Steve Ryder's Saturday Racing Tips

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The Charlie Appleby yard are in flying form currently with eight winners from their previous eighteen runners (44% strike rate) and I feel his once-raced colt Hafit (best priced at 10/11) will prove hard to beat in this listed contest. The 2,100,000gns purchase as a yearling justified strong market support to make a winning debut at Newmarket 29 days ago and the form of that run has been boosted since. The runner-up that day Razzle Dazzle won on his next start at Newmarket by 5 ½ lengths and the third Claim The Crown won on his next start at Chelmsford beating Outbreak who won easily for us yesterday at Salisbury by five lengths.

The other three runners are all worthy of respect in this race with Power Of Beauty setting the standard on his 2nd in a listed race at Salisbury but there was a touch of star quality about Hafit on debut and it will be disappointing if he couldn’t maintain his unbeaten record.

The field for this Group 3 contest has cut up considerably and I feel My Oberon (best priced at 7/2) now has a fantastic chance of going one better than last year. As a three-year-old the William Haggas trained colt finished 2nd behind the progressive Top Rank but this looks a weaker renewal this season. The favourite Lord Glitters has shown his best form in bigger fields so may not be tactically suited to this five runner race.

My Oberon is fitted with first time blinkers in this race in a bid to improve his recent form but he also looks sure to appreciate the return to a mile having ran over further on his previous three starts. He was only beaten a neck in the Prix d’Ispahan in May by Skalleti so we know that he has trained hasn’t regressed this season and he is expected to bounce back in this race.

The Sir Michael Stoure trained Wahraan (best priced at 5/2) looks a worthy favourite for this race and he looks sure to appreciate this step up in trip to 1m4f for the first time. He has progressed from a mark of 79 up to 96 in handicaps this season and despite only finishing 5th at York last time it was a career best on figures. The colt was found trouble in running under Kieran Shoemark that day before staying on well over the 1m2f trip to take 5th late on.

Ryan Moore now takes on the son of Le Havre and I expect to see his big white face staying on well at the finish. Wahraan remains unchanged off a mark of 96 and he should be able to provide his owners with another valuable weekend winner following Toro Strike’s victory on Sunday.

Despite being drawn widest of all in Stall 14, I find it hard to see how Hold Fast (best priced at 10/1) finishes out of the frame with up to five places available. The Andrew Balding trained filly is a three time winner at Kempton who is 2/2 over this course and distance. Her latest win came on her penultimate start off a mark of 69 before disappointing at Ascot last time. That is the third time in a row that she has disappointed back on turf so she is definitely worth taking a chance on back on the AW off a 3lb higher mark.

Oisin Murphy takes over on board which is always a positive and he can hopefully get a good position from the outside stall without covering too much extra ground. She has improved since the application of cheekpieces this season and I expect her to be involved in the finish.