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A decent Ebor week with a profit of +£9.53 to a £1 level stake, although things could have been so much better, as luck was certainly not on our side with a total of 8 seconds over the six days.
After trading at 1.01 in running, Almaqam was caught on the post in the International, 14/1 chance French Duke failed by the minimum margin to get up in Friday’s feature handicap, and Hopewell Rock (tipped at 12/1) just lost out in the Ebor after jockey Callum Rodriguez dropped his whip inside the final furlong. A fabulous four days of action on the Knavesmire, but frustrating all the same.
P/L for the week ending Sunday, 23 August: +£9.53
P/L for the year to date: +£156.18
P/L for the year 2025: +£22.38
P/L for the year 2024: +£200.42
P/L since 1st September 2022: +£656.84
Alan Kelly's Tips - Tuesday, 25 August
On a quiet Tuesday, we head to the meetings at Musselburgh in the afternoon and Stratford in the evening for today’s horse racing selections.
3:45pm Musselburgh - Is She Now
With three winners from their last four runners, the Daragh Bourke stable is clearly in good heart at the moment, and has excellent claims of keeping the good run going courtesy of bottom weight IS SHE NOW in this two and a quarter mile handicap.
The eight-year-old mare failed to trouble the judge in 22 attempts for previous trainer Vincent Ward in Ireland, including 6 over hurdles, but is now 3 from 6 since joining Bourke just over two months ago. Successful in races at Ayr and Musselburgh in June, Is She Now ran well in defeat on her next three starts before returning to the winners enclosure at Doncaster 10 days ago.
Despite idling when hitting the front over a furlong out on Town Moor, the daughter of Prince Of Lir was always holding hot favourite Sound Gloria over the extended 1m 6f trip. Duran Fentiman’s mount gives the impression that today’s distance of 2m 2f should not be a problem (finished a close second over 2m plus on Newcastle’s Tapeta surface behind fellow rival Ned Broy), and in receipt of weight from all of her rivals, Is She Now is fancied to take this Class 4 stamina test with the aid of a visor for the first time.
Ian William’ hat-trick seeking Vaguely Royal is one of several potential dangers along with the two horses heading the weights, Inappropriate and Fast Fred.
Recommendation: Is She Now - 15/2 with bet365
7:15pm Stratford - Youdecide (Nap)
Ben Case’s 10-year-old Jack Doyen has taken on a new lease of life this year, the Doyen gelding successful on three of his last four starts together with a narrow defeat in the other. The mount of Jack Quinlan now runs off his highest mark for two and a half years however, and faces a horse we have yet to see the best of over fences in the Ben Pauling-trained YOUDECIDE (Nap).
The six-year-old son of Mahler won an Irish point-to-point at the beginning of 2024 before joining Pauling later that year. After showing plenty of promise over the smaller obstacles, including a comfortable victory in a novices’ limited handicap hurdle at Huntingdon off a mark of 90, Youdecide made his chasing debut on the final day of last year at Warwick.
After holding a clear lead 2 out, the gelding weakened to finish fourth of the 6 runners over the trip of two miles. Stepping up to 3m at Kempton a month later, the mount of Ben Jones stayed-on to finish a promising fourth after being given a lot to do.
A well backed 13/8 favourite on his most recent start at Wetherby back in March, Youdecide took the field along until weakening 4 out before being pulled-up, looking as if something was amiss with the horse. Clearly well thought of by connections, Youdecide has been found the perfect opportunity to open his account over fences, especially with the stable just beginning to hit form.
Recommendation: Youdecide (Nap) - 11/4 with bet365
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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