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Alan Kelly's Tips - Monday, 1 June
We head to the Flat meetings at Newbury in the afternoon and Windsor in the evening for Monday’s horse racing selections. Light rain is forecast for both cards on ground currently described as good to firm.
2:50pm Newbury - Freddie’s Star (Each-Way)
Since his recent comeback from serious injury, jockey Clifford Lee has been in sparkling form, the highlight of which were the Group 2 victories of Venetian Sun and Night Raider at Haydock Park just over a week ago. With five wins from his last eight rides as I write this on Saturday morning, Lee can do little wrong following his return to action from that life-threatening motorbike accident.
The rider has been booked to partner the Roger Teal-trained Freddie’s Star in this one mile Class 4 handicap, and off a mark of only 74 the son of Starspangledbanner gets the each-way vote in an open race. This will be just the seventh career start for the four-year-old, Freddie’s Star’s one experience of turf coming on his debut at Chepstow back in September.
Just touched-off by a promising Gosden horse at Chelmsford the following month, the selection opened his account at odds of 1/16 on that course in a minor contest five weeks later. Returning to action following a break of almost five months at Lingfield towards the end of April, Freddie’s Star held every chance until weakening inside the closing stages of that 7f handicap.
With that run under his belt and off a 2lb lower mark, Clifford Lee’s mount can take advantage of the weight he receives from all but one of his 11 rivals. Richard Hannon’s River King, beaten at odds of 8/13 at Chepstow 11 days ago, should improve for that first run since being gelded and is one of several potential dangers along with top weight Classic Encounter and Ed Walker’s Electrifarhh.
Recommendation: Freddie’s Star (Each-Way)
8:15pm Windsor - Kalokalo (Nap)
A comfortable winner at Nottingham recently, the William Muir & Chris Grassick-trained Mohaab will find life tougher off today’s 7lb higher mark in this tightly-knit mile and a quarter handicap, a race in which only 9lb cover all 12 runners. On his ninth career start, Charles Hills’ KALOKALO (Nap) is one of the most experienced contenders and looks the one to beat if repeating his Newbury effort of just over two weeks ago when finishing a neck third over today’s trip.
The son of Space Blues made all of the running to win a Yarmouth nursery back in September before ending his juvenile career with a slightly disappointing effort on Wolverhampton’s all-weather surface the following month. Beaten half a length by Karl Burke’s subsequent Hamilton winner Delinquent at Southwell on his reappearance five weeks ago, Jason Watson’s mount, after taking a narrow lead a furlong out in a 14-runner handicap at Newbury on his most recent start, was only just run out of it close home.
A rise of 1lb looks more than fair for Kalokalo, who is expected to take plenty of beating from his draw in stall one.
Recommendation: Kalokalo (Nap)
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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