UK Horse Racing Tips: Ripon

The form of SWINGALONG's most recent fourth at Newbury took a major boost when the winner followed up in Group 3 company at Goodwood this week, and she gets the vote ahead of recent C&D winner Miss Mai Tai. Violeta is open to improvement on the back of a promising debut effort at Thirsk, while Lincoln Rockstar looks like the pick of the newcomers.
Prediction : 1st Swingalong 2nd Miss Mai Tai 3rd Violeta

The suggestion is IMPERIAL KHAN, who shaped well behind an in-form sprinter at Hamilton and remains unexposed after just five career starts. Ripon has been known to favour front runners and that bodes well for the selection as he looks to fend off the likes of Prayer Matt, who has been somewhat unlucky in recent starts not to break the maiden, and Bonita B, who ran a cracker at Southwell on Friday.
Prediction : 1st Imperial Khan 2nd Prayer Matt 3rd Bonita B

BLISTERING BARNEY may have plenty of weight to concede to his rivals but he remains a solid sort at this level and a fifth career win could be in the offing for the six-year-old. Similar comments apply to Tazaman, who has only once been outside the first three in eight starts since joining the David Loughnane stable. Storm Chaser hasn't shown much since bolting up at Nottingham in June but could still be dangerous.
Prediction : 1st Blistering Barney 2nd Tazaman 3rd Storm Chaser

DAKOTA GOLD is the class act here having won five times in Listed class, as well as in the Group 3 Bengough Stakes at York, and although unlikely to be improving at the age of eight, he may prove good enough to successfully give weight away to his rivals here. Hyperfocus was beaten less than a length at York and is a huge danger in receipt of 10lb, with three-year-old Aleezdancer an interesting alternative now dropping back down in trip.
Prediction : 1st Dakota Gold 2nd Hyperfocus 3rd Aleezdancer

Tim Easterby has won the last two runnings of this race and has a chance of another with C&D winner Bollin Margaret, but she needs to step up on her recent form. HE'S A GENTLEMAN is the highest rated runner and gets weight from his elders, while he deserves a win after some solid placed efforts. The added two furlongs here may bring about the necessary improvement, possibly leaving Cosmos Raj and Mr Carpenter to chase them home.
Prediction : 1st Hes A Gentleman 2nd Bollin Margaret 3rd Cosmos Raj

One More Dream may get involved dropping back in trip after failing to see out the seventh furlong at Catterick. His stable are in great form and he could hit a place, but ROACH POWER is hard to oppose. Although still a maiden, his half-length third in a Leicester handicap stands out here with the drop in class seemingly ideal. No Guts No Glory may follow him home on his second start following wind surgery.
Prediction : 1st Roach Power 2nd No Guts No Glory 3rd One More Dream

Spiritofthenorth steps up in trip following a respectable third at Beverley on his latest outing, but he displayed no extra inside the final furlong on that occasion. Therefore, preference is for BIT OF A QUIRKE, who is rated 2lb higher than his last winning mark over this trip at Leicester. Tyler Heard's 3lb claim seems another positive to note and he looks capable of building on his latest effort over 1m 2f. Spantik is another to note.
Prediction : 1st Bit Of A Quirke 2nd Spiritofthenorth 3rd Spantik