Steve Ryder picks out two top betting angles for Friday's racing cards at Newbury and Thirsk.
4:10 NewburySee All Odds
TIP 1: Sweetwonderfulyou - 1pt
Best odds of 8/11 at PricedUp while publishing.
An interesting Fillies’ Novice Stakes despite there only being four remaining runners but preference goes to SWEETWONDERFULYOU (best priced at 8/11) who holds some lofty entries for later in the season.
The William Haggas trained filly outran odds of 16/1 to finish a close 3 rd at Ascot on her debut behind two more experienced fillies and in front of a debut winner. The form of that run has been boosted by the runner-up Speed Of Sound winning on her next start and Sweetwonderfulyou was arguably the horse to take out of the race as she was slowly away before making good headway late on despite showing greenness. She still holds entries for both the Rockfel Stakes and Group 1 Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket later this season and she should be able to get off the mark at the second attempt.
6:43 ThirskSee All Odds
TIP 2: Accrual - 0.5pt EW
Best odds of 4/1 at bet365 while publishing.
There are no less than five course and distance winners in this field but a chance is taken on ACCRUAL (best priced at 4/1) remaining unbeaten since joining Ruth Carr. The five-year-old grey won twice on the AW for David Loughnane over the winter off marks of 77 and 80 before joining this stable off a career low mark of 75.
Accrual defied odds of 12/1 to make all that day over this course and distance under William Pyle and he should be able to repeat those tactics with a lack of pace on paper. The handicapper raised him 4lbs for that success but he remains competitively handicapped off this mark of 79 and he looks sure to run well.
