Andrew Mount struck with a winner on Friday courtesy of Thunder Rock at Cheltenham. Our main man has three more tips to follow him in on Saturday, including two from Cheltenham‘s November meeting and one running at Windsor.
12.35 Cheltenham – Dinoland (1pt e/w – 8/1 general with the firms paying first four, e.g. bet365, Hills)
Dinoland needs genuinely good or fast ground (based on race times, not the official going) and a recent outing (28 days or sooner his latest outing). When these conditions coincide his record reads 0934222P1112 (3-12), including a win (11-2) and a runner-up effort (100-30) from two runs over fences. The Irish raider clocked a useful time when runner-up at Down Royal last time, he’s likely to be up with the pace and his rider doesn’t claim an allowance, like eight of the last nine winners.
2.20 Cheltenham – Riskintheground (1pt e/w 50/1 Coral, Ladbrokes) & Blueking d’Oroux (1pt win – 5/1 Hills, bet365)
Dan Skelton’s Riskintheground is saved in my database as one to back in the March to October period, as his record in this time frame stands at ten wins from 25 starts for a profit of £24.83 at SP (+£33.80 at Betfair SP after 2% commission). He has a 0-17 record from November until February but he has shown promise in November previously and with the fast ground in his favour, I can’t resist a small interest at a massive price, given that he’ll likely be switched off at the pace and try to pick up some place money, as he did in the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby last time when a 28-1 third to odds-on stablemate Pic d’Orhy. When filtering Proform’s chase speed figures for good or faster ground only, he comes out second best behind Madara.
With last year’s winner Madara deserted by Harry Selton in favour of the ex-Paul Nicholls-trained Blueking d’Oroux I have to back the seven-year-old. Since the start of last year, 31 young horses (aged eight or younger) have joined other British/Irish trainers from the Nicholls yard and 12 of them won at the first time of asking for their new connections. Backing the qualifiers returned a profit of £56.13 to a £1 level stake at SP (+£72.84 BSP, expected wins = 6.84, A/E = 1.76). The handicappers were eight from 17, and this one looks a likely improver. For information, Doctor On Call also qualifies on this angle in the 1.25 at Windsor.
3.10 Windsor – Secret Squirrel (2pts win – 5/2 generally)
Secret Squirrel needs a tight track, and this is his career record split by Proform’s course description looks like this…
Galloping: 23FF353 (0-7)
Sharp: 1112411 (5-7) +£11.62 to a £1 level stake at SP.
Stiff/galloping 5 (0-1)
Stiff/undulating: 0 (0-1)
…he gets his ideal conditions today and could be hard to beat.
Andrew Mount’s Best Bets Today
12.35 Cheltenham – Dinoland (1pt e/w – 8/1 general with the firms paying first four, e.g. bet365, Hills)
2.20 Cheltenham – Riskintheground (1pt e/w – 50/1 Coral, Ladbrokes)
2.20 Cheltenham – Blueking d’Oroux (1pt win – 5/1 Hills, bet365)
3.10 Windsor – Secret Squirrel (2pts win – 5/2 generally)
FAQs: Today’s Racing Tips
Which racecourses run on Saturday 14 November? Cheltenham, Windsor, Wetherby & Uttoxeter.
Who is Andrew Mount? Andrew Mount is a professional tipster with over a decade of experience following UK and Irish racing. He combines form study, market moves and trainer intelligence to identify value bets each day, and shares his tips daily on X as @TrendHorses.
When was today’s article published? Today’s article was published at 3.25pm on Friday 13 November.