Check out our Lucky 15 for Saturday's action from the Curragh, Newbury, Newmarket and Ripon.
What is a Lucky 15?
It’s one of those phrases you’re likely to hear when watching racing, so we thought it would be a good idea to explain exactly what a Lucky 15 means and how easy it is to place such a bet.
In short, the Lucky 15 is an acca including four elements, although all four bets don’t have to win to produce a profit/return. The selections are combined into one four-fold accumulator, trebles, doubles and individual singles.
So, the Lucky 15 can be summed up as follows: 1 accumulator, 4 trebles, 6 double, 4 singles = 15 bets
An each-way Lucky 15, as advised below, is therefore 30 bets, and you will get a return of some kind if only one horse places.
HIGHLAND AVENUE – 1.50 Newbury
Al Aasy isn’t a horse to trust to put his best foot forward and Charlie Appleby’s HIGHLAND AVENUE looks the one who can take advantage of the favourite’s inconsistency in the bet365 (Steventon) Stakes. The grey Dubawi has come out of a long absence well and looked to be running into peak form with a good fourth at Royal Ascot after not getting a clean run through in the Wolferton. The long Newbury straight can play to his strengths here.
ALBASHEER – 2.35 Curragh
British trainers have a good record in the six-and-a-half furlong Paddy Power Scurry Handicap at the Curragh and Archie Watson’s ALBASHEER looks a prime candidate this year. He ran an eyecatching race when beaten just over three lengths in 11th in the Wokingham, running on in first-time blinkers and shaping as though he’d have more to offer over a bit further. He’s got a nice set-up here on ground he should handle well.
ONE NATION – 3.40 Newmarket
It could be a good day for Appleby and ONE NATION can come on for his Britannia reappearance in the Lettergold Handicap at Newmarket. Eased down at Royal Ascot once his chance had gone, he needed that run after a four-month absence and much better is expected from him here at a course where he bolted up as a juvenile.
COSMOS RAJ – 3.56 Ripon
Cheekpieces seem to be getting COSMOS RAJ to race somewhere near his best and he can go in again at his beloved Ripon in the Sky Bet Go-Racing-In Yorkshire Summer Festival Handicap. David O’Meara’s horse lost his way a little at the end of last season and the start of this one, but the headgear has sharpened him up and he took advantage of his falling mark over a mile here last time – his third course win. There’s no problem moving up to 10 furlongs and he can win again.
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