Rory Delargy and David Massey have five selections across the competitive cards at Kempton and Uttoxeter.
Racing betting tips: Saturday March 15
0.5pt e.w. Kahavari in the 1:50 Uttoxeter at 20/1 (1,2,3,4, Bet365, min 16/1)
0.5pt e.w. Anglers Crag in the 3:00 Uttoxeter at 22/1 (1,2,3,4,5 Hills, min 20/1)
1pt win Latenightrumble in the 3:35 Uttoxeter at 7/1 (General, min 6/1)
1pt win Josh the Boss in the 2:45 Kempton at 12/1 (General, min 11/1)
1pt win Sure Touch in the 3:20 Kempton at 10/1 (General, min 9/1)
1:50 Uttoxeter
Kahavari could be the answer on just his second start for Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero. Formerly with Noel George and Amanda Zetterholm in France, he ran really well to be second at Lyon Parilly on his final start there and while the winner hasn’t raced since, the third-placed horse has won his next three starts, including a handicap hurdle off a French mark equivalent to 125 on the BHA scale.
Kahavari was weak in the market and shaped like the run would bring him on when runner-up at Carlisle on his debut for new connections, and should do better for that, while his opening mark of 118 here could be lenient based on his French efforts.
Blenkinsop might need one more run to achieve peak fitness but I can’t totally discount him here, as he’s on a good mark historically. He was well beaten at Wetherby in the end but shaped better than a 25-length defeat would suggest, weakening between the last two. The engine looked like it was pretty much intact; as I say, maybe he’s one run short, but don’t dismiss him totally here as conditions are ideal.
3:00 Uttoxeter
I’ll throw two in at prices. Anglers Crag, a former Eider winner, was readied for the Edinburgh National last month but to my eyes didn’t get the best of rides, held up last and well off the pace before making his ground up easily enough and then unsurprisingly unable to carry that effort through to the finish, weakening at the last. (For context, the winner was “in touch with leaders” and the places filled by horses from midfield, so being held up last was probably not helpful tactically). He could go well if not given as much to do.
Bodhisattva was second in that Edinburgh National and we fancied him to run a big race in the Eider, but his pilot had him in traffic for much of the race and it was hardly a surprise to see him unseat mid-race. Callum Pritchard is back in the saddle and he appears to have been written off on one moderate effort, which means we’re getting a price for one that we know will stay and act on the ground.
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3:35 Uttoxeter
Latenightrumble looks a very obvious candidate. Four times a point-to-point winner, he’s had just the three starts and remains totally unexposed, and he really should have won at Wetherby last time, looking by far the likeliest winner before almost falling at the last and even then rallying to only be beaten 2½ lengths. He’s gone up 3lb for that but it would probably have been twice that had he won, so still looks on the right side of the handicapper.
2:45 Kempton
Josh the Boss could bounce back to form having not had his conditions at Haydock and Newbury the last twice, and his win at Chepstow in October is an undervalued piece of form. His Haydock run followed an excellent effort to win the competitive Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle at Chepstow in October and that form has worked out tremendously well. A heavy defeat in the William Hill Hurdle sees him put in here as an outsider, but the C&D winner has plenty going for him back up in trip and, crucially, on ground he absolutely needs.
Josh The Boss was put up 7lb for winning by four lengths at Chepstow and while first impressions are that the handicapper has taken charge based on his Haydock defeat, the collateral form from Chepstow says different, and I’m happy to take another chance on the Twiston-Davies gelding with conditions more suitable here. A whole host of those who finished behind him at Chepstow have won since, and the way it has worked out suggests that his rise for winning isn’t enough to stop him from scoring from his revised mark, with the prospect of a soft lead increasing confidence further.
3:20 Kempton
Sure Touch needs good ground, or even quicker, winning the Summer Plate at Market Rasen on good-to-firm ground from a mark of 137. He’s been readily held since but hinted at a revival when fourth here last time on unsuitably soft ground and he’s now just 1lb above his last winning mark.
Published at 0915 GMT on 15/03/25
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