Expert Steve Mullington gives his daily racing tips, including a NAP, NB and a Longshot. Scroll down now to find out horse racing tips Thursday 9th June at Haydock and Newbury...
Today's NAP (Best Bet)
3.10 Newbury – Elegant Verse
The price may not be overly attractive to some punters but the Gosden’s have found a great little opportunity for their three-year-old to score in this Listed Abingdon Stakes over 1m 4f.
Elegant Verse, who is by Galileo and out of Special Duty, is an exciting Juddmonte filly and it would be an absolute dream if she could follow in the footsteps of their former high achieving filly/mare Enable.
On paper, the main danger to our 888sport NAP appears to be from the Haggas-trained filly Golden Lyra and I would be pretty confident the pair of them will finish one-two in this Thursday afternoon feature.
Today's NB (Next Best)
5.25 Haydock – Dark Desire
Betting on two-year-old unraced fillies is a dangerous pastime to say the least – some would say foolsome, but sometimes you just have an inclination that one will be primed and ready to go on their first public outing, and that horse in Dark Desire.
Trained by Karl Burke and to be ridden by Andrea Atzeni, Dark Desire is owned by Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum for whom Atzeni has ridden alot of winners for down the years.
This triumvirate of trainer, jockey and owner always do well with their runners together, and Haydock tends to be a happy hunting ground for all three of them.
Alternatives to the pick are Coral Reef for Watson/Doyle and Transfer Affection for the Kevin Ryan stable.
Today's Longshot
5.55 Haydock – Not On Your Nellie
The ever smiling Faye McManoman has a great working relationship with trainer Nigel Tinkler and she is no stranger to Haydock’s winner’s enclosure either, boasting a 21.43% strike rate at the Lancashire racecourse.
Not On Your Nellie has certainly been knocking on the door of late and last season she was just touched off here by Dapper Man in an apprentice handicap.
All the signs are there that she will run another big race here under Faye’s 3lb claim and she is a confident each-way selection for those of you placing your Thursday horse racing online bets.
Danger: Good Luck Fox
*Credit for all of the photos in this article belongs to AP Photo*
FIRST PUBLISHED: 7th June 2022
