Horse racing tips: Thursday, May 29
There's a good card at Sandown this evening featuring two Group 3 and two Listed races, and our resident expert racing tipster has picked out a couple of tips from the Surrey course.
Ron Wood's selections:
Odds provided by William Hill and correct at the time of writing. Stars denote strength of selection (max 5).
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7.35 Sandown – Brigadier Gerard Stakes (Group 3, 1m 2f)
This is a good race and of the 10 who line up there looks like being more to come from ALMAQAM (NAP), who is taken to prove best.
This Ed Walker-trained four-year-old won the Listed Heron Stakes on the same card last year and he shaped nicely back at Sandown on his reappearance, finishing third in the Gordon Richards Stakes, another Group 3 race.
Almaqam was one place behind Ancient Wisdom, whom he meets again now, but he might have beaten that rival had he had more room to challenge and not been conceding race-fitness to him.
The selection is a big horse who should come on for that run and he is expected to progress on his already smart level this term.
Selection: Almaqam @ 9/4 with William Hill
6.35 Sandown – National Stakes (Listed, 5f)
CLEAR FORCE has decent form by early season two-year-old standards, most recently running away with a novice race at Ripon. The runner-up that day, beaten 4½ lengths, won a Listed race next time.
The selection is saddled by Karl Burke, who has trained the winner of this race twice since 2017, his only two runners in the race in that period.
There's also First Legion to consider following his debut win at York, but he was passing tiring horses late on that day and this drop from 6f, even on a stiff track, isn't an obvious move.
Selection: Clear Force @ 6/4 with William Hill
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Today's racing
(Flat unless stated)
Yarmouth 2.10-5.20
Ripon 2.20-5.30
Lingfield 2.30-5.05
Limerick (NH) 5.10-8.12
Fairyhouse 5.25-8.30
Carlisle 5.50-8.50
Sandown 6.05-8.40
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