UK Horse Racing Tips: Bellewstown

This ground is likely to be very testing. On breeding, SUN NEVER SETS ought to handle deep ground and has plenty in her favour. She is the highest rated in the field and in-form claimer Wayne Hassett takes 7lb off her back. She hasn't been beaten far in her last three starts and was placed in two of them. Furthermore, she goes to work from the best draw in stall one. Noel Meade and Colin Meade are a useful combination and they team up with Tatum who kept on well for third over slightly further in Naas. That was on much better ground, but she does look dangerous. Not Far To Fall was only beaten a neck and a head into third in a claiming maiden at Navan which gives him a shot.
Prediction : 1st Sun Never Sets 2nd Tatum 3rd Not Far To Fall

DUMB LOVE posted a third place in a fillies' maiden on soft ground at Naas last month which has to give her every chance here. She wasn't at her best on her next start, but is taken to bounce back in first-time blinkers. Perseids sets the standard with runner-up berths banked at Naas and Dundalk, but testing ground is a nagging concern. Her dam was more than capable on slow ground so she could handle it and, if she does, she has sound claims. Local Girl acquitted herself well in second on slow ground at Leopardstown in July and gets first-time cheekpieces. She has plenty to find at these weights, but testing ground could make things interesting. Hasiyna is returning off a break and represents an in-form Dermot Weld, so a market check is advised.
Prediction : 1st Dumb Love 2nd Perseids 3rd Local Girl

LISIEUX looks the part. This Camacho filly finished third at Listowel last week when only collared in the closing stages. The form was franked when the runner-up beat a big field in Cork on Tuesday. Crucially, Lisieux has a soft-ground victory from Naas last year in her locker and she is on a very handy mark. Yuzu has shown ability on rain-softened ground in better races. The assessor has dropped her by 4lb, so she should be very competitive despite the impediment of being drawn wide in stall 17. Hope And Innocence is coming down the weights and has a more than capable 7lb claimer booked. She didn't run badly in fourth at this track in July and also has form on soft ground. Bride Tree showed more in third at the Curragh and could build upon that.
Prediction : 1st Lisieux 2nd Yuzu 3rd Hope And Innocence

There looks like there could be plenty of pace in this race and it may be worth taking a chance on SPECKLED MEADOW. S-he couldn't get involved from a wide draw when finishing mid-division at Galway, but is better judged on her running-on second over an extended 7f at Leopardstown on her penultimate start. She is a confirmed mudlark and will relish these conditions. Noel Meade's Tea Olive has been off since disappointing at Leopardstown in July, but could travel into contention behind the pace on ground she will handle. The handicapper has given her a chance by easing her by 4lb. Drop The Dip was strong off the front on bottomless ground at Listowel last week, so has to be respected under the 7lb penalty. Recent winners Perfect Poise and Lady Arwen will have their supporters.
Prediction : 1st Speckled Meadow 2nd Tea Olive 3rd Drop The Dip

STEP BACK IN TIME has hit a bit of form and has prospects of doubling her career total. She made the breakthrough off a lowly mark in Navan at the start of the month and showed that her new rating wasn't beyond her when finishing a close fourth at Fairyhouse. Both of those races were in a slightly higher grade than this one. Distillate suffered a nightmare journey when fifth at Down Royal on Monday. She was caught in the closing stages at Navan by Step Back In Time, so has to rate a danger and this ground won't inconvenience her. Eruption is certainly on a mark she can be competitive off. Distillate's stablemate, Zig Zag Zyggy, won here in July. His form is in and out, however, he is capable on a going day but wouldn't want the ground too deep.
Prediction : 1st Step Back In Time 2nd Distillate 3rd Eruption

A very tricky puzzle. ZENON hasn't been seen on a racecourse since winning a good pot at Killarney in August 2020 but, interestingly, he holds an entry in the Cesarewitch at Newmarket next month which indicates that he is training well. Staying trips are his forte and he enjoys deep ground. Charming Star was tough in winning over a similar trip in a maiden at Listowel. He will plough through conditions and should be no backmarker. The lightly-raced Martinstown should come on from his comeback third in Roscommon at the start of the month. He is clearly talented, as evidenced by landing a hot maiden in Cork last year, but he may not want the ground to be deep. Joseph O'Brien's Roaring Gallagher could be an improver up in trip with Conor Stone-Walsh's 7lb claim a bonus.
Prediction : 1st Zenon 2nd Charming Star 3rd Martinstown

John McConnell's DULEEK STREET was an emphatic winner of a maiden hurdle on soft ground at Cartmel last month, so has to be appealing off a mark of 56 as he reverts back to the Flat. In addition, Siobhan Rutledge takes 3lb off his back. Narlita just gets into this grade and has to be feared. She just lost out by the minimum margin over a shorter trip at Gowran Park in May. She stays this trip and is used to competing in higher classes of races. Katonah caught a tartar when second in Listowel after travelling well on the deep ground and should be in contention. Nusra will enjoy these conditions and arrives on the back of a victory in an apprentice handicap at Ffos Las last month.
Prediction : 1st Duleek Street 2nd Narlita 3rd Katonah