Horse Racing Betting Tips: Classy Skyline can give Elsworth more Goodwood success
A NUMBER of runners in tomorrow’s Qatar Summer Handicap (2.25pm) will have aspirations of taking part in the Sky Bet Ebor at the end of the month.
Like with many of Goodwood’s tricky handicaps, the market is headed by a Mark Johnston runner.
He saddles King’s Advice who bids to give his trainer a third win in the race in the past five years.
Since moving to the Johnston yard, the son of Frankel has run eight times and incredibly has only been beaten once.
His most recent victory in the bet365 Trophy at Newmarket meant he has improved an astonishing 37lbs this season and it’s no surprise to see him head the market at 4/1 with Coral.
He’s three from three at this 1m6f trip and will almost certainly go well, but he’s got another 7lbs to deal with and instead I fancy the horse that finished third to him at Newmarket to turn the tables this time around.
David Elsworth has had a very poor season by his standards, but Sir Dancealot’s win in Tuesday’s Lennox Stakes showed he could be turning the corner and I’m hoping his DESERT SKYLINE can give the Suffolk-based trainer a second winner of the week.
The five-year-old was the runner-up of last year’s Yorkshire Cup behind Stradivarius and he’s been forced to chase him home on a number of occasions since.
His start in the Northumberland Plate was his first in a handicap in over a year and he wasn’t disgraced in finishing 11th, beaten just over seven lengths.
He made up plenty of ground at Newmarket last time to finish third and given the handicapper has raised him just one pound for that effort, he looks primed for another bold showing.
He looks the best bet in the race at 10/1 with Coral.
POINTERS SATURDAY
Desert Skyline e/w 2.25pm Goodwood