Oisin Murphy travels to Scotland for two rides at Hamilton and our tipster thinks it should be a worthwhile journey
Oisin Murphy travels to Hamilton for two rides on Friday(Image: PA)
NARIKO (6.35) can KO her rivals in the day’s best betting race at Hamilton on Friday.
The bizarrely titled G4 Claims Not At Fault Claims Made Easy Scottish Stewards’ Cup has attracted an excellent field – not surprising as it is a near £35,000 pot.
Hugo Palmer’s filly goes very well in soft ground and the surface should be on the slow side at the Scottish track.
She kicked off her four-year-old career with a narrow victory at Goodwood last month and the handicapper has only put her up 2lb in the weights.
The two three-year-olds in the race both have claims – Double Rush is the likely favourite while I like Northern Ticker at around 10-1 with an each-way angle in mind.
Oisin Murphy travels north for the ride on Nariko and in a rare foray north of the border he also does the steering on Nahraan in the Listed British Stallion Studs EBF Glasgow Stakes.
The unbeaten colt will be a warm order but at the prices I prefer GREAT DAVID (7.10) who was far from disgraced when fifth to Trinity College at Royal Ascot.
It is a busy day with six meetings across Britain and MR WRITER (3.00, trb) can build on some serious promise in his first two runs at Newbury in what looks an informative novice race.
GOLDEN HANDSHAKE (5.20, nap) could be a useful horse for the King and Queen. He won a little race at Lingfield by five lengths and should double up in his first stab at handicap company.
TRUST SERGEI (3.50) and MELAKAZ (4.25) both make some appeal at Haydock where STARBORN (2.40), a half-sister to Aidan O’Brien’s Lingfield Derby Trial runner-up Stay True, makes her debut.
The Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival kicks off nine days of racing in the county at Pontefract and the well-treated LITTLE TED (7.20, nb) is worth keeping on side. CLOUDBUSTER (6.10) also looks of interest in the first race.
NEWBURY
2.25 Earthwatch
3.00 Mr Writer (trb)
3.35 Sing The Blues
4.10 Amorim
4.45 Orchard Keeper
5.20 Golden Handshake (Nap)
HAYDOCK
2.05 Flatley
2.40 Starborn
3.15 Dark Side Thunder
3.50 Trust Sergei
4.25 Melakaz
5.00 Headmaster
5.35 Pearly Squirrel
NOTTINGHAM
2.15 Maximum Scepticism
2.50 Novello Lad
3.25 Silca Bay
4.00 Catherine’s Gift
4.31 Right Now
5.05 Better
HAMILTON
5.30 Ascending Star
6.00 Khuskas
6.35 Nariko
7.10 Great David
7.45 Neoma
8.20 Classy Al
8.50 Inanna
NEWMARKET
5.15 Celestra
5.50 Scoville
6.25 Cuban Lady
7.00 Rocking Ends
7.35 Asmen Warrior
8.10 Born A Rebel
8.40 New York Minute
PONTEFRACT
6.10.Cloudbuster
6.45 Candonomore
7.20 Little Ted (nb)
7.55 Squealer
8.25 Dandy’s Angel
9.00 One Of Our Own