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Racing betting tips: Thursday March 19
1pt win Gris Majeur in 14:50 Ludlow at 7/2 (General) - min 5/2
1pt win Gifted Angel in 15:20 Ludlow at 11/4 (William Hill, bet365) - min 5/2
14:50 Ludlow
There are grounds to oppose most of the field in this handicap; The Winslow Boy has underperformed since going handicapping and has a history of bleeding while Batwomen is coming back from wind surgery and comes from a yard whose last 21 runners returning from such procedures have all been beaten.
Fitness is a big worry for Kay Tara Tara 489 days off. He has clearly had issues since last seen in November 2024 and his stable is 1-33 with horses returning from more than a year on the sidelines. GRIS MAJEUR and Sun Art also return from a break, but the former was a winner first time up this season after a longer absence and with a good record right-handed on spring ground. His form figures here and at Hereford on good or quicker ground read 111P212, improving to 11121 at distances up to three miles. The fine weather should see the surface tighten up further before racing, and Sheila Lewis’s gelding looks the value call.
Bond Broker is likely to start favourite and has attractive form figures of 11122242 but despite the appearance of a very consistent chaser, he’s actually been beaten double digits on all his outings this season and tends to race too freely on the front to offer much resistance when headed. In truth, he’s been found a weak enough race to get back to winning ways, but looks short enough in the betting on balance.
15:20 Ludlow
Again, on the assumption that the ground at Ludlow will be no slower than good, GIFTED ANGEL is very interesting. Well entered up this week (was also in at Sedgefield and holds an entry at Kempton on Monday), the key to the Jack Jones-trained gelding is a sound surface, with form figures on soft or worse reading 5904345 compared to a record of five wins from 30 starts on yielding or quicker (including all-weather).
Gifted Angel’s form has been patchy in recent times but he shaped as if on his way back to form last time when 7¼ lengths fourth of 13 to Newtown Rambler in a conditionals handicap at Warwick last time. He was a useful juvenile for Tom Dascombe a couple of years back, putting up his best performance when winning at Kempton from a trio of subsequent winners, and has fallen to a workable handicap mark, with this track and trip likely to suit.
Knighton could be the spoiler in the field. Runner in the colours of Lord Vestey for Greenall & Guerriero, he has qualified for a mark on soft ground but could do better on a faster surface and as a four-year-old against his elders, he is in receipt of a handy 10lb weight-for-age allowance that makes him dangerous to ignore.
Preview posted at 09:28 GMT on 19/03/26
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