Goodwood and Sandown feature in this Saturday’s ITV racing tips , with armchair punters being served up nine contests on the box. There is Group-class action at both tracks, with the Celebration Mile a highlight at the Sussex course and the Esher venue staging the Atalanta and Solario Stakes . Here are the pick of our selections across an action-packed afternoon:
14:15 Sandown Tip
14:15 Sandown – Crown Of Oaks @ 13/2
He ended last season with victory in the Balmoral Handicap on Champions Day and William Haggas elected to start him off in a Group Three at the Curragh this term.
Crown Of Oaks ran no sort of race there, finishing last of seven, and missed a planned outing at Goodwood when a late withdrawal , but back in handicap company, he is only 5lb higher than his big Ascot win.
14:50 Sandown Tip
14:50 Sandown – Calendar Girl (NAP) @ 4/1
Beaten just once last year – at Epsom , which can always be excused – she ended her juvenile career as a Group Three winner in the Oh So Sharp at Newmarket , having previously bagged a big sales race at Doncaster .
Unfortunately, the Owen Burrows-trained filly suffered a minor hiccup in the spring, which put paid to any Classic aspirations. However, any doubts about whether her ability remains intact were quickly dismissed on her return in Listed company at Haydock , where she was a stylish winner from Pacific Mission , with multiple Group One scorer Fallen Angel third.
Another box ticked was that the first try at a mile proved no problem and while the Atalanta Stakes is her biggest test yet, it is highly likely that Calendar Girl has more improvement in her.
15:10 Goodwood Tip
15:10 Goodwood – Zavateri @ 2/1
Last year’s Group One National Stakes hero was sidelined for over three months following his return in the Greenham and his comeback came in a red-hot Sussex Stakes over this course and distance, where he ran with a good deal of credit in fifth behind Bow Echo.
With that in mind, Zavateri might have been expected to do a little better than he did when dropped to seven furlongs for the City of York last weekend, filling the same position as Notable Speech proved a class apart.
However, back at a mile and with the track seemingly to his liking, judged also on last July’s Vintage Stakes victory here, there would be a good few cheers if Eve Johnson Houghton’s really likeable performer can get his head in front in the Celebration mile .
15:30 Sandown Tip
15:30 Sandown – Breacher @ 7/2
This year’s renewal of the seven-furlong Solario Stakes might at this stage possibly lack something of the quality of past winners such as Kingman, Masar, Too Darn Hot or Field Of Gold , but William Muir is incredibly high on the potential of his charge.
Muir , who trains the Cracksman colt alongside Chris Grassick , could scarcely contain his enthusiasm after a winning debut at Salisbury , where Breacher did all his best work towards the finish, with the front two clear of the third.
The two horses immediately behind him have not run since, but the fourth has won and while Muir had to miss a recent engagement back at Salisbury , that might have been a blessing as the Sandown hill should be right up this juvenile’s street.
Betting Tips
Saturday ITV Racing Betting Tips
14:15 Sandown – Crown Of Oaks @ 13/2
14:50 Sandown – Calendar Girl @ 4/1
15:10 Goodwood – Zavateri @ 2/1
15:30 Sandown – Breacher @ 7/2
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