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Horse racing tips: Thirsk – Wednesday July 3
Today’s horse racing tips come from the meetings at Thirsk. See our expert’s nap of the day, next best and other selections
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There are five Flat meetings scheduled across the UK and Ireland on Wednesday.
The afternoon action comes from Thirsk (2.15-5.55pm) and Musselburgh (2.30-5.15), with Tipperary (5.05-8-20), Bath (6.00-8.45) and Epsom (6.20-9.00) taking punters through the evening.
We have three Wednesday selections including a debutant who is well worth a speculative each-way punt at Thirsk.
Horse racing tips today – Thirsk
Dave Randall’s picks for Wednesday are below. Scroll down to read the expert analysis behind them.
- Nap: Ay Gee Ell (Thirsk, 2.15) @ SP with BetMGM
- Next best: The Crafty Mole (Thirsk, 2.45) @ SP with BetMGM
- Other: Thunder Run (Thirsk, 3.15) @ SP with BetMGM
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Horse racing tips: Thirsk 2.15
Fourteen runners contest this Class 5 juvenile novice stakes over six furlongs and plenty have shown promise, but the eye is drawn to debutant AY GEE ELL, whose pedigree gives him each-way appeal.
American Style sets the form standard, having registered an improved Racing Post Rating of 77 on his second start over this trip on good-to-soft ground at Leicester this month. He was a close second that day to Pentle Bay, who franked that form when runner-up to the impressive Bedtime Story in the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot over seven furlongs – a trip that may suit him better.
That said, being drawn alongside American Style is a considerable positive for Ay Gee Ell. Mecca’s Symphony is a likely improver who also makes some appeal from stall 12, but the equally promising Bella Love may be compromised by stall four, away from where the race is likely to develop.
The selection represents Richard Fahey, who trained the winner of one of the divisions of this race last year in She’s A Gambler. Fahey is 9-56 (16 per cent) with his two-year-old runners on turf this season and 46-332 (14 per cent) overall with his juvenile runners at this course.
He also trained the selection’s sire Sands Of Mali, a top-class 6f sprinter, and Ay Gee Ell’s dam is related to the Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Power. That pedigree makes him the selection here.
Selection: Ay Gee Ell @ SP with BetMGM
Horse racing tips: Thirsk 2.45
Believitanducan is weighted to reverse Wetherby and Redcar placings with THE CRAFTY MOLE from earlier in the season over this 1m 6f trip, but the selection remained unbeaten at the distance when improving again to land his third three-year-old handicap since the end of April at Yarmouth recently.
A progressive gelding out of Study Of Man, The Crafty Mole ran out a winner by over three lengths on that occasion and should be suited by the prevailing ground conditions whatever the uncertain weather does, his first victory coming on soft ground and the last two on good to firm. A 6lb penalty is far from certain to curtail his impressive run of success.
Selection: The Crafty Mole @ SP with BetMGM
Horse racing tips: Thirsk 3.15
Two of the nine runners are shortlisted in this Class 5 novice stakes over a mile. Second choice is The Reverend, who represents William Haggas under a penalty after 243 days off since a promising debut success in November at Newmarket (7f, heavy).
Haggas is 2-2 in this race since 2018 and The Reverend has to be respected as his only runner on this card, but the likely contrasting ground to his debut and the subsequent absence are concerns when he is attempting to give weight and a race-fitness advantage away to a promising type such as Karl Burke’s THUNDER RUN.
Burke is 9-54 (17 per cent) in the past 14 days, while Daniel Tudhope, who is 60-307 (20 per cent) when riding for Burke, continues on board after the pair combined to finish an encouraging second of 16 at Wetherby on the gelding’s debut last month.
The step up to a mile is likely to suit on breeding and the son of Night Of Thunder should be able to fend off the penalised The Reverend if building on that initial effort.
Selection: Thunder Run @ SP with BetMGM
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