Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, July 19
It was 2019 when a three-year-old last won the Steventon Stakes (1.50 Newbury) but RASHABAR (NAP) can buck the trend when he drops down in class. He landed last season's Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot as an 80-1 outsider and since then he has featured in Group One contests won by Whistlejacket, Camille Pissarro and Field Of Gold. This step up in trip to 1m2f should suit him at a track where he finished second in the Greenham Stakes on his reappearance this season.
In the Summer Plate (3.12 Market Rasen), last year's winner SURE TOUCH (NB) holds strong claims of a repeat success. A neck winner in 2024 from Soul Icon, now rated 7lb higher, Sure Touch runs here off a 1lb lower mark under Sean Bowen. Cheekpieces are on for the first time and he looks the one to beat.
Market Rasen
Robin Goodfellow
1.35 Laravie
2.05 Deploy To Spy
2.40 Castel Gandolfo
3.12 Sure Touch (nb)
3.50 Lermoos Legend
4.25 Game Beaaa
5.00 Camino Rocio
Gimcrack
1.35 Laravie
2.05 Benvoy
2.40 Goblet Of Fire (nb)
3.12 Horantzau D'airy
3.50 Rocks Up Late
4.25 Bellbird
5.00 A Dublin Job
NEWMARKET – 1.35 LARAVIE (nap)
Doncaster
Robin Goodfellow
5.15 One More Dream
5.45 Homestrait
6.15 Jesmond Dawn
6.45 Lumenbourg
7.15 Jet Black
7.45 Operation Gimcrack
8.15 Grand Traverse
8.45 Analogical
Gimcrack
5.15 King's Crown
5.45 Parisian Scholar
6.15 Original Thinker
6.45 Travis
7.15 Gentle Warrior
7.45 Rock Diva
8.15 Grand Traverse
8.45 Analogical
Newmarket
Robin Goodfellow
4.20 Quiescent
4.55 Chorus
5.30 Leadman
6.00 Savvy Stellar
6.35 Siam Fox
7.05 Dashing Dick
7.38 Dutch Decoy
Gimcrack
4.20 First Duty
4.55 Understudy
5.30 Sweet Fantastic
6.00 Arundel
6.35 Renesmee
7.05 Dashing Dick
7.38 Dutch Decoy
NEWMARKET - 4.20 Quiescent (nb)
Haydock
Robin Goodfellow
6.25 Unplugged
6.55 King Of The Sea
7.30 You Sexy Thing
8.00 Brize Norton
8.30 Bright Times Ahead
9.00 Secret Mistral
Gimcrack
6.25 Solanna
6.55 King Of The Sea
7.30 Midnight Rodeo
8.00 Kiniro
8.30 Bright Times Ahead
9.00 Alpine Girl
Cartmel
Robin Goodfellow
1.40 Caughtinyourtrance
2.15 Hope Hill
2.50 Bittalemon
3.22 Sea The Clouds
4.00 Cuzco Du Mathan
4.35 Jelski
5.10 Pittsburg
Gimcrack
1.40 Sang Pour Sang
2.15 Jlow
2.50 Ashington
3.22 Go Go Chicago
4.00 Beny Nahar Road
4.35 Bumpy Evans
5.10 Rory's Story
Newbury
Robin Goodfellow
1.50 RASHABAR (nap)
2.25 Kyle Of Lochalsh
2.57 Regional
3.30 Anthelia
4.10 Glistening
4.45 Egoli
5.20 Maybe Not
Gimcrack
1.50 Rashabar
2.25 Wild Waves
2.57 REGIONAL (nap)
3.30 Kamakameleon
4.10 Wujjood
4.45 Egoli
5.20 Maybe Not
NORTHERNER – 2.57 REGIONAL (nap)
Ripon
Robin Goodfellow
2.10 Stargazed
2.45 Goyard
3.17 Ey Up Its The Boss
3.55 The Reverend
4.30 Garden Oasis
5.05 Sweet Kiss
5.38 Ideal Guest
Gimcrack
2.10 Moretons
2.45 Goyard
3.17 Real Terms
3.55 Per Contra
4.30 Garden Oasis
5.05 Groundhog
5.38 Spring Corn
NORTHERNER – 2.45 Goyard (nb)
THE WIZARD OF ODDS
By Chris Baker
2.00 CURRAGH: MOLTOPHINO beat a subsequent winner at this course two starts back and ran well to be placed in a big-field handicap last time. He has a good draw for this return to the Curragh.
2.57 NEWBURY: ELITE STATUS (NAP) is unbeaten in two starts over today's course and distance, including a victory in this race last year. He is dropping down in class today.
8.15 DONCASTER: YANIFER, who has solid form in a higher class, ran well to finish second at York last time out. He can go one better today and record a second course-and-distance win.
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