Neil Morrice shares all of his best bets and tips for Saturday's racing coming your way from Ascot, Newmarket, Lingfield Park and Haydock Park on 12 August 2023.
ASCOT
Race 1 No6 BOND CHAIRMAN (Each Way)
Trainer: Bryan Smart – Jockey: Joao Moreira
Legendary Brazilian Moreira looks to have copped a plum ride in this Shergar Cup Dash with BOND CHAIRMAN who is making a sixth visit to this course and ran with credit when third in a similar contest here last time. His mount is a progressive individual that is booked for another earning run.
Race 2 No5 ZOFFEE (Nap)
Trainer: Hugo Palmer – Jockey: Frankie Dettori
ZOFFEE has troubled the judge in a number of top staying handicaps in particularly the Chester Cup. With Dettori on his back he gets the chance of a deserved first success in 2023, and the combination have plenty going for them as the horse bids to show his poor showing in the Northumberland Plate to be all wrong.
Race 5 No9 GOLDEN MOVE (Each Way)
Trainer: Richard Fahey – Jockey: Olivier Peslier
A couple of lightly-raced and unexposed horses catch my eye in the Shergar Cup Classic including GOLDEN MOVE. The Golden Horn colt relished the step up to a mile and a half in soft ground when opening his account on handicap debut at Doncaster and from his preferred distance could have plenty more to give under his veteran French pilot.
NEWMARKET
Race 3 No5 EDGE OF DARKNESS
Trainer: Charlie Johnston – Jockey: Jack Mitchell
Tajanis is unexposed and could give a boost to the Ebor claims of Sweet William but the in-form EDGE OF DARKNESS is narrowly preferred. The Australia gelding had Mitchell in the plate when notching the latest of back-to-back successes at Thirsk and has shaken that cut in the ground holds no perils for him.
Race 4 Aspall Cyder 1728 Sweet Solera Stakes (Group 3)
No3 FALLEN ANGEL(Nap)
Trainer: Karl Burke – Jockey: Danny Tudhope
FALLEN ANGEL had Soprano behind her when second in a Sandown Listed contest and that is just about the best form on offer in this historic race that remembers one of the greatest fillies of all time. Godolphin’s Wild Goddess put a disappointing first effort behind her when scoring over course and distance last month and rates a big danger.
HAYDOCK PARK
Race 2 BETFRED ROSE OF LANCASTER STAKES (Group 3)
No1 AL AASY (Nap)
Trainer: William Haggas – Jockey: Jim Crowley
AL AASY might have still been a shade rusty when beating Phantom Flight in a Listed race at Newbury and is therefore a horse with the potential to find further improvement. Although now a six-year-old he has few miles on his racing clock and the latest evidence is that after suffering training issues he is right back in the zone.
Race 4 No9 BREEGE (Each Way)
Trainer: John Quinn – Jockey: Jason Hart
BREEGE has put in consecutive bold efforts in defeat and deserves a change of luck in this fillies’ Listed contest. Having chased home Coppice at Ascot and Magical Sunset at Goodwood she’s the paper favourite and the one to beat, though strong competition looms from both Heredia and Stanton Glider.
LINGFIELD PARK
Race 2 No2 GIUDECCA (Nap)
Trainer: Sir Michael Stoute – Jockey: Cieren Fallon
Ulysses filly GIUDECCA ran into the smart Queen’s Reign on her Newmarket introduction and has learned much from that first foray onto the track. A daughter of Group 1 winner Echelon, she can open her account on the way to better things, and is well regarded at Freemason Lodge.
Jackpot Perm (Races 3-6)
2, 5, 4 x 2, 4, 5 x 2, 4, 1 x 3, 1, 6
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