Horse racing tips: Wednesday, May 7 – Chester, Gowran Park and Kempton

Telegraph

07-05-2025

There are six meetings across the UK and Ireland on Wednesday, including the first day of three at Chester's Boodles May Festival, with seven races between 1.30 and 4.45pm.
Gowran Park (4.50-8.20) and Kempton (5.28-9.00) also stage Flat fixtures, while there's jump racing from Newton Abbot (1.45-4.20), Kelso (2.25-5.05) and Fontwell (5.55-8.10).
We've picked out four selections, two of them at Chester including our nap, plus one apiece from the cards at Gowran Park and on the all-weather at Kempton.
Ron Wood's selections:
Nap: Redorange (Chester, 2.05) @ 5/2 with Betfair
Force And Valour (Chester, 3.40) @ 11/1 with Betfair
Wegotogether (Gowran Park, 4.50) @ 12/1 with Betfair
Wobwobwob (Kempton, 7.30) 6/1 with Betfair
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2.05 Chester: Class 3 Handicap (5f)
REDORANGE shaped well 12 days ago on his reappearance over the minimum trip at Sandown. One of three horses who disputed the early lead, he finished third and fared best of those who raced on the pace in a truly run race.
That was a particularly creditable performance given he had been off the track for seven months, whereas the first two home had the benefit of a more recent outing.
Redorange now switches to an easier five furlongs than Sandown's stiff straight track and, from stall two, is drawn to save ground around the tight Roodee circuit.
The quick, drying ground is in his favour and the final plus point is that he's reunited with Rossa Ryan, who rode him in September at Yarmouth (6f, good to firm), when he recorded his only previous win.
3.40 Chester: Class 3 Handicap (6f)
This is a competitive sprint handicap but FORCE AND VALOUR showed enough in Dubai earlier this year to be worth chancing on his return to England.
He produced a career-best run from a tough draw in a 7f handicap at Meydan in February when finishing third against older rivals.
He now drops back in trip against his own age group and, newly gelded, he may be capable of progressing more, even if he's drawn a little wider than is ideal in stall eight.
4.50 Gowran Park: Maiden (7f)
Maiden races aren't always the best betting heats as the form is often not fully established. In this case the standard set is already fairly useful, but WEGOTOGETHER was such an eyecatcher on her recent debut that we have to flag her up.
The filly's introduction came in a 6f maiden at The Curragh where, having started slowly, she finished well without being given an unduly hard ride.
It might be that she's more of a handicap prospect, but she should come on for that outing and she gets an extra furlong today, so she should improve. It's just a case of whether she progresses enough for this to be the day for her.
7.30 Kempton: Handicap - (7f)
WOBWOBWOB lacks a recent outing but he has run well when fresh and he may be ready to go today after he was a non-runner (on account of the ground) at Ripon three weeks ago.
There is a question mark about the surface, Wobwobwob having had only three runs on the all-weather, the last two in Class 2 contests. This will be his first start in a Class 4 race on any surface since his win at Thirsk last May, which was in a 0-85 ratings bracket as opposed to this 0-80 race.
However, he has won before for today's rider Cieren Fallon and from stall one he is drawn to save ground.