Saturday Racing Tips from Steve Ryder

Last year’s winner Call Me Ginger (best priced at 7/1) has bounced back to form on his previous two starts with victories at Chester and Ascot, and he should run well off a 2lb higher mark this year.

The Jim Goldie trained seven-year-old defied odds of 20/1 to win this race off a mark of 89 last season under Amie Waugh and he runs in the race off a mark of 89 this year. 

Call Me Ginger won by a short head at Chester on his penultimate start off a mark of 83 before following up at Ascot last time off a mark of 87. He won the race on soft ground last season so the ground should suit and he should run well with up to seven places available. 

Delagate This Lord (best priced at 14/1) is a seven-time course winner at Bath with his previous five victories all coming over this course and distance.

The nine-year-old had been without a victory since June 2020 before dead heating on his stable debut for Robyn Brisland off a lowly mark of 58. He followed by 1 ¼ lengths on his penultimate start off a mark of 62 before finishing 6th here last time when trapped wide from a poor draw.

Delagate This Lord is well handicapped on previous form with his victory in June 2020 coming off a mark of 76 so he should still have scope in his mark of 67 and he should run well with five places on offer from Stall 5.

This looks to be between course and distance winners Divine Libra and Roman Dragon (best priced at 11/4) with preference going to the latter given his superior form at the track.

The Hugo Palmer trained four-year-old has form figures of 5112431484122 at the course with all four of those victories coming over today’s trip of 6f.

The gelding won off a mark of 79 in July under Hayley Turner before finishing 2nd by a length off a mark of 84 over 5½f.
Roman Dragon finished only a short head behind Call Me Ginger over 5½f last time off a mark of 84 and despite running here off a mark of 87 he should run well back over 6f.