There’s plenty of racing this Saturday afternoon and evening, with flat turf meetings at Doncaster, Newbury and Leopardstown, and some good class National Hunt racing at Cheltenham and Kelso.
Saturday will finish with a card of eight all weather flat races in the Midlands at Wolverhampton under lights.
We’re run all the entries through our computerised race prediction software to make the suggested tips for every race. See them below, sorted in time order. The naps for Saturday are at the bottom, too, our top four tips.
Today’s Racing Tips – Saturday 28 October 2017
Course | Time | Our Tip | Race Type | Dist |
NEWBURY | 1:10 PM | Lamb Chop | Flat Turf | 1m |
KELSO | 1:15 PM | The Delray Munky | National Hunt Hurdle | 2m51y |
LEOPARDSTOWN | 1:25 PM | New To Town (IRE) | Flat Turf | 7f |
NEWBURY | 1:40 PM | Prestbury Park (USA) | Flat Turf Handicap | 6f |
DONCASTER | 1:45 PM | Mutaaqeb | Flat Turf | 6f2y |
KELSO | 1:50 PM | Some Reign (IRE) | National Hunt Hurdle | 2m51y |
LEOPARDSTOWN | 1:55 PM | Full Moon (IRE) | Flat Turf | 7f |
CHELTENHM(NW) | 2:00 PM | Sonneofpresenting (IRE) | National Hunt Chase Handicap | 3m1f |
NEWBURY | 2:15 PM | Danehill Kodiac (IRE) | Flat Turf | 1m4f |
DONCASTER | 2:20 PM | Al Hajar (IRE) | Flat Turf Handicap | 7f6y |
KELSO | 2:25 PM | Mahler Bay (IRE) | National Hunt Chase | 2m7f96y |
LEOPARDSTOWN | 2:30 PM | Damselfly (IRE) | Flat Turf Handicap | 7f |
CHELTENHM(NW) | 2:35 PM | Arthington | National Hunt Hurdle | 2m87y |
NEWBURY | 2:50 PM | Dream Today (IRE) | Flat Turf | 7f |
DONCASTER | 2:55 PM | Lawless Secret | Flat Turf Handicap | 1m3f197y |
KELSO | 3:00 PM | As De Mee (FR) | National Hunt Chase Handicap | 3m2f39y |
LEOPARDSTOWN | 3:05 PM | Making Light (IRE) | Flat Turf | 7f |
CHELTENHM(NW) | 3:10 PM | Theflyingportrait (IRE) | National Hunt Chase Handicap | 1m7f199y |
NEWBURY | 3:20 PM | Weekend Offender (IRE) | Flat Turf Handicap | 1m2f |
DONCASTER | 3:25 PM | Saxon Warrior (JPN) | Flat Turf | 1m |
KELSO | 3:35 PM | Civil Unrest (IRE) | National Hunt Hurdle Handicap | 2m51y |
LEOPARDSTOWN | 3:40 PM | Hasselnott | Flat Turf Handicap | 7f |
CHELTENHM(NW) | 3:45 PM | Holly Bush Henry (IRE) | National Hunt Hurdle Handicap | 2m7f208y |
NEWBURY | 3:55 PM | Sunday Smart (IRE) | Flat Turf | 7f |
DONCASTER | 4:00 PM | Spring Loaded (IRE) | Flat Turf Handicap | 5f3y |
KELSO | 4:05 PM | Whatsthestoryman (IRE) | National Hunt Chase Handicap | 2m7f96y |
LEOPARDSTOWN | 4:15 PM | Apple Anni (IRE) | Flat Turf | 1m1f |
CHELTENHM(NW) | 4:20 PM | Midnight Shot | National Hunt Chase | 2m3f166y |
NEWBURY | 4:30 PM | Dream Of Camelot (IRE) | Flat Turf | 1m |
DONCASTER | 4:35 PM | Jallota | Flat Turf | 7f6y |
KELSO | 4:40 PM | Just Chilly | National Hunt Hurdle Handicap | 2m6f151y |
LEOPARDSTOWN | 4:50 PM | Tudor City (IRE) | Flat Turf Handicap | 1m4f20y |
CHELTENHM(NW) | 4:55 PM | Robbin’Hannon (IRE) | National Hunt Hurdle | 2m7f208y |
NEWBURY | 5:05 PM | Bybrook | Flat Turf Handicap | 1m4f |
DONCASTER | 5:10 PM | Hajjam | Flat Turf Handicap | 7f6y |
KELSO | 5:15 PM | Exit To Freedom | National Hunt Hurdle Handicap | 2m6f151y |
LEOPARDSTOWN | 5:20 PM | Curly Girl (IRE) | Flat Turf | 1m |
CHELTENHM(NW) | 5:30 PM | Pure Affection (IRE) | National Hunt Flat Race | 2m87y |
WOLVHMPTN(AW) | 5:45 PM | Rapid Ranger | Flat All Weather Handicap | 6f20y |
WOLVHMPTN(AW) | 6:15 PM | Toolatetodelegate | Flat All Weather | 5f21y |
WOLVHMPTN(AW) | 6:45 PM | Oregon Gift | Flat All Weather Handicap | 1m1f104y |
WOLVHMPTN(AW) | 7:15 PM | Sir Dylan | Flat All Weather Handicap | 1m4f51y |
WOLVHMPTN(AW) | 7:45 PM | Big Time Maybe (IRE) | Flat All Weather Handicap | 5f21y |
WOLVHMPTN(AW) | 8:15 PM | Midsummer Knight | Flat All Weather | 6f20y |
WOLVHMPTN(AW) | 8:45 PM | Golden Guest | Flat All Weather Handicap | 7f36y |
WOLVHMPTN(AW) | 9:15 PM | Logi (IRE) | Flat All Weather Handicap | 7f36y |
Top Four Tips – Saturday’s Naps
As the jumps season kicks into gear, our top four tips are all National Hunt runners:
Course | Time | Our Tip | Race Type | Dist |
CHELTENHM(NW) | 3:45 PM | Holly Bush Henry (IRE) | National Hunt Hurdle Handicap | 2m7f208y |
CHELTENHM(NW) | 2:35 PM | Arthington | National Hunt Hurdle | 2m87y |
KELSO | 3:35 PM | Civil Unrest (IRE) | National Hunt Hurdle Handicap | 2m51y |
KELSO | 4:05 PM | Whatsthestoryman (IRE) | National Hunt Chase Handicap | 2m7f96y |
Our selections today are all available at great prices, as we use objective measures to make race predictions, based on the stopwatch. This is not always going to be 100% successful, particularly where novices are concerned, but it can point to over-priced runners, which is just where the above sit.
One good example is Arthington, which runs in a four runner event, the 2.35 at Cheltenham. This one put in a really nice performance to win a similar race at Plumpton in September, but failed to recreate that level under a double penalty last time out in a two runner affair at Worcester. Today at level weights, that Plumpton win signifies this one has put down the best performance of this field. A price of 25/1 seems, therefore, to be a little on the long side.
Top tip for Saturday is Holly Bush Henry in the 3.45, also at Cheltenham, for trainer Phil Middleton. Today’s 7lb claimer, jockey Fergus Gregory, makes this one the best weighted runner on Saturday. There’s a big difference between having the best chance and actually winning, though, but at 11/1, this one looks to be an excellent each-way opportunity for those who’ll be watching the racing this Saturday.