David Massey and Rory Delargy look away from the Cheltenham Festival to bring you the best bets from Sedgefield and Southwell.
Racing betting tips: Tuesday March 10
1pt win Swingforthefence in 14:18 Sedgefield at 10/1 (General) - min 8/1
1pt win Rubellite in 18:15 Southwell at 15/2 (General) - take no lower
13:38 Sedgefield
Cosmic Soul hasn’t had many tries over hurdles - just the four, in fact - and did a bit better when going handicapping on the last of those four when second at Perth back in the autumn, finding only Nathan Wells 2¾ lengths too good. Given the exploits of the winner since then, with further successes back at Perth and then Musselburgh, coupled with the fact Cosmic Soul himself returned to form on his most recent start, winning a little race on the Tapeta at Southwell off a mark of 62, makes him look nicely treated back over hurdles from a mark of 88 today. There are surely races to be won with him this spring.
14:18 Sedgefield
Jennie Candlish’s SWINGFORTHEFENCE is an interesting contender. A full brother to the useful Royal Infantry, and a half-brother to three-mile winner Sovereign Gold, he’s got his mark with three runs around the minimum trip, and he showed ability when a staying-on seventh at Ludlow last time, not knocked around in the closing stages but catching the eye all the same. It’s not hard to think this step up to 2m6f is going to see him in a much better light, and an improved effort looks very likely, with some headgear employed for the first time too.
18:15 Southwell
Stephen Hanlon has shown he knows what he is doing in the short time he’s taken over the reins from Ann Duffield, producing a couple of winners, and it’ll be interesting to see if he can turn RUBELLITE around here. Six times a winner in 34 starts on the all-weather, Rubellite knows his way around Southwell, with a win and a couple of places from nine starts here, and the step up to 1m6f catches my eye, as Rubellite often races over a middle distances but does have a win to his name at this trip. In truth, despite being six, he remains unexposed at staying trips and clearly Hanlon thinks it’s worth a try on his yard debut. He’s a tricky sort but knows how to win when it drops right, and is at least worth consideration here.
19:45 Southwell
Both Fifty Sent and Homer Stokes were winners within half an hour of each other here last week, the pair winning two divisions of a Classified event over a mile, and the drop back to seven furlongs probably just suits Homer Stokes a bit more. He clocked the faster time of the pair too, and although comparing times isn’t always the most consistent, the fact they raced within a short time frame last week would suggest it’s safe enough to do so here. The Barrons are having a better spell going into the spring and I take Homer Stokes to remain in good form and take this.
Preview posted at 11:30 GMT on 10/03/26
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