Racing betting tips: Friday November 6
1pt win Titanium Ring in the 14:45 Hexham at 5/2 (General) - min 2/1
1pt e.w. Marble Sands in the 15:35 Aintree at 11/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4) - min 10/1
1pt e.w. Knight Templar in the 16:05 Aintree at 11/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3) - min 10/1
15:35 Aintree - BetMGM Handicap Chase 3m1½f
Tricky race to try and solve, but there was some agreement amongst the pair of us that MARBLE SANDS looks a bit of value this morning. Graham McPherson and David Killahena were nominated by Rory as a team to follow this year on a recent podcast he did and you cannot fault either his logic or the form of the team, who have had four winners in the past fortnight alone.
Marble Sands is following a similar pattern to last year in so much as he’s had a warm-up on the Flat before going back over fences, and that worked a treat last year, Marble Sands running out a ready winner on his second start at Cheltenham. He went on to finish second to Konfusion in the Rowland Meyrick but has a 7lb pull (including jockeys' claims) and the advantage of fitness today, and we’d like to think he can turn that around today.
16:05 Aintree - Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Hurdle 2m1f
KNIGHT TEMPLAR looks a fair price for one that’s fit, bang in form and still looks on a workable hurdles mark considering his level of ability on the Flat. We were starting to think he needed to go right-handed but his Chepstow win last time out scotched that theory, Knight Templar responding well to blinkers to hold off Jaminska by half a length.
Trip, track and ground all look fine, then, and because he’s a bit more exposed than a few here, is going to go off a bigger price than perhaps he should, his form entitling him to plenty of respect.
14:45 Hexham - carpetgallop.co.uk Handicap Hurdle 2m4f
Rory called to tell me about TITANIUM RING last night. I asked if he needed an ambulance as that sounded painful but he was merely getting excited about Henry Daly’s gelding heading north today.
Indeed, Daly doesn’t bother bringing his to Hexham unless he thinks they’ve got a chance, 3-8 in the last five years, Rory informs me, and four of the defeated horses placed, so his looks the one to be interested in here.
Like so many of the yard's horses he looked a handicap project from early on, but having said that he might well have won at Uttoxeter last December but for taking a tumble two out. He was still finding plenty and held every chance, and goes down as a little unlucky.
He didn’t do anything wrong on either handicap start last year, hitting the places on both starts, and for all he’ll get further in the future, this stiff 2m4f looks an ideal start point for this season. Henry has had a couple of winners in the past week and looks to be getting his season going, so now looks the time to jump aboard.
Preview posted at 09:28 GMT on 06/11/26
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