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Horse racing tips: Sandown, Newcastle and Chelmsford – Thursday February 15
Today’s racing tips come from Sandown, Newcastle and Chelmsford. See our expert’s nap of the day, next best and other selections
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There is a bumper day of racing in the UK and Ireland on Thursday, with six meetings taking place across the afternoon and into the evening.
We start off at Clonmel (1.10-4.40), before we head to Sandown for Royal Artillery Gold Cup Day (1.20-4.46), followed by action from Newcastle (1.40-4.35), Southwell (2.02-4.53) and Leicester (2.07-5.02), and rounding things off with seven races on the all-weather at Chelmsford (5.30-8.30).
Among our Thursday fancies is a mare trained by Nicky Henderson who will be looking to extend her perfect record.
Horse racing tips today – Sandown, Newcastle and Chelmsford
Adrian Mills’ picks for Thursday are below. Scroll down to read the expert analysis behind them.
- Nap: Aston Martini (Sandown, 2.30) @ SP with BetMGM
- Next best: Two Auld Pals (Newcastle, 4.00) @ SP with BetMGM
- Other: I’m Mable (Chelmsford, 6.00) @ SP with BetMGM
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Horse racing tips: Sandown, 2.30
A race won by Love Envoi and You Wear It Well in recent years, the Jane Seymour Mares’ Novice Hurdle has become a great indicator for pointing out mares who go on to win much bigger races. There is one in the race this year who looks like she may have that star quality, ASTON MARTINI.
So far in her short career she has a perfect three wins from three, admittedly only claiming victory last month, quite rightly, back on appeal after initially losing it in a stewards inquiry. She showed here that she has the determination to win races after being run close, which will only benefit her moving forward.
While she may not have the experience of some of her rivals, she will appreciate the step up in trip to two and a half miles. She won a maiden hurdle over a similar distance easily in November and a positive run here will see her looking at some of the big prizes on offer at Cheltenham and Aintree in the coming months.
Selection: Aston Martini @ SP with BetMGM
Horse racing tips: Newcastle, 4.00
TWO AULD PALS was useful, but unremarkable, running on the flat early in his career, but has shown that he has some talent over hurdles with some eye-catching runs this season.
Making his hurdling debut in December, this six-year-old made a solid start in testing conditions at Bangor and followed that up with another, what could be described as unfortunate, second place.
He looked to take on the leader when turning for home and briefly led, but made a mistake two from home where he lost some momentum and allowed the eventual winner the chance to get back into the race.
However, there are positives to take from that run. He always travels strongly as shown when running on heavy ground at Bangor and similar ground last time out at Newcastle. He may want further, but with a bit more experience he looks well set to go one better.
Selection: Two Auld Pals @ SP with BetMGM
Horse racing tips: Chelmsford, 6.00
I’M MABLE does not have the best-looking form line in the race, but digging a bit deeper reveals she is a consistent type who is not often beaten by far.
She got dealt a tough hand last time out at Lingfield and had plenty to do in the closing stages, but stayed on well which gives cause to be optimistic this time round.
She does her best work at this level and has a decent record at Chelmsford, with two wins at the Essex track, including a course and distance success.
The booking of Rossa Ryan is another big positive and if things go her way this time around she should be right in the mix.
Selection: I’m Mable @ SP with BetMGM
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