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Horse racing tips: Sandown, Chepstow and Yarmouth – Thursday August 8
Today’s horse racing tips come from Sandown, Chepstow and Yarmouth. See our expert’s nap of the day, next best and other selections
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A total of six meetings take place across the UK and Ireland today, with the premier event at Chepstow, where it is week three of the Racing League. The East currently lead the way, but Wales and the West will be looking to close the gap in their home fixture.
It is also the second day of Brighton’s summer meeting, a popular fixture by the seaside that is bound to attract huge crowds. The other action is at Yarmouth, Leopardstown, Sligo and Sandown.
Horse racing tips today – Sandown, Chepstow and Yarmouth
Jake Aldrich’s picks for Thursday are below. Scroll down to read the expert analysis behind them.
- Nap: Mr Monaco (Sandown, 7.15) @ SP with BetMGM
- Next best: Austrian Theory (Chepstow, 5.30) @ SP with BetMGM
- Other: Four Adaay (Yarmouth, 2.15) @ SP with BetMGM
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Horse racing tips: Sandown, 7.15
With favourite Solomon out, this race now has a much more open feel about it, but the Ralph Beckett-trained MR MONACO stands out off a mark of 87.
He has been running consistently without winning, with his three-year-old form reading 423. Most notably, he has not been beaten by more than two lengths by the winner on each of these outings.
His second came here over the slightly shorter trip of 9f. He was staying on right to the line and will relish the extra furlong.
His most recent run was in a very competitive Class 2 handicap, worth £52,000. He ran a huge race that day at Newmarket but just found a couple too good. This is a much easier assignment, and one that he should be winning.
Selection: Mr Monaco @ SP with BetMGM
Horse racing tips: Chepstow, 5.30
Yorkshire have not had the best start to this year’s Racing League. They currently sit at the bottom of the table with only 109 points. They will need to find a few first places on this card if they want to have any ambition of winning, and they have a good chance in the opening contest with Tim Easterby’s AUSTRIAN THEORY.
He has fallen off a bit in recent times and is now down to a mark of 85, having once been rated as high as 104. He has recently switched yards and ran no race on his first start for Easterby, but he performed well on his next three and has been showing signs that he has returned to form.
If the Austrian Theory of a couple of years ago turns up, he is going to have an excellent chance, and it could be the start of a change in fortunes for the Yorkshire team.
Selection: Austrian Theory @ SP with BetMGM
Horse racing tips: Yarmouth, 2.15
The opener at the East Anglian coastal venue is a race for horses who have not had a victory in 2024. All five runners have got a first before but have struggled to get into the winners’ circle this year. One who has come close, though, is six-year-old FOUR ADAAY.
The mare is no stranger to winning, having six career victories to her name, and she came so close to a seventh success at Nottingham in June but could not run down the victor. She has run well on her two starts since then and is clearly in form.
This weak event will be right up her street, and if she runs to the level she has been she is very likely to win.
Selection: Four Adaay @ SP with BetMGM
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