Neil Morrice shares all his best bets and tips for Monday’s racing, coming your way from Brighton , Carlisle and Windsor on 01 September 2025.
BRIGHTON
Race 5 No5 SHALFA ( Each Way)
Trainer: Lydia Richards – Jockey: Charles Bishop
SHALFA is carded to start as one of the roughies for this bottom grade handicap, but could outrun her price. She’s a hard mare to predict and has to put a poor run at Newbury behind her, but the ground won’t cause her problems, while she’s having only a third outing of the year and is as fresh as paint.
Race 7 No4 DESERT BEAUTY (Nap)
Trainer: Dylan Cunha – Jockey: Sean Levey
From a mark of 49 and back at her optimum distance, DESERT BEAUTY is worth looking at as one of the best bets on this card. The ploy to run her over a sprint distance backfired at Pontefract, and she can show she’s better than that by returning to the level of her previous Leicester success.
CARLISLE
Race 5 No1 ICE SOVEREIGNS (Nap)
Trainer: Charlie Johnston – Jockey: Jason Hart
Although she is burdened with top weight in this nursery there’s still plenty to like about ICE SOVEREIGNS who has an upwardly mobile profile. Not only did she score readily over this course and distance to open her account, but the form has been subsequently boosted. Her first start in handicap company can prove to be a winning one.
Race 6 No8 ORANGESANDLEMONS (Each Way)
Trainer: Ed Bethell – Jockey: Callum Rodrigues
ORANGESANDLEMONS has a happy knack of getting into the money, and it was a rare blip when she failed to trouble the judge at Doncaster last time. Having been given a freshening break she now reappears with cheek pieces replacing blinkers, and is worth another chance.
WINDSOR
Race 1 No8 WHO IS ALICE (Nap)
Trainer: Jack Channon – Jockey: Rose Dawes
This is a great opportunity for WHO IS ALICE to bounce back to form granted how she stopped in the closing stages of her last two races over 1400 metres. The free going filly was not for stopping over six furlongs at Chepstow and traded short in running for both subsequent defeats. She should relish the cut in the ground, and gets on well with Dawes, who has a good clock in her head when on a front runner.
Race 2 No1 LODGE
Trainer: Brian Meehan – Jockey: Billy Loughnane
Churchill filly LODGE has to give away upwards of 5lb, but she looked useful when overcame greenness to score on her Ffos Las introduction, and there should be more to come in the colours of popular owner Martin Hughes.
Race 5 No5 MEDINILLA
Trainer: Jack Channon – Jockey: Edward Greatrex
MEDINILLA has more than paid her way with earning efforts on all four starts this year, including on her return to action at Wolverhampton. She was beaten only two and a half lengths on her latest start at Chelmsford but key to her chance this evening is that both of her successes have happened in the soft.
