Welcome to MarkYourCard for racing on 28th May.
Some of the races tomorrow look very difficult to me. The 16.23 at Yarmouth has loads of horses dropping in class that look to be well handicapped. Tough race. I’m planning to keep my betting light , will have my usual small stakes on the speed figure selections and have a couple of good bets on the two below.
Will start looking at Friday now, see if I can get a little ahead of myself.. good luck if you play along.
Jockey/Trainer Stats
Ripon 3.40 - Spioradalta @ 8.0 e/w 3 places
Mark Walford has three runners declared at Ripon on Thursday. and Jason Hart has three rides booked, however they only team up on the one horse.
The jockey/trainer combo for the two over the last two years at this track reads 6 runs - 4 wins.
The horse has run at the track 7 times, with 3 wins and 4 placed efforts. Over track and trip the horse is 3 from 3. Jason Hart has ridden the horse 5 times and has won three.
Early forecast betting has this priced up around 16/1. I would be surprised if we ever see that. I expect an opening show of around 8’s and a price at the off of closer to 11/2.
Repeat Performance
4.10 Ripon - Hurstwood @ 6.5 - 3 places (paddy).
Won this race in 2023, second here in 2024 and won again last year from a mark of 50 with a 3lb claimer up top.
He will have been targeted for this one given his record in this, so we should at the very least have one that is trying.
The fav does look tough to beat, but we have help from decent 5lb claimer Ethan Tindall.
Horse does all his winning at either Ripon or Redcar. 7 wins from 28 runs at those tracks. Here at Ripon, over course and distance the horse is 4 from 16.
Speed Figure Picks
14:48 - Yarmouth - Stenmark @ 11.0 - 3 places
15:40 - Ripon - Financer @ 17.0 - 3 places
15:53 - Yarmouth - Give Me The Night @ 12.0 win bet
16:45 - Ripon - Polygram @ 5.0 win bet
17:00 - Yarmouth - Siam Fox @ 11.0 3 places