good attitude last time so could run better than his odds suggest at least but this is a good race and there is definitely strength in depth here. General Jim is another one to note having been freshened up.
All bets Stateside on Saturday night
I’ve covered every race across all ELEVEN meetings again in America on Saturday night.
Churchill Downs
GYTO US Notebook Double
Race 7 Churchill Downs 6.56 Arrest Me Red NOTEBOOK
Race 11 Churchill Downs 10.27 Hong Kong Harry NOTEBOOK