Horse racing tips: ‘She relishes every yard of this trip' – Templegate's 3-1 NAP can land a quickfire double
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LADY MARIKO (5.10 Yarmouth, nap)
There was a lot to like about the way she got her head in front at Wetherby last time. She came from a good way back and battled right to the line, relishing every yard of this distance. The handicapper has been fair with a 2lb rise in the weights and she looks capable of improvement. Noisy Music looks the main danger after a good run on the all-weather at Southwell last time out.
BEACH POINT (5.50 Kempton, nb)
He made it six places from his past seven races when second at Leicester last time. This looks a good chance to get his head back in front with the step up in distance likely to suit. He has a top pilot in Mason Paetel on board in this apprentice race.
ROGUE ENDEAVOUR (7.10 Ffos Las, treble)
He went down in a tight finish over a similar trip at Bath 14 days ago. He likes to go from the front and his capable claimer Elizabeth Gale is full value for her 7lb.
TOMMY'S PROMISE (4.10 Yarmouth, Lucky 15)
He has few miles on the clock and just over half a length away when second here last time. He is proven over this trip and looks dangerous again from his basement handicap mark of 49.
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BBC News
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Russo didn't score but was man of the match, her running creating the space for those four goals. Ella Toone duly crowned her own inclusion with the goal that turned a convincing win into a rout. That is maybe the slight caveat in all of this. What does it say about these Euros that the Dutch were supposed to be one of the six good sides, that made this 'the group of death', were so bad? It wasn't just that England beat them convincingly, but how supine they became. That sort of drop shouldn't happen. The Netherlands had no pace, and didn't seem to be able to cope with England's intensity or directness. They afforded Keira Walsh the freedom of the centre. Wiegman had said the word 'gameplan' almost as much as her players said 'proper England' in the press before the game and, amusingly, it now seems like she actually just gave it away. The manager spoke of how she wanted to exploit the space the Dutch leave behind, and repeated it after the game, with her team having done exactly that. It was like Andries Jonker's team couldn't even conceive this might be possible. That isn't England's problem, though. They did what they had to do, following a build-up where they could have been perceived as playing themselves as much as the Dutch. The only concern right now might be over this propensity to yo-yo, and go back and forth in terms of performance. Wales shouldn't really pose such difficulty, though, with all due respect. England should win there, and the state of the table should mean any victory is enough to send them into a quarter-final with either Germany or Sweden, with the bonus of perhaps avoiding Spain in any semi-final. The France-Wales match did actually start up on a screen at the end of Wiegman's press conference, the manager laughing as she talked about how it was time to end it so she could go and watch. 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