Monday’s best bets, by Chris Corrigan
Kodiline (6.35) can recoup the losses of his debut reverse with victory in the Sky Bet British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes at Windsor tonight. The selection was backed into odds-on favourite but the youngster played up in the starting stalls after being slow to load.
Kodiline got off to a good start when the race eventually got underway and looked the likely winner for much of the five-furlong contest, but was caught late on and his pre-race antics might have just been the difference between success and failure.
He was only beaten half a length and the winner, Big Time Baby, was far from disgraced at Royal Ascot subsequently. Kodiline will know more about his job on his second start and should prove very difficult to beat for the in-form Clive Cox and Adam Kirby.
Tipping competition - a new week
Congratulations to Dieogisgod, who held on to win last week’s competition on a final score of +32, 10 points clear of his nearest rival despite going to the tennis on Friday instead of posting any tips!
This week, we’re offering you a second chance to win a copy of the much-praised Mr Darley’s Arabian, by Chris McGrath, who used to turn out high-quality prose about horse racing for the Weekender, the Times and the Independent. This is a history of our sport, described in an Observer review as offering “a teeming, colourful survey” of its many stories, drawing on “a cast that takes in aristocrats and nouveaux riches, playboys and industrialists, Smithfield meat salesmen and the rulers of Dubai”, according to a press release from the publishers. If you don’t win, you can buy it here.
To kick things off, we’d like your selections, please, for these races: 4.25 Ayr, 7.35 Windsor, 8.15 Ripon.
As ever, our champion will be the tipster who returns the best profit to notional level stakes of £1 at starting price on our nominated races, of which there will be three each day up until Friday. Non-runners count as losers.
In the event of a tie at the end of the week, the winner will be the tipster who, from among those tied on the highest score, posted their tips earliest on the final day.
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Good luck!
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