Saturday's Horse Racing Tips: James Boyle's Best Bets at the Curragh, Doncaster & Newbury

For today's horse racing tips, our analyst James Boyle looks at the flat racing at the Curragh, Doncaster and Newbury, with three 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.

15:25 Curragh – Cover Up – 1pt @ 8/1

Cover Up was one of my Royal Ascot selections when tackling the King Charles and although finishing middle of the pack, he was only beaten a few lengths at the line.

That was despite not getting a clear run when he finally got rolling late on and he would have got close to the places if the lanes had remained open. It was his first run in almost a few months as well and whilst he was no doubt fit for the task, he may be a little livelier this time.

It’s his first experience of the Curragh, but I see no reason why it won’t suit and there are a few runners in here who should ensure it’s a thorough test at the trip, which is what he’s after.

He will need to avoid getting so far back in the field this time, as he was limited by where he raced at Ascot, but hopefully James Doyle will get him a nicer slot in mid-division. The talent to trouble all of these is in the locker and anything around the 8/1 mark looks a fair price.

15:37 Newbury – Angels Lane – 1pt @ 14/1

Angels Lane is easy to back and I’m not sure that should be the case, such was the promise she showed when scoring on debut at Chepstow early last month.

Henry Candy juvenile winners are a rarity these days and, indeed, this filly is the sole youngster who has been on the track for her trainer this season. The market suggested nothing much was expected, her SP being 33/1, but she went through the race like one with plenty of natural ability.

Despite being green and having to race on the wing of the pack without meaningful cover, she travelled nicely and made up ground quite easily to hit the front over a furlong from home.

There was a bit of a scramble to the line from there as the runner-up tried to mount a challenge, but she was always holding that rival off. Chepstow’s track on an easier surface would have been stiff enough and I’m interested to see how she’ll go at this flatter venue on better ground.

A much higher level of opposition lies in wait this time but she’ll have learned a lot for having had that experience, is bound to be fitter and won’t have any trouble when it comes to finding cover. If she progresses as hoped, there’s every chance she’ll be battling at the business end.

18:45 Doncaster – Yorkshire – 1pt @ 10/3

Yorkshire has kept good company since his last win and looks handicapped to be in with a major chance of victory now that he drops into 0-90 level.

His run in the Victoria Cup at Ascot was creditable considering he hadn’t been seen for 287 days and then at Newcastle last time he was keen enough early off solid fractions. It limited what he was able to show and those ridden to finish late ended up coming to the fore.

Getting into a smaller field against mostly inferior competition should allow him to stay in his comfort zone for longer and I think the way the race will be run is going to suit him more than Akkadian Thunder, who is also on a workable rating but wants a good early tempo.

Others could change their approach and go fast, of course, but Yorkshire won’t be far away from the front if the usual approach is taken and may find himself with an advantage as the tempo quickens. With his yard flying, I’ll be disappointed if he’s not in the mix.