It's been a good week for Rory Delargy and David Massey and they have three bets for today's action.
Racing betting tips: Saturday September 26
1pt e.w Eye Of Dubai in the 15:28 Ripon at 5/1 (General - 1/5 1,2,3,4) - min 9/2
1pt e.w Eldeyaar in the 16:05 Ripon at 17/2 (Bet365- 1/5 1,2,3,4; General 1/5 1,2,3) - min 15/2
0.5pts e.w Ramaah in the 18:00 Market Rasen at 12/1 (General - 1/5 1,2,3) min 11/1
Eye Of Dubai bounced back to form at Ayr last week, winning the Bronze Cup in first time blinkers and matching the form he’d shown when third in the Silver Cup last year. Off the back of that excellent third he came here and won, and the Quinns are following a similar routine this time as the gelding bids for his third consecutive win in this contest.
He went up 5lb for that Bronze Cup success which puts him back to the mark he won this off 12 months ago, and the only question would be whether the ground might become too quick, which would be against him. He really comes to himself in the autumn and his record in Class 2 handicaps from September onwards reads 13131521. Not one other runner in the field can boast a turf win in this class in the autumn months and Eye of Dubai will take plenty of beating again.
Yaahobby was a welcome winner for Antony Brittain at Newcastle last week and he almost doubled up with Asadjumeirah, so he seems to have his older sprinters in good order and Eldeyaar, who won a division of this two years ago, could be another.
A little mid-season break seems to have done him good, a solid enough effort at Pontefract followed by a better one at Catterick last time where he showed his customary early speed and fought on in fine style once headed by Kings Merchant to be beaten a head. He’s another whose turf form in the autumn stands the closest scrutiny with his full form figures in September and October reading 113132 and he has the tools to dominate this contest from a middle draw having made all from stall 2 when successful here 24 months ago. It’s hard to see him out of the frame in his current mood and with his proven record at this time of year and over C&D.
18:00 Market Rasen - Agriculture Raceday Returns On 12th November Handicap Hurdle 2m7f
With the now-seemingly-standard rail movements at Market Rasen it takes this staying hurdle to a shade over three miles, and non-stayers will surely be found out.
On the issue of stamina, there have to be question marks over both Travelling Soldier and, in particular, Electric Eddy, both taking big steps up in trip and their profiles do not convince me that they’ll want this far. Mistral Milly is another you can add to that list after a couple of runs at two miles recently, but there was some evidence for her former yard that she might stay, and coming from the yard of D J Jeffries, any money for her needs noting.
Ramaah isn’t going to get a better chance to break his duck over hurdles. Since being equipped with a visor, he has been placed at big prices on both starts at Market Rasen and he ran well again at Worcester a couple of weeks ago, going with plenty of enthusiasm on the front end and only giving best late. He might just have needed that run after a break and with no trip or ground issues, he should once again give each-way players a run for their money.
Five Ways is a hard one to weigh up, as he’s not really had much chance to show what he can do this season and as such we’ve no real idea of whether he’s capable of winning a handicap from his lofty mark of 104.
What we do know is he was thought good enough to chance his arm in the Middle Park last year and he was beaten under three lengths, so handles the track fine, and off the back of that started this season off in Group company. He was only beaten a length over 7f at Chester in Listed company in the summer before once again finding Group 3 company too hot at Glorious Goodwood. And he didn’t have much chance from a wide draw back at Chester last time, having to be dropped in and ridden for luck; none came his way and he ended up beating just two home, eased right off after being repeatedly blocked.
The handicapper is giving him no help, but this does look his best opportunity yet to show what he could be capable of, and it would be no surprise to me to see him run a lot better than some moderate-looking form figures suggest.
Preview posted 09:45 BST on 26/09/26
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