Saturday'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 two selections 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.

13:50 Sandown – Getreadytorumble – 1pt @ 8/1

Getreadytorumble isn’t a fan of the stalls and there’s always a risk that he will make his task impossible by missing the kick, which happened at Royal Ascot a couple of weeks ago.

He reared badly as the race began and, on top of that, was emerging from the worst stall. If anything, he did well to run the race he did, and had to post a couple of 10.5 sectionals in the second and third furlong just to latch onto the field.

Nothing else ran one furlong so quickly, never mind two, and it’s no surprise that he flattened out a bit late on. I think he’s in better form than the bare effort suggests and if he starts right this time, there’s enough talent to put him in the mix against any of these.

16:10 Sandown – Richie’s Rocket – 1pt @ 9/2

Richie’s Rocket came up short at Royal Ascot as well but was tackling a mile for the first time in the viciously competitive Britannia handicap and has got his sights lowered today.

Granted, I thought he’d go well at Ascot and backed him at 33/1, but despite previously shaping as if he would be suited by the mile, I’m not so sure he’s ready for it after how he performed.

Returning to this shorter trip can help and the handicapper has released his grip a bit, meaning Richie’s Rocket is 5lbs below the mark he made his handicap debut off at Goodwood.

He did as well as he could from a bad draw that day and in this much smaller field, there won’t be any similar problems when it comes to positioning. This should be the day when we get to see what he’s really capable of and I’ll be disappointed if he’s not heavily involved late on.