Tuesday Racing Tips from Architect

Saffron Beach is the rightful favourite and has a great chance of bagging another Group One event but I feel as though the bookmakers have underestimated PEARLS GALORE (best price 8/1) who has been targeted at this race all season and any spot of rain won’t hinder her chances either. Her form figures over seven furlongs reads 112112, which is her best distance, so it was a testament to her ability thar she was able to finish a gallant second to Space Blues over six in the Group One Qatar Prix de la Foret last year. 

She might not have the class of Saffron Beach but what she does have is a willing attitude, a consistent profile and she’s looked on great terms with herself this year with two wins and second from three starts this year. Saffron Beach drops down to this trip for the first time in a while and is likely to set this race up nicely for this filly who can track the pace, whilst I’m still not convinced about Tenebrism over this trip either. At the odds, Paddy Twomey’s consistent filly appeals as a bet in this race with lots in her favour. 

It’s been a very long time since Ruth Carr’s MAGICAL EFFECT (best price 15/2) last tasted success but if there’s ever a time to get his head back in front, it has to be this race. This is the weakest race he will have competed in throughout his whole career and his trainer's good recent run of form adds a bit more confidence towards his chances. 

His last win was off a twenty-one pounds higher mark and he’s not been beaten far the last twice either, including here, where he was fourth off a three-pounds higher mark. Despite his advancing years, the ten-year-old has to be considered a major player here because on his peak form, he’s miles better than these and he can therefore hopefully capitalise on this golden opportunity with track, trip conditions all recognised as an ideal set-up for the veteran.

ECLIPSE DE LUNAR (best price 11/2) hasn’t been anywhere near his best the last three times but the return to this longer trip, at this course, in this grade, should spark him back to form. He is a class above these when on-song and the last and only time he visited this course, he bolted up over 1m5f off a six-pounds higher mark in a class five event. 

His last victory was in fact off a mark of 70 when beating higher rated opponents than today at Pontefract and this race represents a drop in grade to a class six for the first time in his career. He does, however, need to bounce back, but that’s possible in this low-grade contest so, at the odds, the top-weight rates decent each-way value with plenty going for him. 

EASY WITH ACES (best price 5/1) left his previous form well behind when running a blinder to only be beaten a neck over course-and-distance on his penultimate start and while he’s five-pounds higher now, an excellent five-pounds claimer is booked to ride. He shaped very well when third last time when keeping on to take third under an hands-and-heels ride.

He looks capable off this mark judged on his fourth here last year which has worked out strongly. He makes his stable debut for this yard and there should be plenty of improvement to come now that he’s heading in the right direction, so with his course form to draw upon from a nice slot in stall four, he should be extremely competitive here. 

The Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap is really wide-open, in which a case can be made for quite a few of these, but if there’s one runner who may have been let in here lightly, it is possibly the Hugo Palmer-trained SCOT’S GRACE (best price 11/2) who’s interestingly the only three-year-old in the race. 

She won very nicely over course-and-distance on her racecourse debut and ran well to finish an unlucky fifth in a strong-looking Listed event here next time, where she probably would have won, or at the very least gone close, without being badly hampered a furlong out. She travelled beautifully throughout that race, better than most, and looked to be coming with a strong challenge until getting badly sandwiched between a couple of rivals, forcing her rider to snatch the reins. Despite this significant incident and interference, she rallied strongly to be nearest the finish on the bridle and today’s race, back at the same course, represents a drop in grade. 

Moreover, all four rivals in that race are now rated 97 plus, so she’s definitely well-treated off 88 at present. Her latest third, at Chester, can be marked up, as she did all of her best work in the closing stages to not be beaten far and the runner-up from that contest Princess Shabnam has since run well to fill the same spot behind Ebro River in a Listed event. This is a difficult race but she will get a good pace to aim at with Ayr Harbour and Punchbowl Flyer likely to do battle for the lead and, if the gaps open up for her in this occasion, provided she has a clean start that is, Andrea Atzeni might be able to deliver her with a well-timed run to potentially land the spoils.