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Horse In Focus tips for Saturday: Eye-catchers chosen by Timeform experts

By Timeform
Horse Racing
Fri April 03, 2026 · 4h ago

Find out which runners on Saturday caught the eye of Timeform's reporters last time and were awarded the Horse In Focus Flag.

What is a Horse In Focus?

Every performance in Britain and Ireland is closely scrutinised by the expert race readers at Timeform whose tasks include identifying horses that shaped better than the result. Some of these eye-catchers will be awarded the Horse In Focus Flag.

A Horse In Focus comes in many forms, from a promising maiden winner to a veteran handicapper, but the common denominator is the same: the way the horse shaped suggests it’s likely to be something to back next time.

All of the day's Horses In Focus can be found within this article, which also includes a best bet selected by a member of the Timeform Sporting Life team.

The Timeform Flags also appear on the Racecards + section, available for Sporting Life Plus members, on Sporting Life racecards.

Saturday's Horses In Focus

For more on each horse, logged-in readers can head to today's racecards and click the Horse In Focus dropdown

Carlisle

Jupiter des Mottes - 13:48

2
Jupiter Des Mottes49
Age: 7|  Weight: 12-2| J: Danny McMenamin| T: N G Richards| OR:  122

Voleur de Terres - 15:27

6
Voleur De Terres43
Age: 8|  Weight: 10-7| J: Lee Edwards| T: Miss C Dyson| OR:  79| D

Haydock

Blue Carpet - 14:46

2
Blue Carpet37
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-1| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR:  127| D

Count Adhemar - 15:55

6
Count Adhemar21
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-3| J: Theo Gillard| T: D McCain Jnr| OR:  98| BF

Brookside La - 16:30

6
Brookside La77
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-3| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR:  106

Newton Abbot

Calimystic - 15:49

5
Calimystic28
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-10| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| OR:  128

Wolverhampton

Punchbowl Flyer - 18:55

7
7
Punchbowl Flyerb18
Age: 9|  Weight: 9-0| J: Charles Bishop| T: J G M O'Shea| OR:  61| D

Codiak - 19:30

2
2
Codiakb81
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-8| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: E Bethell| OR:  84| CD

Karakula Dancer - 20:30

4
1
Karakula Dancerp19
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-8| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Ferguson| OR:  59| BF

Zoustellar - 20:30

5
3
Zoustellart14
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-6| J: Billy Loughnane| T: G Boughey| OR:  57

Fairyhouse

Harbour Highway - 15:15

11
Harbour Highway32
Age: 7|  Weight: 10-10| J: Miss M O'Sullivan(5)| T: E Mullins| OR:  110

Sine Qua Non - 15:50

21
Sine Qua Non27
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche| OR:  -| BF

Karbau - 17:00

1
Karbau22
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR:  149| BF| D

Missus Beeton - 17:00

19
Missus Beetonp32
Age: 8|  Weight: 10-0| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: J P Dempsey| OR:  121

Cork

Midnight Dusk - 14:54

5
5
Midnight Dusk22
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: Luke McAteer| T: Jack Foley| OR:  80

Signora - 16:37

8
9
Signora20
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-3| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien| OR:  92| BF

Saturday's Best Bet

HARBOUR HIGHWAY - 15:15 Fairyhouse

11
Harbour Highway32
Age: 7|  Weight: 10-10| J: Miss M O'Sullivan(5)| T: E Mullins| OR:  110

Harbour Highway improved markedly on his previous efforts over fences when justifying good support at Leopardstown last month.

Harbour Highway won by only half a length but he deserves extra credit given he conceded first run to the eventual second - the reopposing Lisleigh Lad - in a steadily-run race before staying on strongly after the final fence.

That was only Harbour Highway's second start in a handicap chase and he still has the Timeform 'small p' to show that he has more to offer over fences.

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