Friday's Horse Racing Tips: James Boyle's Best Bets at Chester

For today's horse racing tips, our analyst James Boyle looks at the flat racing at Chester, 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.

15:17 Chester – Betsen – 1pt @ 18/1

Betsen is hit-or-miss from the gates and there’s no certainty that he’ll put himself into a position that lends itself to maxing out over Chester’s 5f.

However, that does feel like it’s more than factored into the price available and we could see the horse sharpen up for his run at Sandown, which followed an almost three-month break.

The start limited what he could show and his rider tried to get him playing catchup earlier than would have been ideal. That, alongside a possible lack of race fitness, helps to explain the tame finish and I think he’ll be happier getting onto a speedier track this time.

His prior run, when poorly drawn in the Epsom Dash, offered promise and the good spell of weather afterwards limited his opportunity to get onto the track again. There are no problems this time when it comes to ground, and the race should be run to suit.

Whether the start goes to plan or he’s in the form needed to show his best are the questions, of course, but he’s 18/1 and threatening to get bigger based on the exchange. That underestimates him, as there’s a lot of ability under the hood if things align.