After fine winners at 8/1 and 6/1 on Wednesday, Rory Delargy and David Massey head into the St Leger Festival in top form - don't miss today's tips.
Racing betting tips: Thursday September 10
0.5pts e.w. Art Of Life in the 13:15 Doncaster at 9/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4) - min 15/2
0.5pts e.w. Thuritha in the 15:35 Doncaster at 150/1 (Sky Bet 1/5 1,2,3,4) - min 66/1
1pt win Primal in the 4:10 Doncaster at 5/1 (General) - take no lower
13:15 Doncaster - British Stallion Studs “Carrie Red” EBF Fillies Nursery 6½f
There is no shortage of pace amongst the runners and this looks sure to be well run as a consequence.
On paper, there are more likely winners than Rollthedicebaby but she looked a promising sort on soft/heavy ground early in the season and whilst she hasn’t achieved that level in three further starts this year, there are excuses to be found, firm ground possibly against her in the Super Sprint, and likewise at Newmarket.
She was a bit disappointing behind Sun Goddess at Yor but that was a tough contest and this is definitely easier. Down to a mark of 76 now, the good to soft ground ought to suit, and her hold-up style could be beneficial here, particularly from a middle draw.
Much more obvious is ART OF LIFE, who has run well all three starts and looks a potential improver again for nurseries (trainer Clive Cox had a similar sort win at Leicester on Monday, and his last runner in this event was also successful).
She ran well last time out at Newbury, racing freely in front before being cut down late by a William Haggas filly who holds a Fillies’ Mile entry, and was not at all punished when beaten. The booking of Rossa Ryan (who rode Cox’s Monday winner) looks significant, and there is surely more to come from the daughter of Palace Pier.
14:25 Doncaster - Pertemps Network Handicap 1m2f
Bourbon Blues deserves to win a handicap of this stature this season and this does look a little easier than the York handicap he contested last time out. He’s barely run a poor race all season, starting with a third in the Listed Feilden Stakes at Newmarket, since when he’s run with credit in heritage handicaps at all three major summer festivals, his best effort a length second to Ciarrai Abu in the Kincsem Handicap at Glorious Goodwood and his York second last time out merely confirmed what good form he is in.
Given his honest campaigning, it can be argued that he has nothing in hand of the handicapper, but he’ll handle ground, trip and track and looks nailed on to run his race.
The kicker is the booking of Ryan Moore, who has a 31% strike-rate since 2009 when teaming up with Meehan on turf, and has won on both of his rides for the stable in recent years on this surface.
15:00 Doncaster - Betfred Park Hill Fillies Stakes 1m6½f
Three of these met in the Lillie Langtry at Goodwood last time out, Wardaah doing better than both Consent (who wears cheekpieces today) and a disappointing Danielle, who was far too keen on the day and basically ran her race before halfway.
On her best form, Danielle would be the one to beat, but whether you’d want to trust her at a short price is another thing entirely.
Prizeland may do better again given the ease of her York win, where she really took the eye in the paddock and while that Galtres Stakes form needs improving on, she looked well sited by easy ground at York and there are reasons to believe this galloping type will stay the St Leger trip, being a sister to Hoo Ya Mal, who won over 1¾m and contested the Leger itself before being sent to Australia.
15:35 Doncaster - May Hill Stakes 1m
It’s not easy finding the winner of the May Hill but we both agree that David Simcock’s THURITHA looks a massive price, and one that demands we throw a few shekels her way. She improved on a promising debut when fifth to Coaxed in a hot 7f novice at Kempton last month which is working out well; the winner has been placed in the Group 3 Prestige Stakes at Goodwood since, while the second won at Salisbury on next start, and the eighth bolted up at Leicester on Monday.
Thurthita herself went on to beat Kempton fourth Please Don’t Go a comfortable half a length at Lingfield and she’s clearly improving all the time, with the step up to 1m last time a catalyst for further progress.
Thuritha takes a big step up the ladder here and it’s debatable whether stall one is a positive, but she deserves her place in a black-type event and looks more like a 25/1 shot than the 100/1+ on offer.
16:10 Doncaster - Meadowhall X Flannels Beauty Bar Nursery Handicap 1m
We’re happy to give PRIMAL another go now he goes up to a trip more in keeping with his pedigree and physique; he’s a giant of a horse that has looked like he needs more of a trip and just as pertinently, a galloping track.
He did well to cope with Goodwood’s undulations two starts back, flying home once in the clear for fourth, and he lost little in defeat at Newbury last time, finding one even better handicapped than him on ground that might have been on the quick side.
Doncaster’s long straight really ought to be to his benefit, and he coped well with softer ground when a keeping-on sixth at Nottingham on debut where it was greenness that saw him beaten, not conditions.
His sire and damsire could be called influences for speed, but his second dam was a winner at 1m3½f and she is closely related to Irish Oaks winner Moonstone and L’Ancresse, who was runner-up in the same race. That’s another reason to believe that a test of stamina will bring about plenty of improvement.
16:45 Doncaster - East Midlands Airport and Jet2 Nursery Handicap 7f
Nothing beats a Jet2 Nursery, or something like that. I wasn’t going to include this race in the write-up, but David was very pleased with that joke, so it had to stay in.
This is the least interesting of the three nurseries on the card, in truth, and the question is whether to give Midgham Man the chance to show his Chepstow demolition job two weeks wasn’t a fluke. He won by ten lengths there, running right away from his opponents in the closing stages and this stiffer track shouldn’t be a problem. You can sometimes get weird results at Chepstow but the time figure more than backs up the visuals and he just looks an improving sort at the right time of the year. The going won’t be as soft here as it was in Monmouthshire, which is one unknown, and the other unknown is the rest of the runners!
Sanbona Warrior's win here two starts ago has worked out well enough, the second and third winners since, and his fourth in at Newmarket last time out was behind a filly who has since finished second in the Group 3 Prestige Stakes, while the fifth was a winner next time to give some more substance to the form.
Headgear is applied to help him travel a bit better early in his race and if he can handle yielding ground he should have a big say. Storm Blade is the other one to mention here; a potential improver for stepping into nurseries, he’s been gradually progressive to date and is from a late-maturing family that connections know well. Oisin Murphy gets on board for the first time, and it has the whiff of one laid out for this.
Preview posted 10:20 BST on 10/09/26
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