2 minutes Top Tipster Steve Mullington gives his tips on todays racing from France and Ayr.
Steve Mullington has given two tips today, 1 each from the Group race at Saint Cloud in France and 2 more from Ayr. So what do we think of them. Mullington will do well to get one of these past the finish line first. Punters may be better off looking for each way combos here.
2:10 Saint Cloud
Prix Cleopatre - Group 3
HALFDAY - 7/1
"Friday afternoon sees the Group 3 Prix Cleopatre comin’ atcha from Saint-Cloud and the 1m2½f contest can go the way of the Wertheimer & Frere-owned Halfday.
A well bred filly by Lope De Vega/Daytime, the dam’s father was Frankel so we are looking at a youngster who should be at home with the trip and the ground.
Saint-Cloud has been riding very tacky in recent weeks after plenty of rainfall, so I would envisage her stamina coming into play in the final stages under the reigning French champion jockey Maxime Guyon."
TIP RATING: C-
OUR TIP: FUN WITH FLAGS - 11/8
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2:20 Ayr
Get Home Safe With Thistle Cabs Handicap Hurdle
HASHTAG BOUM - 25/1
"Trainer Ruth Jefferson isn’t exactly a prolific visitor to the winner’s circle these days but when she has a nice horse out you have to have a second look in the betting.
The seven-year-old mare Hashtag Boum has had a pretty successful winter and all her runs have been solid, even in defeat.
At Haydock last time she was a little too keen in the early stages, but if she can settle better today she should see out the trip better."
TIP RATING: D-
OUR TIP: CATCH HIM DERRY - EVS
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3:55 Ayr
Seko Logistics Scotland Novices' Limited Handicap Chase
DR T J ECKLEBURG - 9/1
'It feels like many moons ago now since I was placing a bet on Dr T J Eckleburg over 1m2f at Ripon races when he was trained by David O’Meara, but today he is in with a great shout of scoring in a 2m½f Novices’ Chase at Ayr.
A winner at Ludlow in December, the now Evan Williams-trained six-year-old has ended up running in some very small fields ever since, and today’s six-runner affair is pretty much par for the course for him.
Connor Ring takes the ride once again and the pair can go well at decent odds."
TIP RATING: D-
OUR TIP: BEAU BALKO - 4/1