Rhys Williams' Racing Tips: 3 Selections For Friday
Horse racing expert Rhys Williams is sharing his best selections for Friday's action.
Rhys has been a racing analyst for over 10 years, working for At The Races and, most recently, as a tipster for Betfair, where his tipping column achieved a 31% ROI over 4.5 years.
He often focuses on the back end of the market, finding angles that aren't evident to most.
Rhys' tips have returned 488.98 points from 354.50 points staked, meaning his profit and loss record stands at a whopping +134.48 pts overall - thanks to a +23.5-point profit recently and Friday's 12/1 winner.
Here are Rhys' tips for today, using the most up-to-date odds from the best horse racing betting sites.
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15:55 Uttoxeter: Maya L'Abeille - 0.5pts Each-Way @ 100/1
Lou Prince is understandably a short price for the bumper at Uttoxeter on the back of an impressive debut victory.
Hello Charlie is the type of horse I wish would have gone to a smaller yard for a bumper where he could easily have been closer to 40/1 than 4/1, but the Skelton factor means the promise of his debut, despite being pulled up, is more than factored into the market.
At a much bigger price, I can’t let Maya L’Abeille go unbacked having shown some promise on her debut in a bumper at Ludlow. She was never in a position to challenge but looked quite green when coming under pressure and raced away from the favoured near side in the home straight.
The winner of that bumper won a Listed bumper next time out while the third went on to run well in the Grade 2 bumper at Aintree.
I expect Maya L’Abeille will be sharper for that run and the ability she showed there suggests she shouldn’t be such a big price given the level of ability shown by others in this race.
There is the worry that a non-runner would be a big negative for the each way aspect of this bet, but hopefully all eight will line up and any 33/1 or bigger appeals.
Rhys' Selection 1: 15:55 Uttoxeter: Maya L'Abeille - 0.5pts Each-Way
19:30 Dundalk: Art Gallery - 1pt Win @ 14/1
Art Gallery makes her stable debut for Johnny Murtagh in this mile handicap and I think she has a better chance than her price suggests on her return to a more suitable test.
After a very disappointing debut, she put together three good runs on the all weather and won the last of them with quite a bit more in hand than the winning margin suggests, beating a filly who was a wide-margin winner next time and is now rated 26lb higher.
The drop back to seven furlongs and the track at Wetherby didn’t suit Art Gallery, so she ran creditably in the circumstances.
She’s now back to a more suitable test for her over a mile on an artificial surface and she is likely to have a decent pace to close into.
It may be that she will need the run after a break, but I think she should be closer to the front of the market and any 8/1 or bigger appeals.
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19:30 Dundalk: Flame Of Forest - 0.5pt Win @ 66/1
At a huge price in the same race, I can’t let Flame Of Forest go unbacked in the hope that they will revert to more positive tactics dropping back down to a mile.
He’s been disappointing since joining Natalia Lupini but he did have an excuse at Limerick three starts ago when found to be lame afterwards.
In both starts at this track, he’s raced over 1m2f and been dropped out the back of the field early on and not been able to get involved at the finish.
When racing for Karl Burke, he was ridden much handier, as was the case on his first two starts for this yard too, so I’m hoping they will go back to using such tactics and I think that could see a better performance from Flame Of Forest.
It may be that they will ride him patiently once again or that he’s just not as good as he once was but I think the market has overreacted to the bare form of his latest runs and any 33/1 or bigger appeals.
Rhys' Selection 3: 19:30 Dundalk: Flame Of Forest - 0.5pt Win
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