UK Horse Racing Tips: Sandown

ACRION backed up his Lingfield victory when running under a penalty at Wolverhampton in March and the drop to the minimum distance on his handicap debut may bring about improvement from Brian Meehan's gelding. Delagate This Lord has been knocking on the door and commands respect based on his recent third at Doncaster, while others to note are Recon Mission and Han Solo Berger.
Prediction : 1st Acrion 2nd Delagate This Lord 3rd Recon Mission

GOLDEN SPEECH found a decent chunk of improvement from his debut effort when runner-up to a stable companion over C&D and the son of Dubawi is likely to put his experience to good use. Arrest, who cost 440,000 euros as a foal, is a half-brother to a Group 3 winner in Hong Kong and has to be respected on his first start along with the same owner's Nostrum, a son of Kingman who is also related to Pattern-class performers.
Prediction : 1st Golden Speech 2nd Arrest 3rd Nostrum

Tagline sets the form standard based on her third in a Listed contest at Newmarket on her penultimate start, but the extra furlong could be an issue on the evidence of her most recent effort at the same track. With that in mind, the vote goes to FAIRY CROSS, who took a considerable step forward when scoring at Newmarket in June and further improvement is likely with that victory under her belt. Bet Me was a comfortable winner on debut at Goodwood and she has to be of interest along with Pure Gold and Dance In The Grass.
Prediction : 1st Fairy Cross 2nd Bet Me 3rd Pure Gold

SAVVY KNIGHT is fancied to give weight and a beating to these rivals. Despite his unbeaten run coming to an end in the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot last time, there was much to like about that performance and stepping up an extra couple of furlongs could potentially unlock another gear. Franz Strauss was three and a quarter lengths behind the selection at Ascot and the step up in trip is more of a concern for this keen-going sort, so the bigger threat might be Australian Angel, who receives plenty of weight off the boys.
Prediction : 1st Savvy Knight 2nd Australian Angel 3rd Franz Strauss

LIGHT UP OUR STARS has been in excellent form of late and won readily on his stable debut for Scott Dixon at Epsom three weeks ago. Off a light weight in a wide-open handicap today, he might be able to defy a 5lb rise in the ratings. Scarlet Dragon went desperately close under William Buick at Windsor recently and he must enter calculations with first-time cheekpieces now equipped, while the dropped-in-class Sweet Reward and Salisbury scorer Saigon add further spice to the race.
Prediction : 1st Light Up Our Stars 2nd Scarlet Dragon 3rd Sweet Reward

After The Rain has impressively rattled off three wins in a row and has every chance again here, but AMANZOE shades the verdict in receipt of 2lb. She could easily be arriving here on a four-timer herself, having just missed out at Haydock two starts ago, and stretching out in distance is unlikely to bother the last-start Hamilton scorer. Thebeautifulgame and Meleri will have their fair share of supporters as well, so this looks a cracking little event.
Prediction : 1st Amanzoe 2nd After The Rain 3rd Thebeautifulgame

CRYSTAL CASQUE is a past C&D scorer and ran well over 1m here last time. Top apprentice Callum Hutchinson takes the ride on her today and a bold bid is expected. Beauty Choice has been running well both on the turf and all-weather recently and he is unlikely to be far away at the finish here, while Hodler steps back down in class and cannot be ruled out either.
Prediction : 1st Crystal Casque 2nd Beauty Choice 3rd Hodler