Friday's best bets from our team plus popular punts
Sky Bet were hit for six with a gamble at Newbury - now find out where the money is going ahead of Leeds v St Helens.
Popular punts
Purser - 1.40 Newbury
"John Gosden has his horses running well with 12 of his last 16 runners finishing in the first three. It’s therefore no surprise to see positive market support for this US-bred debutant Purser. Ryan Moore is a positive jockey booking and the Khalid Abdulla-owned two-year-old may be capable of making a successful start to his career still available at 15/8, having been as big as 4/1."
Mark Percival to score the first try in Leeds v St Helens
"As ever, tonight's live game between Leeds and St Helens has drawn the attention of punters and we've seen notable support for Mark Percival to score the first try. The St Helens man, who signed a new long-term contract in the spring, is 14/1 to cross first while it's 5/4 that he scores at any time for St Helens, who are 5/4 underdogs in a hard match to call."
Best bets
Ben Linfoot - Saunter, 4.10 Nottingham
"Now rated just 4lb higher than when last successful, he looks well worth a bet in a wide-open field, especially given how keen likely market leader Precision was on his handicap bow at Sandown recently. His jockey Didier Gengoul has hit the headlines as the 46-year-old is a multiple champion jockey in Martinique, yet is still allowed to claim 3lb in Britain, where he went close to making a winning start for Menuisier on 20/1 runner-up Rainbow Rising at Lingfield last Saturday. The trainer feels he’s got “the best apprentice" riding in the country and it’s hard to argue with him, so it’s only a matter of time before Gengoul takes full advantage of the quirk in the system with a maiden winner in this country."
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Nick Hext - Under 1.5 goals in Burton v Birmingham
"The Brewers have lost all three of their league games so far this season but they were unlucky to fall to a late Cardiff winner in their only match at the Pirelli Stadium. That game ended in a 1-0 win to the Bluebirds and I think this will be another low-scoring encounter. Birmingham drew 0-0 at home to Bolton in midweek and lost 1-0 at Ipswich to start the campaign so goals are from guaranteed when Harry Redknapp's men take the field."
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Ian Millward - Leeds (-4) to beat St Helens
"Leeds were very good against Wigan but very inconsistent against Wakefield. Saints’ form prior to last week’s game had been good but Hull have had the wood on them. I’m going for Leeds in this one. Their outside-backs’ ability to create and finish chances is greater than Saints’. That Danny McGuire-Rob Burrow partnership is better than what St Helens have to offer in that department. At home, the Rhinos can continue on their winning ways. Saints are very good defensively but Leeds will have too much in attack and can win and cover the start."
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Simon Crawford - a century to be scored in Sussex v Essex
"Hove is one of the smaller grounds in the country and I fully expect batsmen to be the fore once again. Already during this campaign there have been 15 centuries scored - three of them last night - compared to just eight in the whole of the 2016 competition."
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