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Horses In Focus tips for Tuesday: Eye-catchers chosen by Timeform experts

By Timeform
Horse Racing
Wed April 16, 2025 · 8M ago

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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.

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Wednesday'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.

Newmarket

Al Misbar - 13:50

9
8
Al Misbarp1175
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-1| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby| OR:  86| BF
15/2

Opera Ballo - 15:35

6
3
Opera Ballo49
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: James Doyle| T: C Appleby| OR:  106| D
7/2

Valedictory 16:45

9
6
Valedictory214
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-4| J: W Buick| T: J & T Gosden| OR:  -
9/4

Push The Limit 16:45

2
7
Push The Limit184
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-11| J: H Crouch| T: R M Beckett| OR:  -
3/1

Cheltenham

East India Express - 14:05

4
East India Express33
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-12| J: Freddie Gordon(3)| T: N J Henderson| OR:  129
11/4

Beverley

Trilby - 14:15

4
3
Trilby17
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-4| J: P J McDonald| T: S England| OR:  82| D
13/8

Lightening Mann - 16:00

3
1
Lightening Mannt20
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-6| J: Edward Greatrex| T: J Channon| OR:  77| BF
9/5

Seed Investor - 17:07

10
11
Seed Investorp1155
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-5| J: T Eaves| T: I Furtado| OR:  66
16/1

Ffos Las

Airtothethrone - 19:15

1
Airtothethronep10(ex 7)
Age: 9|  Weight: 12-7| J: Lewis Saunders(7)| T: Billy Aprahamian| OR:  100| CD
13/2

Wednesday's Best Bet

VALEDICTORY - 16:45 Newmarket

9
6
Valedictory214
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-4| J: W Buick| T: J & T Gosden| OR:  -
9/4

VALEDICTORY was easy to back and was carry plenty of condition on his debut at Doncaster's St Leger meeting last season but he shaped with an abundance of promise.

The stable had won the previous two runnings of that race and he did particularly well to finish as close as he did, very much catching the eye as he finished with a flourish once the penny dropped having missed the break.

Valedictory is the sort to improve markedly on his return to action - he has the 'Timeform Large P' attached to his rating - and he looks one to follow this season.

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