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Tom Lunn has gone through the cards, form, going and much more to help guide your horse racing betting choices.

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Friday horse racing tips

NEWBURY
4.10: Wise Approach 6/5 (1pt)
4.45: Orchard Keeper 10/3 (1pt)
HAMILTON
7.10: Nahraan 6/4 (2pts)

Wise Approach

Wise Approach went very well behind Charles Darwin in the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes over 5f at Royal Ascot last month.

The Mehmas colt goes back up to 6f and that should suit based on what we saw at Ascot.

He gained a lot of ground in the final furlong on many rivals and was the best of the rest behind the odds-on favourite and star from Ballymore.

The Godolphin-owned horse has tried 6f before, when fourth of 11 at York in a Class 2 novice contest in May.

William Buick looked certain in that race that there was more horse under him but wasn’t beaten by much and that form behind Charles Darwin shows he could be given more of a prominent ride with his speed.

Appleby’s form currently and in general at this time of the season is always great so he’s got to be the pick for this.

First Legion won that race at York on debut, but has since failed to deliver over 5f, so a step back up to 6f could be the danger for the favourite.

Amorim was denied on debut but bolted up over 6f last time out to win by 6 lengths, though that form is tough to judge right now and potentially best watched for now.

Rock On Thunder stayed at 6f at Royal Ascot to challenge for the Coventry Stakes.

He was going well and looked to be angling forward to win but with a furlong to go went backwards and could definitely go better here.

Orchard Keeper

A couple of talking points to touch on from this race is Star Of Light is receiving a huge amount of weight with her three-year-old allowance which should have a massive impact on her ability to strike, now stepping up in trip to close to 1m6f.

She was quite prominent at Kempton over 1m4f but still failed to deliver in that novices fillies contest in May, where Jane Temple who carried nearly 2st more won by well over two lengths.

Orchard Keeper however, stepped up to 1m6f last month and won while also giving away plenty of weight to 2nd placed Al Khawaneej.

She’s upped just 3lb for that victory which is great for trainer Roger Varian who has been in great form recently, and that rise won’t be enough to hinder this filly.

Nahraan

Nahraan opened up in the betting at 9/4 but has quickly gone into 6/4 the evening before the day of the race itself.

The unbeaten colt by Make Believe (by Frankel) has some great form behind him.

Beating Cajole has worked out very well and that was on debut before he confirmed his ability stepping up in trip, but that as as the very heavy odds-on favourite (2/15) at Windsor in June.

He even beat Cajole despite having been hampered at the start and having to come from the back of the field to progress, making great strides to the front from around 2f out onwards. Is a great prospect.

The John & Thady Gosden-trained horse was carrying a 7lb penalty at Windsor yet still won by 4 lengths.

2nd placed Jupiter Ammon went on to place a neck second at Sandown next time out which only adds to Nahraan‘s potential.

Tom Lunn’s Horse Racing Profit & Loss

From March ’25: +80.44pts
From May ’24: +250.82pts
From Oct ’23: +390.29pts

All odds correct at time of writing

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