Tuesday's Horse Racing Tips: James Boyle's Best Bets At Pontefract

For today's horse racing tips, our analyst James Boyle looks at the flat racing at Pontefract, with one selection now online.

As always, you’ll find the most up-to-date odds at the best horse racing betting sites, but our tipster’s predictions are researched early in the day and those prices could soon change. Odds stated are correct at the time of publishing.

15:48 Pontefract – Mr Cool – 1pt @ 9/1

Mr Cool runs in a sprint on turf for the first time since he lined up at Ripon last June and he won that from a 10lb higher mark. Plenty of water has gone under the bridge since but his last five outings have come over 7f and I’m not sure he’s best suited by the longer distance.

Racing here over 6f could be the perfect mix of a speed test and one that demands stamina, such is the nature of Pontefract’s track, and I thought he shaped reasonably well at Ayr last time.

It wouldn’t be an effort to get too carried away with, but he was only beaten a few lengths at the line and has received another couple of pounds back from the handicapper.

Jack Callan, who is a positive booking for the Johnston yard (10-46), takes off another few pounds and the draw in four should ensure they land in a nice racing position. Whether Mr Cool is up to this sort of level these days is the question but, back sprinting, 9/1 strikes me as fair.