YOU can really get one over the bookies if you time the ante-post markets just right.
And with a number of fields looking likely to cut up at this week’s Newmarket July meeting and beyond, now is the time to strike.
Templegate reckons William Haggas’ More Thunder is a bit of a good thing in the Bunbury Cup at Newmarket on Saturday[/caption]
Sun Racing’s Steve Mullen (Templegate) picks out three punts he fancies over the next few days.
NEWMARKET
Bet365 TROPHY (Friday)
ENDLESS VICTORY wasn’t given the greatest of rides in the Copper Horse Handicap at Royal Ascot last time.
I’m a big fan of William Buick but he held up this four-year-old for too long before he came home with a rattle to be beaten five lengths.
Barely any Charlie Appleby horse did themselves justice at the Royal meeting but that was a useful return to the UK four months after his last run in Dubai.
They know he sees out this 1m6f trip now so Buick can keep him a bit nearer to the pace and 7-1 looks a fair price.
BUNBURY CUP (Saturday)
I know putting up a horse at 3-1 for a big handicap is hardly rocket science but I still think MORE THUNDER should be shorter in Saturday’s Bunbury Cup.
Straight after his fantastic Wokingham run at Royal Ascot, I suggested he would be cracking each-way value for the Group 1 July Cup at this meeting.
Connections have chosen to keep him in the calmer waters of this 7f contest and he is extremely hard to fault.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he was something like 13-8 come off time.
RAAFEDD – BET 365 MILE (Newmarket, Sat) or JOHN SMITH’S HANDICAP (York, Sat)
RAAFEDD has always given me the impression that he’s better than a handicapper and he was the subject of a massive gamble into favourite for the Britannia at Royal Ascot last time.
He had an absolute nightmare run there and was pushed backwards before being blocked at least twice when trying to make his run.
Tom Marquand let him come home in his own time when it was clear the race had gone so ignore his finishing position.
It was just his fourth visit to the track and things can’t go as badly this weekend at either Newmarket or York where he has entries.
York looks the most likely target and he’s a fair 5-1 shot.
Should he go to Newmarket instead he’ll be a good deal shorter than the 14s currently on offer.
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