Friday's Horse Racing Tips: James Boyle's Best Bets At Sandown

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

13:20 Sandown – Atticum – 1pt @ 4/1

Atticum has the potential to be a nice sprinter this season and should be in with a chance here.

It’s a competitive handicap and all five of those available at single-figured prices have not run this season, so there’s an air of the unknown about any conclusion you come to.

On the plus side, I think there’s a lot of ability in the locker of Robert Cowell’s charge and he looks capable of being a higher end handicapper, if not a bit above that. An opening mark of 88 should leave him with room for manoeuvre and the yard have been going along well this year.

Another element that could help is the nature of Sandown’s track, as I don’t see any harm in him getting to tackle a stiffer venue, and all I hope is that he has been readied at home for this. If the fitness is in place, he’ll run big. With a bit of luck, it may be big enough to see off this field.