Wednesday's Horse Racing Tips: James Boyle's Best Bets At Catterick

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

13:52 Catterick – Lucius Aurelius – 1pt @ 11/2

The last time that Lucius Aurelius raced on fast turf, he finished a one-length third over C&D from a 10lb higher mark and it may be worth keeping him on side in this lowly handicap.

Indeed, his three best figures have been achieved at this track and whilst his recent form wouldn’t inspire that much confidence, he got no run at Southwell on his penultimate start and was drawn out wide at Pontefract last time. They’re not worth paying too much attention to.

On the plus side, his mark keeps coming down, he’s getting something closer to his optimal conditions now and thanks to a non-runner on his inside, the draw shouldn’t have such an impact.

He is a maiden after 16 starts so there are reasons not to get too excited, but I think 11/2 is a fair price about him in this grade and if he breaks well into a prominent sit, he won’t be far away.