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Horse racing tips: Haydock and Beverley – ITV Racing Saturday picks
Predictions and analysis for today’s ITV Racing from Haydock and Beverley, plus a free bets offer to back our selections
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There are seven races to enjoy on Saturday afternoon’s ITV4 broadcast from Beverley and Haydock.
Four races from Haydock include two Group 3 contests: the Lester Piggott Fillies’ Stakes and the John of Gaunt Stakes, while Beverley’s card features two £50,000 Class 2 conditions stakes for juveniles.
The ITV Racing broadcast is on ITV4 from 1.30-4pm and our expert has tips for all seven races.
ITV Racing tips – Haydock and Beverley, Saturday June 8
Here is the list of Clive Gildon’s recommendations for today’s programme. You can read the analysis behind his selections below.
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- 1.50 Haydock – Live In The Dream @ 11/10 with Betfred
- 2.05 Beverley – Maw Lam @ 9/2 with Betfred
- 2.25 Haydock – Melek Alreeh (e/w) @ 10/1 with Betfred
- 2.40 Beverley – Moving Force @ 5/2 with Betfred
- 3.00 Haydock – Mistral Star (e/w) @ 12/1 with Betfred
- 3.15 Beverley – Zapphire (e/w) @ SP with Betfred
- 3.35 Haydock – Noble Dynasty @ 4/1 with Betfred
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Haydock 1.50: Betfred Passionate About Sport Achilles Stakes (Listed, 5f)
LIVE IN THE DREAM is the most likely winner on form. The five-year-old won the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes over the minimum trip at York last August and was only beaten about a length when fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita in November. His recent close second on soft ground over this course and distance in the Group 2 Temple Stakes was an encouraging return to action.
Selection: Live In The Dream @ 11/10 with Betfred
Beverley 2.05: Hilary Needler Trophy EBF Fillies' Conditions Stakes (5f)
Five of the nine winners of this juvenile contest since 2013 had reached the first three on their only start, with three winning first time out. Of the 15 who go to post here, the Adrian Nicholls-trained MAW LAM sets the form standard after winning on her debut over this trip on good-to-firm ground at Thirsk last month. A low draw in stall one is another positive factor and she is taken to follow up.
Selection: Maw Lam @ 9/2 with Betfred
Haydock 2.25: Betfred ‘Play Fred’s £5 Million’ Handicap (Class 2, 1m 4f)
Nine go to post in an open-looking contest for which MELEK ALREEH is our each-way suggestion. The five-year-old won gamely over this trip at Southwell in March, with more than six lengths back to the third. It is a vote of confidence in his ability to improve again that trainer David Simcock allows him to take his chance in a higher class of contest from 2lb out of the handicap and after another small break. The return to turf on decent ground on this course should suit him from a 7lb higher rating.
Selection: Melek Alreeh (e/w) @ 10/1 with Betfred
Beverley 2.40: bet365 Two Year Old Trophy Conditions Stakes (5f)
Richard Fahey has trained the winner of this race twice in the past five years in Summer Sands (2019) and Bombay Bazaar (2023). His representative this year, MOVING FORCE, won well over course and distance on good-to-firm ground on his debut last month. That effort is arguably the pick of the form on offer and he is taken to follow up.
Selection: Moving Force @ 5/2 with Betfred
Haydock 3.00: Betfred Nifty 50 Lester Piggott Fillies’ Stakes (Group 3, 1m 4f)
MISTRAL STAR is a particularly well-bred daughter of Frankel who has about 5lb to find on the book with the pick of these opponents – but she remains open to significant improvement after seven career starts. Last August, she was an impressive winner of a Premier Fillies’ Handicap over this trip on decent ground at Salisbury. The four-year-old improved to reach second in Listed company at Saint-Cloud in September despite the soft surface, while persistent morning rain didn’t aid her cause ahead of her recent reappearance when two lengths adrift fifth in a Listed race at Ayr. The step back up in trip on decent ground on this course should suit and she is worth supporting each-way.
Selection: Mistral Star (e/w) @ 12/1 with Betfred
Beverley 3.15: bet365 Handicap (Class 4, 7½f)
ZAPPHIRE is worth backing each-way in a competitive 16-runner handicap. The daughter of Zoffany progressed to win well in August at Haydock (7f, good to soft) and she shouldn't be inconvenienced by a quicker surface after performing creditably in two further starts on Tapeta at Newcastle. The four-year-old is entitled to build on last month’s reappearance at the same venue, where she was sixth, and a mark of 77 is exploitable considering the 84 Racing Post Rating she achieved at Haydock.
Selection: Zapphire each-way @ SP with Betfred
Haydock 3.35: Betfred John Of Gaunt Stakes (Group 3, 7f)
NOBLE DYNASTY is the one to beat on the book and he is taken to follow up last month’s classy handicap success over this trip at Newmarket, which was achieved from a mark of 105 on decent ground. The six-year-old son of Dubawi registered a peak Racing Post Rating of 117 on that occasion and a reproduction of that level of form may be sufficient to lead home his 11 rivals for this prize.
Selection: Noble Dynasty @ 4/1 with Betfred
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