We’ve got a busy day ahead of us on Friday and there are eight meetings taking place across Britain and Ireland. We’ve picked out some interesting angles from across the cards and among them is a 1,900,000 guineas purchase who makes his debut for Charlie Appleby at Sandown.
Chester‘s draw bias is pronounced and infamous so we’ve selected some runners with favourable draws. Dan and Harry Skelton are in red-hot form at the moment so they are worth following at Newton Abbot. Take a look at our free tips page for daily content across British and Irish racing.
Everyone knows that horses drawn out wide at Chester are as good as beaten before the race starts so we’ve picked out a couple of horses who could have an advantage.
David Loughnane’s Metamouse was a respectable fourth on debut at Chepstow last month, where he got a little tired in the closing stages. Improvement is anticipated with that in mind and stall one is the perfect draw for the son of Dubawi Legend.
Nebulon represents the powerful Amo Racing operation and he was a good second at Newmarket on his most recent start. That was his first start in handicap company and it would be a surprise if there wasn’t a fair amount of improvement to come from him.
There will be plenty of eyes on 1,900,000gns purchase King’s Welcome, as he makes his debut at Sandown on Friday. The Charlie Appleby-trained colt is by Wootton Bassett and his dam is related to a Group 1 winner. It’s easy to see why connections were willing to pay the money and expectations will be very high here.
Both Dan and Harry Skelton are in fine form of late and they combine with multiple runners at Newton Abbot. It seems very likely that the pair will come away with a couple of winners so we’ve taken a closer look at some of their best chances.
Colegram makes her stable debut in the opening novice hurdle and she won a couple of Irish points before joining the yard. Beorma landed a four-timer when winning at Southwell a couple of days ago and a 7lb penalty won’t be enough to stop her, provided the race hasn’t come too soon. Park Hall makes her rules debut in the concluding bumper too.