06-07-2025
Newsboy went through the card on Saturday – here are his Monday racing tips
Our man is in scintillating form – tipping all seven winners at Beverley on Saturday – and he has napped one trained by the in-form Julie Camacho on Monday
BRAVE BOB is fancied to build on the promise of his debut in the sphere at Redcar last month to land the Luxury Breaks At Western House Hotel Handicap (4.05) at Ayr today.
Julie Camacho's son of Oasis Dream didn't trouble the judge on his first three starts, all at Doncaster, but earned a British Horseracing Authority mark of 54 as a result.
Brave Bob went off at 10-1 in a field of 11 for a six-furlong handicap on Teesside 16 days ago and ran on well to the finish to take fourth behind Baby Rover.
Sam James takes over from 5lb claimer Tom Kiely-Marshall this afternoon aboard my selection, who competes from an unchanged rating here.
Camacho is currently knocking in winners at a one-in-four strike-rate and, with further progress to come on the fifth outing of his career, Brave Bob is expected to show to the fore.
James could also be in luck aboard HALF SOVEREIGN in the opening EBF Stallions Restricted Novice Stakes (1.30).
Karl Burke's youngster made his racecourse bow at Redcar on the same card that saw Brave Bob start out in handicaps, and the way he came home from a hopeless position to take fourth behind Finegans Rainbow augurs well for this afternoon.
Newsboy left his followers in seventh heaven when going through the card at Beverley on Saturday with a sensational 12,936-1 seven-timer.
And he was not the only Mirror tipster in fine form on Saturday.
The paper's Value Scope column, written by tipping titan Steve Jones, singled out 11-1 winner Expert Angel at Haydock and two other each-way bets were both placed at 18-1 – Arisaig and Night Breeze.
For good measure, his fourth each-way selection Shagraan was also placed at 11-1.
AYR 1.30 HALF SOVEREIGN (NB) 2.00 SAY WHAT YOU SEE 2.30 MONHAMMER 3.00 ABDUCTION 3.33 ARABIAN COBRA 4.05 BRAVE BOB (NAP) 4.40 EY UP ITS JAZZ 5.15 BILLY NO MATES WORCESTER 2.12 FAT SAM 2.42 RIVER OF JOY 3.15 STUMPS OR SLIPS 3.45 HANDLETHEKETTLE 4.20 SHIBUYA SONG 4.55 JANWORTH 5.30 JLOW RIPON 6.30 POPTY PING 7.00 BALAYAGED 7.30 TRIGGERMAN 8.00 PROTEST RALLY 8.30 IWANTMYTIMEWITHYOU 9.00 SPRING CORN DOUBLE: BRAVE BOB and HALF SOVEREIGN
