There’s stacks of good racing to enjoy all over the country on Saturday afternoon, not least at Newmarket where the Cheveley Park – Sun Chariot – Cambridgeshire fixture takes centre stage live on Channel 4.
Richard Hannon’s lightning quick Exceed And Excel filly Best Terms ought to prove very hard to beat in the Group 1 Jaguar Cars Cheveley Park Stakes over six furlongs 2.35pm, especially in light of how easily she saw off the re-opposing quintet Hello Glory, Sunday Times, Angels Will Fall, Lady Gorgeous and Shumoos on her first try at this trip in the Lowther at York.
Proven on faster ground she has been massively impressive in a four race career so far, winning every time in the manner of a classy animal.
First up in April she saw off a very attractive filly Heyward Girl at Windsor, before following up in a four horse race at Newbury in mid-May.
She built on that with a win in Royal Ascot’s Queen Mary back in June, and having added the Lowther to her CV I expect her unbeaten record to remain intact come Saturday night.
A win bet at the generally available 5/4, including Bet365 and Paddy Power is the advice.
The other Group 1 on the card at HQ arrives via the Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes at 3.10pm, a race I also expect to fall to the market leader as Rod Collet’s Saphresa goes for her third win on the bounce in this contest.
Her form this season is rock solid, with a Group 3 win at Longchamp complimented by a second to Timepiece (who runs here) in the Falmouth at the July Meeting, as well as a second to Goldikova in the Prix Rothschild (Timepiece was third) and a third to Immortal Verse in the Jacques Le Marois.
An in form mare at the top of her game boasting a 66% strike rate on the Rowley Mile has to be a danger to all, and as long as there’s at least some pace on I expect her to complete the hat-trick.
Christophe Lemaire will surely be alive to the danger posed by Timepiece nicking a cheeky advantage, while Alanza has to improve on everything she’s done so far to figure, though she is very fast and John Oxx isn’t one to tilt at windmills.
Alanza is respected, but Saphresa should have too many guns for them, and the 9/4 with Coral looks worth taking.
If you’re hungry for one at a bigger price then head to Market Raspberry for their feature Handicap Chase at 2.50pm – the one I like in a wide open race is Peter Bowen’s North Island, a 16/1 shot with any of Betfred, Coral or Victor Chandler.
A course and distance winner in July the nine year old has won three of his ten starts over fences, hails from a stable who’ve won this three times since 2007 (sole representative for them!), goes on the ground and is only four pounds above his last winning mark.
Jamie Moore clearly gets a good tune out of him, and from the bottom of the weights he can make an impression at a big each way price.
I mentioned in the title of this article my expectation of a Hannon double on Saturday afternoon, and that can be realised in Milan where his top miler Dick Turpin lines up in the Group 1 Premio Vittorio Di Capua at 3.15pm.
Already a scorer at this level after his win in the Prix Jean Prat last summer, more Group 1 glory beckons for July’s Summer Mile winner, and this looks a weak race for the prize money. Win bet.
Good luck!
Saturday’s best bets:
2.35 Newmarket – Jaguar Cars Cheveley Park Stakes – 2 Best Terms (win) @ 5/4 (Bet365, William Hill, Ladbrokes or Paddy Power)
2.50 Market Rasen – Totepool “Prelude” Handicap Chase – 15 North Island (each way) @ 16/1 (Betfred, Coral or Victor Chandler)
3.10 Newmarket – Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes – 4 Saphresa (win) @ 9/4 (Coral)
3.15 San Siro – Premio Vittorio Di Capua – 2 Dick Turpin (win)
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