The first day of Newmarket’s Cambridgeshire meeting kicks off on Thursday and Racing Post tipster Robbie Wilders is back in the chair to provide his best bets.
2.25 Newmarket - I’m Puzzled @ 5/1
3.35 Newmarket - Alyanaabi @ 4/1
4.45 Newmarket - Tenerife Sunshine @ 3/1
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The mile nursery looks a great opportunity for I’M PUZZLED to pick up a nice prize on a potentially big few days for Harry and Roger Charlton, who are responsible for hot Cambridgeshire favourite Greek Order.
The son of Sea The Moon has improved his Racing Post Rating with each start and ran out an emphatic winner of a Sandown nursery last time on his first attempt at a mile.
While there were only three runners in that Sandown race, a subsequent 6lb rise looks fair enough considering the odds-on chance he beat by an easy eight and a half lengths was also on a sharp upward curve going into the contest.
I’m Puzzled rates the type to be ideally suited to this galloping track and has scope to shorten in the betting under Oisin Murphy.
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The Group 3 Tattersalls Stakes looks the most open running in years and a chance is taken on the Owen Burrows-trained ALYANAABI.
The son of Too Darn Hot is from an outstanding Shadwell family and scored easily on his debut at Salisbury from a couple who have franked the form since, despite running quite greenly.
This strong traveller then shaped clear second-best when fourth to Rosallion in the Listed Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot upped to 7f for the first time as Jim Crowley had to wait for a gap to appear.
That formline is the gift that keeps on giving as the second and fifth were Listed winners next time out, while the sixth subsequently filled the runner-up position in the Group 2 Champagne Stakes. There is plenty in this colt’s favour.
I like keeping fresh horses with course form onside at the Cambridgeshire meeting as we edge towards the end of the Flat season, and TENERIFE SUNSHINE fits the bill in the 1m4f handicap.
Tenerife Sunshine landed the mile maiden on this card (always a strong event) last campaign, but took a backwards step in the Group 3 Flying Zetland Stakes on his next start.
He was outclassed there but simply wasn’t ready for that sort of test, and looked a potential handicap snip off a mark of 82 on his return from 326 days off at Kempton four weeks ago.
Tenerife Sunshine was fairly rusty early on and took a long time to get going over the 1m3f distance, but motored home in the final furlong and this stiffer test is exactly what he needs.
A 5lb rise can be dealt with on this well-bred three-year-old’s second start of the season under Kevin Stott, who got a fine tune out of him at Kempton.
Tenerife Sunshine @ 3/1 - 1pt win
2.25 Newmarket - I’m Puzzled @ 5/1
3.35 Newmarket - Alyanaabi @ 4/1
4.45 Newmarket - Tenerife Sunshine @ 3/1
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