Get all of Monday’s UK racing tips for the meetings at Windsor, Beverley and Warwick on 1 May 2023.
WINDSOR
Race 1 – STONE CIRCLE 5/2
STONE CIRCLE can continue a winning start to the campaign in this five-furlong handicap at Windsor. The six-year-old won three times last season and was never far from the action on grass, returning this term to take a Yarmouth handicap off a mark of 74. His rating has risen 2lb since that run but Joe Bradnam takes off 5lb here and so will not be too hindered in striking again whilst in form.
BEVERLEY
Race 1 – SCOOPS AHOY 2/1
SCOOPS AHOY can go one better than when last seen and land the opener today at Beverley. The Bungle Inthejungle two-year-old made his debut at the East Yorkshire track in mid-April, finishing second over course and distance when beaten a length and a half in a field of nine. He returns to the same venue and with that experience under his belt can hit the mark at the second time of asking for trainer David O’Meara.
Race 6 – ON THE RIVER 5/2
ON THE RIVER could take a bit of beating in this handicap test. The four-year-old defied an absence of 200 days to score on his first run from Harriet Bethell at Pontefract. Given he took a keen hold that day and the time he had been off, he could be seen in an even better light now.
WARWICK
Race 3 – HERBIERS 13/8
Over fences at Warwick it is Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero’s HERBIERS who appeals in this limited novices’ chase. The winner of a Newbury handicap in early March, the gelding was then a respectable fourth in the Silver Trophy Handicap Chase at Cheltenham on his most recent outing. He has been dropped a pound as a result of that run and looks able to end the season on a high with when down in trip at Warwick.
Race 7 – ELIOS D’OR 1/1
ELIOS D’OR represents Robert Walford in this competitive handicap hurdle and can continue to capitalise off a competitive mark over smaller obstacles. Campaigned over fences last term, the bay was rarely out of the frame and ended the season on a mark of 117 when steeplechasing. His hurdle figure of 107 allows more room for manoeuvre and off that rating he won a Kempton race by five lengths a few days ago. Any drying of the ground would be in his favour and Harry Kimber maintains the partnership.
