richard-westwood

Ebor 
Earl of Tyrone  9.0 6/1 
Alfred boucher  8.9 16.0 
Euchen glen  8.6 15.0 
Candleford   8.4 15.0.
Usual open race ...but some big prices around ...I'll try 5pt wins top 4 
 

York 410 
Summerghand  8.8 10/1
Regional    8.6 15/2
Commanche falls  8.3 
Tabdeed    8.3 
Mr wagyu  8.0 
Chairmanofboard  8.0
I'll try 5pt ew top 2 ....

A good day with a 10/1 and 5/1 winner from just four races (plus an 11/1 place). Hope everyone's found a winner or two this afternoon. Saturdays selections were uploaded at 9am this morning.

Ebor 
Earl of Tyrone  9.0 6/1 
Alfred boucher  8.9 16.0 
Euchen glen  8.6 15.0 
Candleford   8.4 15.0.
Usual open race ...but some big prices around ...I'll try 5pt wins top 4 
 

York 410 
Summerghand  8.8 10/1
Regional    8.6 15/2
Commanche falls  8.3 
Tabdeed    8.3 
Mr wagyu  8.0 
Chairmanofboard  8.0
I'll try 5pt ew top 2 ....

Ebor 
Earl of Tyrone  9.0 6/1 
Alfred boucher  8.9 16.0 
Euchen glen  8.6 15.0 
Candleford   8.4 15.0.
Usual open race ...but some big prices around ...I'll try 5pt wins top 4 
 

York 410 
Summerghand  8.8 10/1
Regional    8.6 15/2
Commanche falls  8.3 
Tabdeed    8.3 
Mr wagyu  8.0 
Chairmanofboard  8.0
I'll try 5pt ew top 2 ....

York 1.50 A field of eight go to post for the 1m 177 yards group 3 Strensall Stakes with a split of four three year olds and four older horses. Favourite and for me the most likely winner is the John and Thady Gosden trained Mighty Ulysses who followed up an excellent 5th beaten under a length in the group one St James Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot by winning a listed contest at Newmarket’s July course from Owen Burrows Alflaila who re-opposes here on identical terms. The latter has come on from that effort to win a listed contest at Pontefract and is maybe the one to chase Frankie Dettori’s mount home. Of the older horses William Haggas’s Bashkirova has to carry a 3lb penalty with Cadillac maybe the best of the older brigade but this is all about the Gosden - Dettori runner Mighty Ulysses.   MIGHTY ULYSSES 2 points win @ 6/4 William Hill   Sandown 2.05 Eleven go to post for the one mile group 3 Atalanta Stakes for fillies and mares. Three of the twelve are three year olds and that’s where I’m looking for the winner. John and Thady Gosden saddle the likely favourite following the eleventh hour defection of the highly promising Laurel who would of been the selection here. In her absence Grande Dame who looked good winning a listed contest over course and distance 7 weeks ago holds every chance. The best of the older brigade may be Kevin Ryan’s Fonteyn who’s form ties in with Grande Dame.   GRANDE DAME 2 points win @ 2/1 bet365   York 2.25 A smaller than usual turnout for the Melrose Handicap run over the Ebor trip of 1m 5F 188 yards for three year olds only. It has a very open looks about it with several holding chances. Charlie Hill’s Inverness and William Haggas’s Soulcombe were third and fourth respectively in a decent 12F handicap at Goodwood last time where a head split the pair. The latter was a real eye catcher and I expect him to turn the tables on Inverness although why there is such a big price discrepancy between the pair is beyond me. Charlie Appleby’s top weight Wild Crusade should be suited by this longer trip and was put up 9lb for his three runner handicap victory at Ascot with the runner up winning a decent race since to boost the form. Appleby also saddles handicap debutant Al Nafir with Frankie Dettori in the saddle stepping up half a mile. Andrew Balding has won this contest the last two years and saddles Soul Stopper who’s chasing a hat trick of victories and despite a 8lb rise for his latest win at Chester is not out of this. A tough race but I’ll go for Wild Crusade each way with the extra places to give Appleby and Buick a welcome winner.   WILD CRUSADE 1 point each way 6/1 bet365 1/5th 1234   Sandown 2.40 Only seven have declared for this group 3 Solario Stakes run over 7F for two year olds. All seven have a chance of sorts with Peter Chapple-Hyams’s Defence Of Fort impressing when winning nicely on his debut at Ascot six weeks ago (2nd and 3rd beaten since though 4th won nursery here on Thursday). William Haggas’s Desert Hero also looked smart when winning at Haydock 51 days ago but that was on soft ground so he’ll be facing a totally different terrain today. I was impressed by Andrew Balding’s The Foxes when he won at Goodwood and his trainer spoke highly of him afterwards. He looks a bit overpriced. Alice Haynes’ Lady Bullet hasn’t been seen since finishing 6th in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot and is yet another with a chance whilst the Godolphin runner Silver Knott looked good when landing the odds at Kempton earlier this month with his debut 4th to Chaldean when an 11/10 favourite looking even better now following that one’s win in the Acomb earlier this week. He’s the selection in a tough heat.   SILVER KNOTT 2 points win @ 7/2 bet365   York 3.00 A field of ten go to post for the group 2 City Of York Stakes run over 7F and this year has a wide open look about it. The key piece of form to look at for this race is the Lennox Stakes from Goodwood 25 days ago, Andrew Balding’s Sandrine came late to beat Kinross a neck on the line with Pogo (disappointed since) a further short head away in third and William Haggas’s Sacred a further one and a half lengths back in fifth. Sandrine is 3lb worse off with the trio that finished close up behind her that day and maybe Kinross will come out best of that group although he’s a horse that has always preferred to get his toe in so could do with some rain. Hugo Palmer’s Brad The Brief is actually the highest rated of the the ten and shouldn’t be discounted whilst it’s the David Evan’s trained Rohaan that I’ll be playing here. He’s been consistent on his last three starts in top class sprints winning the Wokingham at Ascot off of top weight for the second year in a row, a decent 4th (beaten 1 3/4L) to Minzaal in a group 3 at Newbury and an excellent running on 4th (beaten a length) in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville. The question with him is whether he will be as effective at 7F as he is at 6F but the latter contest was 6 1/2F and he was finishing strongly so I’ll take a chance that Adam Kirby can time it and he’s the selection.   ROHAAN 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5th 123   York 3.35 A maximum field of twenty two assemble for the meeting’s feature handicap - the Sky Bet Ebor which is worth a guaranteed half a million pounds. Run over just short of 1m 6F you need to be a group horse to win it. My ante post synopsis from when the weights came can be seen here -Both my selections then have made the race but unfortunately both have been given shocking draws - Get Shirty in stall 24 and Okita Soushi in stall 22. I do expect both to run well but you need everything in your favour and that won’t help although Muntahaa did win from stall 21 in 2018 so maybe not all’s lost. As you would expect many have chances and I can’t resist small each way wagers (with enhanced places) on Ian William’s Alfred Boucher who crept into the race having won comfortably here on Wednesday and if none the worse can run well under a 4lb penalty and Earl Of Tyrone for the Irish trainer Paddy Twomey who’s on a four timer and appears to have been laid out for this. Both are drawn next to each other in stalls 8 and 9. There’s plenty of others with decent chances including the William Haggas pair Candleford and Gaasse with Tom Marquand seemingly surprisingly picking the former. Irish trainers have won two of the last three renewals and the most unexposed in the field is Ger Lyons’ Licence who can also run well from a wide draw.   Advised ante-post : GET SHIRTY 1 point each way @ 16/1 1/4 1/4 1234 OKITA SOUSHI 1 point each way @ 18/1 1/4 1234   EARL OF TYRONE 1 point each way @ 6/1 bet365 1/5th 123456 ALFRED BOUCHER 1 point each way @ 14/1 bet365 123456   York 4.10 A very competitive maximum field of twenty go to post for this 6F heritage handicap. Plenty of these ran in the Stewards Cup at Goodwood three weeks ago which was won by Michael Dods’ Comanche Falls (up 6lb today) by a short head from Archie Watson’s Tabdeed (up 5lb) with the well backed Edward Bethell trained Regional (up 3lb) 1 1/2L back in third. Swedish raider Good Eye was a neck away in 4th though was beaten here earlier in the week with Tinto 5th, Summerghand (down 3lb) 9th and Mr Magyu (down 2lb) in 10th. I wouldn’t be surprised if Summerghand came out the best of those as he’s had little luck this season including when badly drawn in the Great St Wilfrid since (won his small group of 4 on the far side when all the action was on the near side). A tough handicap where I’ll take Regional and Summerghand against the field to small stakes each way with enhanced places.   SUMMERGHAND 1 point each way @ 10/1 bet365 1/5th 123456 REGIONAL 1 point each way @ 9/1 bet365 1/5th 123456  

Ebor 
Earl of Tyrone  9.0 6/1 
Alfred boucher  8.9 16.0 
Euchen glen  8.6 15.0 
Candleford   8.4 15.0.
Usual open race ...but some big prices around ...I'll try 5pt wins top 4 
 

York 410 
Summerghand  8.8 10/1
Regional    8.6 15/2
Commanche falls  8.3 
Tabdeed    8.3 
Mr wagyu  8.0 
Chairmanofboard  8.0
I'll try 5pt ew top 2 ....

Well done to regular contributor @LEE-GRAYS who only selected 200/1 winner Milldean Felix in yesterday naps table - superb stuff ?? 

A profit of 5.95 points today with the one good winner at 9/2 and a 10/1 & 11/2 places.

My York competion tips failed lamentably yesterday.
I love York but Class 1 race courses and group races I will leave to better judges than me.
Having said that place ew money on King of Stars and three others did give me a small profit. 
Ive never been comfortable betting at York. Ascot and Newbury. My method of thinking like a horse does not seem to work. I guess I am a lower class working boy and places like Catterick (I nearly went through the card on Tuesday and today Chepstow are more my usual horses and betting company. I have never walked a Frankel around a field and down a country lane but I have plenty of class 6 grinders listening to their moans.  I have entered two for the York competion not to be a sulking sourpuss but my main work is in the humble last three handicaps at Chepstow. Still to be resolved. So I had better crack on. Good luck everybody!

Said elswhere that alpinista at 9/4 is huuuge price as i expect it to win the arc this year, remember torquato tasso won the arc last year and alpinista beat that horse comfortably, There is lots of evidence to suggest that the 3yolds are substandard this year leaves 3 and one of those lilac road hasnt won at 12f this is its first try. So this leaves 2 alpinista and la petite coco. nothing is a given in racing as we know but i will be stunned if Alpinista gets beat in this and will be mildly amused if coco doesn't come 2nd.

3.00 york ...one ofvthe toughest races I've rated for a,while 
Echo point  8.8 15/2  7 places 
Boosala    8.6  10/1 7places 
Isla kai   8.3  
Brunch   8.1 
Shelir 8.1 
Tyrannian sea 8.1 
Cruyff turn    8.0 
As you  can see there's a whole pile of horses who could easily win this ....its come down to buick being on echo point 7 places so that's ew  .....and boosala if you forgive his last run then 10 /1 ew 7 places looks a fair bet ....
5pt ew echo and boosala ew 7 places 

I think isla kai is a great ew bet ?

Remember Sky don't offer BOG, you might be better taking BET365 8/1 6 places.

3.35 York
Tuesday 2pt Win
Rated just 1lb lower than Alpinista, yet carries 9lb less as an age allowance. Last race was not great - maybe due to bad planning. Has a great chance today.

3.00 york ...one ofvthe toughest races I've rated for a,while 
Echo point  8.8 15/2  7 places 
Boosala    8.6  10/1 7places 
Isla kai   8.3  
Brunch   8.1 
Shelir 8.1 
Tyrannian sea 8.1 
Cruyff turn    8.0 
As you  can see there's a whole pile of horses who could easily win this ....its come down to buick being on echo point 7 places so that's ew  .....and boosala if you forgive his last run then 10 /1 ew 7 places looks a fair bet ....
5pt ew echo and boosala ew 7 places 

I think isla kai is a great ew bet ?

3.00 york ...one ofvthe toughest races I've rated for a,while 
Echo point  8.8 15/2  7 places 
Boosala    8.6  10/1 7places 
Isla kai   8.3  
Brunch   8.1 
Shelir 8.1 
Tyrannian sea 8.1 
Cruyff turn    8.0 
As you  can see there's a whole pile of horses who could easily win this ....its come down to buick being on echo point 7 places so that's ew  .....and boosala if you forgive his last run then 10 /1 ew 7 places looks a fair bet ....
5pt ew echo and boosala ew 7 places 

3.00 york ...one ofvthe toughest races I've rated for a,while 
Echo point  8.8 15/2  7 places 
Boosala    8.6  10/1 7places 
Isla kai   8.3  
Brunch   8.1 
Shelir 8.1 
Tyrannian sea 8.1 
Cruyff turn    8.0 
As you  can see there's a whole pile of horses who could easily win this ....its come down to buick being on echo point 7 places so that's ew  .....and boosala if you forgive his last run then 10 /1 ew 7 places looks a fair bet ....
5pt ew echo and boosala ew 7 places 

3.00 York  Really tough race  nothing i really fancy strongly nowt really stands out at all for me so  4 small e/w speculative  punts on-
REVICH 20/1  bog 6 places
RHOSCOLYN 25'1 bog 6 places
WHATS THE  STORY 33/1 bog 6 places 
ISLA KAI 25/1 not bog 6 places
Well be interesting to see what Richard's  Ratings throw up.

The forecast heavy rain failed to materialise on the Knavesmire on Tuesday night with just 3mm (plus 2mm from Monday night) hitting the course so it looks like we're set fair for a good fast ground Ebor meeting.   York 1.50 Day two of the Ebor meeting kicks off with a fourteen runner group 2 Lowther Stakes for two year old fillies. Hot favourite is Karl Burke’s Dramatised who’s looked very good when winning at Newmarket and at Royal Ascot in the Queen Mary. She’s not been seen since and the form of that race hasn’t worked out that well with the runner up, third and 6th all beaten since even though the 5th and 7th have won minor contests. She also has to shoulder a 3lb penalty and although she could be the real deal is opposable at the forecast price. Second favourite is the Saeed Bin Suroor trained Mawj who’s group 2 Newmarket win last time has been boosted by the subsequent win of runner up Lezoo. She can run well and hit the frame although like the favourite has to shoulder a 3lb penalty. Alice Haynes took her chestnut filly Lady Hollywood over to Naas for a listed contest in July and beat the well touted Ger Lyons runner Mauiewowie who went on to take a listed contest last weekend at The Curragh. Owned by Amo Racing she’s been supplemented for this race at the cost of 40k and will need to finish in the first two to secure a profit. She looks over priced at around 10/1 and I’ll back her to small stakes each way with bet365 who are offering an extra place.   LADY HOLLYWOOD 1 point each way @ 10/1 bet365 1/5th 1234   York 2.25 A big field of 19 go post for this 6F Goffs UK Harry Beeby Premier Yearling Stakes for two year olds. Richard Hannon has an unenviable record in the race having won it four times out of the last six years and saddles Shouldhavebeenaring who has been absent since winning a Ripon novice stakes 95 days ago. The son of Havana Gold came home 1 3/4L clear that day and the form has worked out well with the 3rd (twice), 6th (twice), 8th (twice) and 10th (twice) all winning since. Ridden by Sean Levey he can enhance Hannon’s excellent record in the race. Andrew Balding won this race last year with Harrow and saddles Matching Sox who started his career only two days ago when winning at Kempton in a six runner novice stakes in a first time hood. He’s an interesting runner who must surely have more improvement to come. Richard Fahey’s Dare To Hope is a speedy sort who has an official mark of 93 and is yet another who could be in the shake up but it’s Shoukdhavebeenaring for me each way with extra places. SHOULDHAVEBEENARING 2 points each way @ 9/2 Coral 1/5th 12345   York 3.00 Next up is the twenty runner Clipper Logistics Heritage Handicap run over just short of a mile. It’s a wide open handicap where chances can be given to many. Last years winner Cruyff Turn is two from two at the track and although he’s 5lb higher than when winning this last year is on my shortlist of two. Trained by local trainer Tim Easterby he wasn’t disgraced last time in the Bunbury Cup on the July course at Newmarket but this is much more his track and should be thereabouts. The other horse I like is Saeed Bin Suroor’s Shining Blue who very much looked a horse to follow when winning his first three starts and was thrown into the deep end last time when drawn in the car park in Goodwood’s Golden Mile where everything that could go wrong did. He pulled hard out wide and was severely hampered a furlong out when although beaten wasn’t that far behind the principals. He races today in a first time hood and has Frankie Dettori booked. David O’Meara’s one two from that race Orbaan and Blue For You re-oppose but they had the run of the race from the low draws and I’m giving Shining Blue a chance to turn the form around.   SHINING BLUE 1 point each way @ 10/1 bet365 1/5th 123456 CRUYFF TURN 1 point each way @ 12/1 bet365 1/5th 123456   York 3.35 A cracking renewal of the Darley Yorkshire Oaks with seven quality fillies lining up here. Sir Mark Prescott’s Alpinista is the highest rated and is chasing her seventh victory on the bounce with the last four coming in group one company in Germany and France. She’s the one they all have to beat although there is plenty of decent opposition against her here. Jessie Harrington’s Irish Oaks winner Magical Lagoon was all out to win that contest from Aidan O’Brien’s Toy (beaten since) and this looks much tougher whilst O’Brien’s representative today is Epsom Oaks winner Tuesday who was supplemented for the Irish Derby when bombing out badly. That may have been one race too many having contested four group ones in the space of 55 days. She’s been given a 54 day break since and should run well. French raider Raclette trained by maestro Andre Fabre has to be respected although her form doesn’t look quite good enough. Paddy Twomey is a trainer in excellent form and his Pretty Polly winner La Petite Coco and ridden by Billy Lee is yet another that has to be respected chasing a five timer. A tough call but I’ll play La Petite Coco each way with Betfred who (like Coral) are offering three places on this seven runner contest.   LA PETITE COCO 1 1/2 points each way @ 11/2 Betfred 1/5th 123   York 4.10 A dozen fillies and mares assemble for the listed Galtres Stakes run over 12F. William Haggas’s Golden Lyra is a promising three year old who was runner up in listed company on her re-appearance at Newbury prior to landing the odds in comfortable style at Kempton. She’s the highest rated in the field and looks sure to run a big race. Another promising filly is the once raced Juddmonte owned Haskoy who looked good on her debut three weeks ago at Wolverhampton although this is a big step up in class for Ralph Beckett’s Golden Horn filly. There shouldn’t be anything between the Gosden’s Mimikyu and the Charlton’s Time Lock who was a neck down at the line in a soft ground novice stakes race at Haydock in June. On 5lb better terms preference is for Time Lock. An interesting race that may fall to Golden Lyra who could be anything.   GOLDEN LYRA 2 points win @ 11/4 bet365  

3.00 york ...one ofvthe toughest races I've rated for a,while 
Echo point  8.8 15/2  7 places 
Boosala    8.6  10/1 7places 
Isla kai   8.3  
Brunch   8.1 
Shelir 8.1 
Tyrannian sea 8.1 
Cruyff turn    8.0 
As you  can see there's a whole pile of horses who could easily win this ....its come down to buick being on echo point 7 places so that's ew  .....and boosala if you forgive his last run then 10 /1 ew 7 places looks a fair bet ....
5pt ew echo and boosala ew 7 places