Haydock's Horse Racing Tips for Saturday

Saturday's top-quality card from Haydock features the Peter Marsh Handicap Chase and Racing Post tipster Robbie Wilders offers up his three best bets for the day's action, including one in the big race.

Saturday's Haydock Horse Racing Betting Tips and Odds

12:45 Haydock - Ninth Loch @ 12/1
14:30 Haydock - Imagine @ 7/1
15:40 Haydock - Prince Quali @ 5/2

12:45 Haydock - Ninth Loch @ 12/1

Harry Derham is so good with new recruits that Ninth Loch simply has to be of interest in the 1m7½f handicap hurdle on his yard debut. He can add to Derham’s useful course record (3-6, £3.75 level-stakes profit). 

Ninth Loch was a good horse for Willie Mullins a couple of seasons ago, placing in a Punchestown festival bumper before running high-class stayer The Wallpark close in a maiden hurdle, and he was a three-time winner in France when switched to Noel George and Amanda Zetterholm.

He signed off his spell there with a nice Auteuil victory in November and, with stacks of form on testing ground, the six-year-old may be primed to hit the ground running off a low mark of 122.

There is a big chance his best days are ahead of him and this course should suit. 

14:30 Haydock - Imagine @ 7/1

Imagine might have flopped in the Paddy Power Gold Cup two months ago on his stable debut for Harry Derham, but he simply found conditions too lively and he can bounce back in the Peter Marsh. He can cement a good day for the yard. 

Derham stated after Cheltenham he regretted running him, and getting back on softer conditions over a longer trip after a break can yield a vastly superior effort. 

Sent off the 5/1 joint-favourite for the Martin Pipe when trained by Gordon Elliott, Imagine produced a nice finishing effort in fifth and could easily take his form up a notch for this type of test, as those who come to the fore in that race often do.

He’s a forgotten horse who is unexposed and represents one of the best young trainers in the business. Don’t be surprised to see a major resurgence. 

15:40 Haydock - Prince Quali @ 5/2

Prince Quali has been running on the wrong ground this season and can regain the winning thread in the 2m½f handicap chase that concludes the card.

The Robert Walford-trained seven-year-old still shaped with some credit with consecutive third-placed finishes at Newbury and Ascot when neither of the races were run to suit. 

He was a seriously progressive two-miler last term, rounding off his campaign with a game defeat of subsequent Aintree handicap winner Sans Bruit.

With a penchant for heavy terrain, he can capitalise on a fair drop in class under regular rider Harry Kimber, and he needn’t fear much in this field.  

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