EXPERT RACING TIPS: NEWMARKET

NEWMARKET PREVIEW AND TIPS | EXPERT TIPS | SATURDAY JULY 12TH 2025

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Betting Strategy

BACK: 5. Miss Nightfall (WIN) for 4 units (Rated at $2.00)

Miss Nightfall was on the wrong side of the track at Royal Ascot, settled near last and went past 16 rivals to finish 6th of 25 with never having a hope of winning due to the barrier. Drawn the wrong side once more but can scoot across here on the narrower track in a smaller field and still prove too strong after staying on a handicap mark that makes her a standout bet here.

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BACK: 4. More Thunder (WIN) for 5 units (Rated at $1.80)

More Thunder is a group horse in a handicap and he should’ve won at Royal Ascot. Marquand was drawn awkwardly and split between the two packs, losing ground having to move across and tack onto the rear of the middle group and blasted past all comers bar one. He may have even nabbed Get It in the final strides but Marquand got the whip tangled and lost some momentum. Connections will be keen to atone for that in what is almost certain to be his final start in handicap company.

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BACK: 4. Fifth Column for 2 units (Rated at $3.00)

Fifth Column was drawn wrong at Ascot (9) when the race unfolded on the stand’s rail. The winning group there were all drawn 25+ and Fifth Column finished best of the rest 7th in No Man’s Land having accounted for two thirds of the field despite being heavily disadvantaged.
Meets the fav here with a 3.5kg edge which makes him a much more viable prospect.

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BACK: 5. Saba Desert (WIN) for 2 units (Rated at $3.00)

At these prices I find it impossible to let Saba Desert go around without backing. Both he and Italy got off the mark on debut in stylish fashion but in my opinion the price discrepancy is enormous. Appleby & Godolphin have an absurd record in this race the last decade (5 of the last 9 winners) and this is their home turf.

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BACK: 4. Notable Speech (WIN) for 4 units (Rated at $3.00)

The mind boggles at the ride given to Notable Speech in the Queen Anne having cantered up behind them on the snaff and getting no room until it was too late, switching up the inside into awful ground when the action unfolded down the middle. The Appleby yard has often been guilty of getting ideal distances wrong with their horses and when they finally step down in trip it usually brings G1 success. Notable Speech has profiled like a sprinter and his curse was winning the Guineas in such a fashion he’s been thought of as a miler until now. I see no reason why a horse with the class and speed of Notable Speech can’t waltz this.

BACK: 14. Symbol Of Honour (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $5.00)

I’ve had this race pencilled in for Symbol Of Honour since he was gelded and ineligible for the Commonwealth Cup. His record at 1200m reads: 161111 and the only defeat was when smashed off the boards at Royal Ascot and still finished in front of 16 rivals.
He’s a bombproof six furlong sprinter and the most likely winner outside the favourite. There’s a chance the watering could have shifted action to the far side and if so, he is the one.

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A fair few declarations from others that Atlantic Sunset could be a “weighted moral” but his form earlier this week took a complete battering so I’m sitting out.