Live Cambridgeshire Meeting blog from Newmarket: Video replays, reaction, tips, bookmaker offers and more

• Majestic day for Keeley and Channon
• Blackbeard plunders Middle Park prize
• Lezoo lands Group One honours in Cheveley Park Stakes
• The Foxes lands special success in Royal Lodge
• Crypto Force ends O'Brien Beresford domination

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Celebrate good times

1554: "I'm just very happy, I shall go and have a glass of champagne," winning owner and breeder Nick Hitchins tells ITV Racing and why not?

I wouldn't mind doing the same but I've got rather less to celebrate and also have a little more work to do.

It's time for me to turn my attention to the day's news stories rather than the blog with the ITV Racing coverage and the feature races having concluded.

I hope you've found a winner or two along the way with the promise of more to come this afternoon / evening.

The live racing blog will be back next Saturday and I hope you can join us then but in the meantime, it's goodbye from me.

bet365 Cambridgeshire Handicap

1528: Attention turns to the feature handicap and Mujtaba has shortened up since I last looked at the market; he's the 4/1 favourite. Savvy Victory is out to 7s with my fancy, Jimi Hendrix, drifting to a more palatable 11/1 which is a point shorter than Injazati who has attracted fairly steady support through he morning.

Ouzo did me a favour when filling an extra place at York and I think he can go well again if ridden with more restraint but I rate Brilliant Light a stronger each-way chance for last year's successful trainer, Saeed bin Suroor. Brilliant Light has run well in a series of competitive handicaps this season and I see no reason why he shouldn't do so again and he's the second string to my bow with firms paying out on six, seven and even eight (Sky Bet) places.

I didn't think Perotto would stay a mile ahead of his victory in the Britannia so it's interesting that Marcus Tregoning allows him to take his chance in a race the trainer won twice with Bronze Angel. The more exposed runners are often sent off at decent odds (all subjective of course) with the attention firmly on the unexposed runners.

Haggas was asked whether Mujtaba was well-in today and responded with: "Yeah but not by much and he wants soft ground and probably another furlong. I don't think he's got much chance at all and I nearly didn't run him. I think it's too fast for him.

"He's (Protagonist) a lovely horse and everything is right for him bar the draw (3) and the record shows that's no good. He's well and I hope there are enough horses around him to carry him into it."

Haggas said the decision to run Mujtaba was taken in conjunction with Richard Hills and Jim Crowley after walking the course but it sounded very much as though he had to be persuaded to allow the favourite to take his chance.

Are you pressing the place lay button on Betfair Exchange?

The camera is head-on to the stalls so I'm not sure how many are left to load but we shouldn't be too much longer.

They've split into two groups with the majority on the stands' side. Protagonist leads on the far side and Majestic Dawn near side and the commentator suggests the latter group are in front. Inside the final three.

Dual Identity on the far side. Collared close home by Majestic on the near side.

Victory for Aidan Keeley and Mick Channon with a 25/1 chance.

Bell Rock was third, Caradoc fourth and Savvy Victory fifth with Ouzo sixth.

Agony for supporters of Dual Identity who won the race on his side by about five lengths from Protagonist who was only about tenth overall - that hurts.

Confirmation coming through that Dual Identity wasn't even second, he was caught by Bell Rock and has had to settle for third. Awful luck but them's the breaks as they say.

Mulrennan catches up with the winning jockey who seems fairly shellshocked.

"He travelled really well," he tells her. "He's shown a nice turn of foot there.

"It's my first ride at Newmarket. I don't know (how it feels to win the Cambridgeshire), I'm speechless at the moment, ask me tomorrow!"

Goffs Million

1516: Loading at Haydock for the 1515 and the ITV Racing cameras will soon be off to the Curragh for the valuable Goffs Million sales race where British trainers are well represented, including the gambled-on Oviedo, which is no surprise given it's Europe's richest two-year-old race.

Hiawatha is the 10/3 favourite for O'Brien and Lordan but I wasn't convinced the drop to seven furlongs would suit and I'm surprised he's changed places in the market with Hellsing who had Greenland behind him when winning at Tipperary. There's market support for Wahaaj too. Loading quickly.

The action unfolded towards the far side and so Galeron win for Hills and Shane Foley at 16/1, what a day for the Lambourn handler who has already saddled a double at Haydock.

It was by no means easy with Galeron getting the better of a sustained battle with Hellsing before Richard Fahey's Ramazan finished with a rattle to claim a close-up third.

Blackbeard, he does what he wants

1507: O'Brien is with Persad as they wait for Blackbeard in the winner's enclosure.

"He's just a precocious, fast two-year-old. Delighted, very impressive. He started off very early and has held his form strongly and today is his strongest form; delighted to have him.

"He's a character, he doesn't have a lot of patience and likes to get on with stuff. That's the way he is, he just likes to get on with it. He's always done it and he can do whatever he wants really!

"He has been very busy so we'll see how he is and see what everyone wants to do. He was always very quick, very precocious, very fast."

It doesn't sound as though the 2000 Guineas is on the agenda. I wonder if he will even race on at three or if connections will be tempted to keep him going and pull stumps at the end of the season.

Ryan reported that Persian Force has had a long season while ITV Racing's pundits are pointing out how keen Marshman was and believe he'll be worth another chance but Burke and his team will obviously have to work hard to get their colt to settle.

Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes

1452: The runners are on their way to post for this Group One.

The money came for Meditate in the Cheveley Park but there's no real sign of support for Blackbeard who remains the 3/1 second favourite behind Marshman (who Mulrennan reports 'looks really well in his coat') with Mischief Magic 10/3.

Blackbeard also looks well in his coat reportedly and seemed on good terms with himself in the paddock; he'll do for me.

James Ferguson runs the once-raced Zoology, an impressive winner at Yarmouth: "That was obviously a very striking performance and with options running out this year we felt it was worth the chance. We always thought he was pretty good and obviously it's nice when a horse goes and does it on the track. Mentally he's always been very solid and hopefully he can go and perform well today."

Persad: "Would it be a big surprise if he were to win this?"

Ferguson: "No it wouldn't."

They are at the post and there's been some cash for Persian Force who is 5/1 on the latest show.

Pitterson: "I'll go for Blackbeard, I think his form is good. I was at the Curragh when he was worse than this (pre-race antics) and I think that's just him."

Elsewhere there has been a winner for Sporting Life columnist Johnny Murtagh who struck with Mile End and another at Haydock for Hills and Dane O'Neill when Equality completed doubles for the duo.

Loading for the Middle Park Stakes. Blackbeard playing up a little but that is very much in keeping with the way he's behaved in his short career.

The Antarctic is a little slowly away and races in rear with Mischief Magic but Blackbeard broke well. He's settled in midfield as Rossa Ryan takes Persian Force into the lead. Zoology the first under pressure. Blackbeard quickens and takes it up, he runs on strongly to win by a couple of lengths from The Antarctic, Persian Force, Mischief Magic and Marshman.

That was pretty impressive from the 10/3 chance.

Dixon suggests that Marshman was too keen today.

All roads lead to Paris

1445: Not all obviously, see Baaeed.

But the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is quite a big race and drawing ever closer on the horizon and one runner who may yet make his way to the newly christened Paris-Longchamp is Adayar.

“Adayar worked well this morning, I couldn’t have been happier,” said Charlie Appleby.

“As I’ve mentioned, we’ll leave him in on Monday and we’ll be on weather watch more so than anything. That is the one thing I can’t control. If it’s turning soft – their soft at this time of year, we know it is soft. Their soft in summer is more like good to firm.

“If it’s soft autumn ground over there I’d be more concerned. If it’s good to soft I’ll send someone over to walk the course to make sure it’s an accurate description. The forecast varies. Three days ago there was no rain around, but now it has pitched up, so the rain is moving about.

“He’s in great form though, and looked great this morning so fingers crossed.”

Good gears

1431: Mulrennan spoke to winning jockey William Buick who was all smiles.

"Frankie called me this morning and gave me some valuable insight so thanks to him. She travelled well and always gave me confidence. She's a real fighter. She's got plenty of gears and is an out and out six furlong filly."

Jamie McCalmont, representing the owners, has time for a very quick word: "She's run five times, won four, and should really have won five."

Trainer Ralph Beckett said: "If you liked at her now and looked at her in July, she's actually changed colour and that's probably because she went off after the Princess Margaret. The four quick runs probably caught up with her so we had to pull up and I wasn't sure she was back on her game. She did one easy piece of work in the build-up and she's obviously just very, very good.

"We haven't had one as good as this at this stage I don't think. She doesn't show up at home and caught me out first time. I told the owners she would win a novice and that would be it!

"William got her in a really good place today; I thought three down we're really in business here. I never felt that she is going to get a mile, I think that's highly unlikely; the filly that finished fifth today, she'll get a mile."

The Breeders' Cup will be under discussion for Lezoo with a race over five and a half furlongs more likely than stepping up to a mile; Beckett told Racing TV that the decision will probably be 'down to well-being'.

The Arc is coming up very soon and Beckett says that Westover is 'in great nick'.

Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes

1414: The bell has rung ahead of the Cheveley Park Stakes as pictures on ITV Racing and Racing TV show various connections trudging up and down the Rowley Mile in search of the best ground.

Meditate is the 15/8 favourite for this Group One but I prefer the claims of Trillium who broke the course record at Goodwood before winning at Doncaster; that race was less than a fortnight ago and that is a concern with the possibility that this race comes too soon.

This looks a strong renewal of this six furlong contest, exemplified by the fact that the Lowther winner Swingalong is a double figure price. Swingalong may have been the stable's second string at York but Karl Burke wasn't surprised by her victory.

Mawj was beaten three lengths that day having previously beaten Lezoo at Newmarket. Lezoo was dropped to Group Three company at York and won impressively which has seen her chalked up at 11/2 with Mawj double those odds; I'm not convinced that's correct.

Michael Tabor spoke to Persad about Meditate:

"(The confidence levels are) Pretty good. Obviously got beat by a horse two weeks ago that looks very good but that was over seven and we're back to six here. We're hopeful. We think she is very solid and hopefully today she will prove it."

Tabor was then asked about Irish Champion Stakes winner Luxembourg.

"I think it was a really good training feat from Aidan and we're looking forward to the Arc. You need a bit of luck in the Arc but he'll run a big race."

A word from paddock expert Pitterson: "I'll go for Meditate but there ain't much between her, Mawj and Swingalong."

The money for Meditate is pretty compelling given connections and she's 13/8 but I'm happy to pick up the 3/1 about Trillium. Almost set.

Swingalong leads all bar Maylandsea who runs solo against the stands' rail.

Lezoo wins at 11/2!

Meditate second with Mawj third. Trillium slightly hampered when pulled out to challenge away from the principals but it made no difference; the immediate reaction would be that the Doncaster run left a mark although she did race a shade keenly too.

Old Boston Handicap

1405: Niall Hannity asked Mark Howard whether 7/2 was a fair price about Akhu Najla and he replied 'I hope so'. They're running with the favourite in midfield early doors.

Akhu Najla did better than looked likely with two and a half to run but he still only beat four runners home as Wanees took the honours at 5/1.

Wanees was quite well backed as he was ahead of the Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot when sixth. He disappointed at Glorious Goodwood subsequently but was given a break by Charlie Hills and was having his first start since.

A three-year-old from the Britannia Stakes has beaten the older horses in a decent handicap, will we be saying the same after the Cambridgeshire? Wanees has arguably strengthened the claims of Jimi Hendrix with that display.

A special winner

1359: Mulrennan is conducting the on-course interviews for ITV Racing and spoke to David Probert just after a stewards' inquiry was announced.

"It didn't affect me, the runner-up and the third got quite tight together," he replied.

"We haven't gone overly fast, he's maturing this horse, mentally and physically. He handled the undulations quite well and hit the line strongly. This name was always saved for a special one and I think they've (owners, King Power Racing) got one.

"He's got a lovely temperament, a lovely prospect, delighted to get on him and the way he hit the line today, going up in trip won't be a problem. He's great, very relaxed, goes to post really well, he's just a professional. I can't see why he can't have another go (this season) but I'll leave that to King Power and Andrew."

Balding quickly poured cold water on the idea of another race this season when speaking briefly to Persad:

"I think highly unlikely but we'll discuss it. He was probably in the worst place off a slow gallop and he's done incredibly well therefore. Hugely satisfying and obviously King Power are very important to us so it's lovely to have a winner for them."

Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes

1342: "This could be the most exciting horse here today," Luck says of Flying Honours.

They are in the paddock and Luck and Dixon are suitably impressed by the appearance of the favourite. Among the opposition is another O'Brien juvenile in Greenland and he is ridden by Moore with Wayne Lordan having been aboard Adelaide River at the Curragh.

A line from the Beresford Stakes report on the ante-post reaction: Paddy Power and Betfair cut Crypto Force to 12/1 from 33s for the Vertem Futurity Stakes at Doncaster and halved him in price to 33/1 for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas. Sky Bet are the same price for the Newmarket Classic and 25/1, first show, for the Derby.

Back to the Royal Lodge and a relaxed looking Balding spoke to Persad, saying of The Foxes: "He's very good looking and a lovely horse to have in the yard. It's going to be a tough ask, we've got a bit to find, but we like the horse a lot and he's coming on well."

Things don't always go according to plan and that is very evident at Market Rasen where the odds-on Mullenbeg disappointed on a hurdling debut (that wasn't without promise) whereas Autumn Return made a very pleasing winning start.

One more to load at Newmarket.

Alan Howes describes the gallop as 'very steady'; it's being made by Dubai Mile with Flying Honours and Greenland racing alongside each other. They have stayed towards the far side and the quartet are almost in a line as they pass the two pole.

Victory goes to The Foxes. Close for all four places but it looks as though Dubai Mile held on for second with Flying Honours third.

Perhaps it was significant that Balding ran the 17/2 shot in this race after all and the Chesham Stakes form suddenly looks a whole lot better too!

It's not been a good few minutes for the favourites with Prepense turned over at 1/4 at Chester. Best laid plans etc.

Winning like an odds-on shot should?

1332: Aidan O'Brien has won the Alan Smurfit Memorial Beresford Stakes no fewer than 21 times and Adelaide River is 4/7 to profit the master of Ballydoyle with a 22nd success in the Group Two.

Stablemate Continuous is an absentee along with leading contender Pivotal Trigger and that makes the race look like something of a penalty kick for Adelaide River. Crypto Force is out at 15/2 which is the same price that he was sent off at for the Chesham Stakes, a contest in which a few fancied runners disappointed. It will be interesting to see how he fares and the race is well underway with Crytpo Force watching on from the rear as they pass halfway; Adelaide River leads.

Crypto Force made up his ground quite smoothly before going toe-to-toe with Adelaide River, he took his time to master his rival but did so decisively in the end and ran on strongly to score for Colin Keane and Michael O'Callaghan.

Can you make that into a form boost for The Foxes? Probably not.

The front two pulled nicely clear of the remainder and it will be interesting to hear what connections of the winner have to say about Crypto Force.

By George

1316: The Racing TV cameras continue to head around the courses and are currently at Market Rasen where Bobby George and another darts player who I don't recognise are in attendance to provide some entertainment and challenge racegoers.

A friend was at a corporate do where George was doing his thing and apparently the entertainment was eye-opening; the Lincolnshire racegoers could be in for a surprising and fun time.

Newmarket is the last of the afternoon tracks to get underway in about half an hour but the races come thick and thin in the interim with Listowel the next cab off the rank. There isn't too much to get excited about from a betting perspective in the opener at Newmarket with Flying Honours having been backed as though defeat is out of the question.

Flying Honours was an 8/15 chance but is a general 1/4 shorter in a four-runner renewal of the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes. Last year's race was won by Royal Patronage who didn't go on as hoped for and is now racing in America but the second home was a certain Coroebus who very much lived up to expectations until his untimely demise earlier this month.

William Buick rides Flying Honours and he's been interviewed by Rishi Persad on ITV Racing.

"They have to handle the undulations of the track and let's hope he can do that today," Buick said.

"I don't think so (when asked if Mischief Magic has surprised them).

"He's making every step along the way very well, he's always shown plenty of speed. In the Sirenia he had a bad draw but picked up well, visually it was a good performance. Pat gave him a lovely ride and rode him with a lot of confidence, he picked up well and that's always a good sign.

"You don't want to make any job too hard for any horse, I don't think it will be like Kempton but we will see."

I talked about The Foxes this morning and having just looked down the recent renewals of the Royal Lodge, I noted that Balding has run just two in the last decade, both owned by Qatar Racing, and they finished first (Elm Park) and second (Kameko). I wonder if The Foxes is held in similar regard to that pair or whether this just looked like a suitable opportunity with the favourite having scared away the opposition.

Ken Pitterson and Adele Mulrennan were on duty in the pre-parade ring and The Foxes received a positive mention from the paddock expert but he did add that 'he will be a better horse next season'.

The need for speed

1301: While I was re-fueling The Full SP continued on Racing TV and featured Martin Dixon and Nick Luck looking ahead to the Newmarket card.

My attention was divided but there were a few takes from Dixon that did filter through and are worth passing on.

He questioned whether Meditate will have the speed to win the Cheveley Park Stakes with her last two runs having been over seven furlongs and today's six furlongs a quicker test than the same trip at Ascot, over which she won the Albany Stakes.

In the Middle Park Stakes he seemed, I think, to feel that the market had got it right in siding with potential over the proven form of Blackbeard and Persian Force. Indeed, he questioned whether the ratings were correct as he believes that Blackbeard alighted on a weak renewal of the Prix Morny and that Marshman's second in the Gimcrack is, in fact, the best form in the race.

Last but by no means least, he likes the claims of Jimi Hendrix in the feature and pointed out that high numbers have dominated recent renewals of the Cambridgeshire which hasn't put the market off siding with a number of those breaking from low stalls.

The first race of the day has been run and Small Oasis ran out an impressive 8/1 winner of the opening maiden from the Curragh.

Race of the day

1225: Kieran Clark has just featured on Racing TV as they build-up to the afternoon action, talking about Timeform's Race of the Day.

The race in question is not surprisingly the Cambridgeshire and Kieran ended the segment by highlighting the potential of Mujtaba who could be a group horse masquerading as a handicapper.

Kieran featured on the Sporting Life 'best bets' panel and that video can be found on the YouTube page as well as further down this page above the post at 1045.

John Gosden has won the race five times with Halling, Pipedreamer, Tazeez, Wissahickon and Lord North doing the honours for the stable and it won't have escaped your attention that they all developed into pattern race performers. It's something of a surprise that Gosden - and son Thady - don't have a runner with that sort of profile in this season's renewal but William Haggas does with Mujtaba.

The Gosdens rely on Magical Morning who was a 9/1 chance when down the field in last year's renewal. It's vaguely interesting that they deem him worthy of another crack given that he still has his stamina to prove but perhaps it's a case of a lack of options. Magical Morning is on a similar mark and this time around, has a top 3 lb apprentice in the saddle and he's friendless at 40/1 which is the sort of price that might tempt you if you were with him at 9/1 12 months ago.

The Cambridgeshire is by far from the only handicap which you 'need' a group horse in order to win it and the Lincoln is in the same bracket. Haggas is the joint most successful trainer in the Doncaster contest and he saddled Mujtaba in this year's renewal back in March.

Mujtaba returned a well beaten 3/1 favourite that day and it's worth revisiting the trainer's pre-race quotes.

"Mujtaba has got a lot to find," Haggas told race sponsors SBK.

"He ran three races last season at Chepstow, Chester and then he ran a really good race at Redcar. I was really pleased with him that day when he stayed on really well to win. It looked like the penny was starting to drop that day. He’s still a big, immature horse but he is talented. He has a big frame. My fear would be he may well be better on softer ground, but that won’t stop us running. Unexposed, younger horses often run well in a race like this, but whether he has enough experience I don’t know. I think he has a chance to develop into a good horse.”

In the race-preview for the Cambridgeshire Richard Hills re-iterated those ground concerns and he clearly retains connections' faith in Mujtaba.

Around the tracks

1201: Continuing a random meander around the action elsewhere and I was keen on the chances of Akhu Najla at Haydock which by coincidence (genuinely!) is a Money Back race with Sky Bet.

I've just had a quick search of his name and came across the following from April on Mark Howard's website:

"A half-brother to the 2000 Guineas winner Galileo Gold, the son of Kingman cost 2,700,000gns as a yearling and shaped nicely on his sole outing at Leicester in October. Described as 'a work in progress' by his trainer Roger Varian when we spoke at Carlburg Stables in February, he was heavily supported before the one mile maiden at Yarmouth and his backers never had a moments worry.

"The Listed Heron Stakes at Sandown (19th May) is reportedly his next target before having a crack at the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. On offer at 25/1 for the latter event with William Hill, I think that is generous and wouldn't put anyone off. Bred to be very good and an expensive purchase, he looks potentially top-class. Roger Varian appears to have a strong team of three year olds."

Akhu Najla has been off since finishing third in the Heron Stakes to My Prospero and Reach For The Moon; form which doesn't look too shabby - for all that the second hasn't lived up to expectations - with the winner beaten a neck in the St James's Palace before winning a Group Two. I don't imagine that Akhu Najla will want for fitness given his profile and those early season expectations and this prominent racer looks well drawn on this drop to handicap company in the Old Boston Handicap.

A lack of experience proving costly is always the concern for horses with his profile in this type of race but I thought he was a worthy and backable favourite at about 7/2.

David Egan rides Akhu Najla as he does Blue Antares in the maiden at 1550 but market expectations are weak with his mount easing to 9/1 from 11/2 on debut with fellow newcomer Salt Bay 3/1 from 8s. However, Blue Antares is still worth keeping an eye on as he's a half-brother to the top class Blue Point among others and has the right page to develop into an exciting prospect.

Not every well bred individual does deliver but there will be some long faces if Prepense doesn't fulfil the promise of her debut in the first at Chester. She could kickstart a good day for Richard Kingscote who has a strong book of rides, including Alfred Boucher who is another favourite that I expect to oblige and continue his fine season for Ian Williams.

Balding sends a decent team up to the Roodee and it's a course where he boasts a thoroughly respectable 20% strike rate with a remarkable level stakes profit approaching £90 from over 450 runners. His course record with three-year-olds is marginally better, clocking in at 23% and I liked the look of Australian Angel in the Envirosips Handicap at 1600.

Market forces

1138: Apropos nothing bar my faulty memory, it piqued my interest when I saw that Nigel Hawke had a runner in the juvenile hurdle at Market Rasen given that Tiger Roll made his debut in a similar course contest for Hawke back in the day.

It's a track where Hawke has a decent record, too, but Tiger Roll didn't appear until much later in the year (November) which immediately made Just Another One less interesting. It could be a useful little race though with some top yards represented by some likely looking recruits to the 'winter game' which is approaching all too quickly as your racing news feeds will have indicated.

There are a couple of decent handicap prizes up for grabs and the market support for Mandocello in the Ferry Ales Brewery Prelude Handicap Hurdle at 1605 takes the eye in particular. Trainer Stuart Edmunds is a shrewd operator and Mandocello has halved in price (to 4/1) ahead of his second handicap start at a course where Edmunds has a better than one in five strike rate.

Milton Harris trains the current favourites for the races that bookend the card and the opener will garner the most attention as his decent bumper performer Mullenbeg makes her debut over hurdles. She won twice in January before coming up short in the spring, returning a beaten favourite on both occasions with the ground and weight concession to a good horse cited as reasons.

Harris has reportedly been pleased with her schooling and hopes that Mullenbeg will take high rank. It could be a nervous start to the day for him.

Stuck in the middle?

1117: In some ways I'm quite pleased to see that two of the three members of the ITV Racing team have opted for different horses in the same race as I found the Middle Park just as difficult to solve.

It is a fascinating renewal and one in which Marshman is the current favourite at a general 9/4 from Mischief Magic at 11/4 and a drifting Blackbeard at 100/30. There doesn't appear to be a standout performer coming into the race and the promise Marshman showed in the Gimcrack is strong in the memory.

The support for Mischief Magic is interesting as he's a stablemate of the Gimcrack winner, Noble Style, and so it goes that connections will have a decent idea of where they stand in relation to Marshman.

It's easy to overlook the more exposed pair of Persian Force and Blackbeard whose personal scoreline stands at 1-1 with the former coming out best of the pair in the Coventry and the latter in the Prix Morny. Half a length was the distance between them in France so there's certainly a case for siding with Persian Force on price alone given that he's 7/1 and that all eight runners currently stand their ground allowing a full complement of three each-way places.

I'm certainly more interested in that pair than the two at the top of the betting - with the usual caveat of 'at the prices' - as I think they've been slightly overlooked by the market in favour of runners with 'sexier' profiles.

Power moves

1100: Paul Binfield of Paddy Power has provided his firm's market movers, saying: "Savvy Victory is very popular with the jockey booking of Ryan Moore, who has never ridden him before, seemingly significant after his comfortable victory at Goodwood last month."

Here are the movers:

Newmarket

1350 Flying Honours 1/3 from 4/9

1425 Trillium 2/1 from 85/40

1500 Mischief Magic 5/2 from 3s

1540 Savvy Victory 13/2 from 15/2; Electrical Storm 14/1 from 16s; Carolus Magnus 25/1 from 33s; Majestic Dawn 25/1 from 33s; Austrian Theory 50/1 from 66s

Curragh

1520 Oviedo 7/2 from 4s

Haydock

1405 Wanees 6/1 from 7s

1440 Count D’Orsay 9/2 from 5s

That move for Oviedo at the Curragh is a significant one as Ed Bethell's juvenile could be backed at 9/1 when betting opened for the Goffs Million. Oviedo belied his inexperience, to some degree, when finishing third at York in the Group Three Acomb Stakes and he looks a colt of some potential. This could be a big day for him and his trainer.

The bird has well and truly flown as far as his price goes though and I can't help but feel there are more appealing each-way options against him in a race that looks very competitive despite the presence of a few no-hopers.

A flying start

1045: The day should get off to a flying start, in name at least, with Flying Honours a very short prize to add the Group Two Royal Lodge to his victory in the Listed Stonehenge Stakes.

Flying Honours already has a BHA rating of 108 which puts him 10 lbs clear of Greenland, his nearest market rival, and it's hard to envisage defeat for this exciting son of Sea The Stars. Flying Honours has won his last two starts at 2/5 and 4/11 by a combined margin of 15 lengths and we could be set for a similar scenario.

I wouldn't dismiss the claims of one of the lower rated runners in the field as a forecast option though. The Foxes disappointed in the Chesham at Royal Ascot before winning his maiden at the third attempt which is nothing to get overly excited about but it was evident that Andrew Balding holds him in high regard.

Speaking after that success at Glorious Goodwood Balding said of The Foxes: "I was crestfallen after Ascot because he’d had a run for experience but that (Royal Ascot) was our aim. He ran no sort of race, but nor did a lot of the fancied horses for whatever reason.

“We gave him a bit of time, but we've always thought a lot of him and it's good to win at Goodwood over seven furlongs because he should stay a lot further. In terms of ability, he's very similar to Bangkok, but this horse is much more relaxed. Bangkok took a bit of racing to get the whole deal while this horse is more forward and switched on. Bangkok was a very good horse and hopefully this horse is as good.

“I told his owners to pick a really good name for this horse because from early on we thought he was probably quite good - hopefully it will work out."

You'll have guessed if you didn't know already, that The Foxes is a brother to Bangkok so the comparisons are inevitable as is the talk of a tilt at the Epsom Derby. A big run in a race that Balding won with Elm Park in 2014 would only enhance those comparisons and expectations.

A savvy wager?

1030: Good morning and welcome to our live blog on Cambridgeshire day.

The meeting carries the moniker of that big field, historic handicap - which has thrown up winners at 40/1 in the last two years - but it's much more than that with the Middle Park and Cheveley Park Stakes along with the Royal Lodge.

There are valuable prizes and competitive racing elsewhere and I'll keep an eye on what is happening around the courses too but the focus is very much on racing's headquarters.

There are currently five non-runners at Newmarket where the going is good.

Mujtaba is a best of 11/2 for the feature handicap from Savvy Victory at 7/1 and Jimi Hendrix at 10s. They've had just six, 10 and seven starts respectively and it's no surprise that the relatively lightly raced runners with 'sexy' profiles dominate the market and they do, of course, win occasionally but their market position does lead to the results we've had in the last couple of years and those victories for Majestic Dawn - who has been backed into as low as 18s (from 33s) to reprise his success - and Bedouin's Story aren't isolated with Dolphin Vista also collecting at 50/1 in 2017.

Admittedly, no other winner in the last 10 has been sent off at longer than 14/1 but the point remains essentially the same and that is don't let the price put you off; especially with most layers offering extra place terms.

One duo who are never put off by the odds available is the Punting Pointers team and they have a 20/1 selection for the Cambridgeshire among their three tips today.

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