I have already posted a few e/w bets for Saturday on the TXMarkets blog, click here to see them. I also like a couple more bets at big odds at the Curragh tomorrow. See who I am backing below.
1.20 – Irish EBF Maiden (2yo)
Usually, I wouldn’t go near a maiden on a Saturday but I
can’t resist having a go at Cool Azul in the opener at the Curragh. Andy Oliver
has had only one juvenile runner this season and it ran poorly at Naas but he
had a 2-3 with two first time out horses in a 3yo maiden at Navan last weekend
and this horse is bred to be a speedy 2yo.
He is by the upwardly mobile sire Blue Point and out of an
Iffraaj dam that won as a 2yo and went close first time out. His half-brother
Last Crusader won on debut and was listed placed as a 2yo and his grand-dam is
a half-sister to a 2yo Listed winner.
Billy Lee gets the leg up on Cool Azul and he is 10/80 with
21 top 4 finishes when riding 2yos for Oliver. Most of this yard’s 2yo winners
have come at Dundalk but he’s had six at the Curragh and last season he had a
50/1 winner in the 2yo race on the Friday of this meeting. At 33/1, Cool Azul
is worth taking a small chance on e/w.
2025 Curragh Saturday Tip: Cool Azul 0.5pt e/w @ 33/1
2.30 – Tulfarris Hotel Handicap (Premier)
He has to be forgiven a trio of below par runs this season but
if he can rediscover the sort of form he was in this time last year, Cheers
Again is surely capable of outrunning his odds of 25/1 effectively running off a
mark of 75.
This horse first came to my attention when I was working for
my other gig. I tipped him up for his penultimate start at Cork and he was
backed off the boards before running poorly. The way he was ridden (prominently)
suggested that connections had another day in mind and in hindsight, I should
have known they’d more than likely be targeting a race at this venue.
A year ago, in the Emerald Mile on this card, Cheers Again
was ridden more patiently but he endured a nightmare passage between the 2f and
1f markers. When he eventually got daylight he stayed on strongly for third but
the leaders had flown. He was beaten 1.75l for the win off 89, he is effectively
15lb lower now and he looks well worth a go over this 1m2f trip.
At odds of 25/1, hopefully Cheers Again can hit the frame.
2025 Curragh Saturday Tip: Cheers Again e/w @ 25/1 (5
places)
4.15 – Emerald Mile Handicap (Premier)
Now that he is back on better ground for the first time this
season, maybe Presence can outrun her long odds for Jessie Harrington and
Keithen Kennedy.
The 4yo daughter of New Bay has struggled both starts this
season on soft, over 1m here and over 1m2f at Cork. However, the last time she
ran over 1m on good ground was at this track last October and she hacked up by
3.25l off a mark of 74.
After that run she was hiked up 9lb and she just missed out
on black type in a 1m Listed heat at Naas, finishing fourth of 16 and beaten just
2.75l for the win. The handicapper raised her to 92 for that run but after her
two poor runs this term, she is back down to 88 and with her rider’s claim, she
is effectively running off 83.
Her career form figures on yielding or quicker read 34421
and she should get her favoured underfoot conditions here. At odds of 33/1,
Presence is worth chancing e/w.
2025 Curragh & Haydock Saturday Tip: Presence e/w @
33/1 (5 places)
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