Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, June 4
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Saturday's meetings at Hexham, Doncaster, Worcester, Chepstow, Epsom, Lingfield and Musselburgh.
Month: June 2022
Sir Michael Stoute’s star Desert Crown is worthy of Lester Piggott’s Derby legacy
With the 243rd Derby at Epsom run in memory of Lester Piggott, it is appropriate that one of his old allies, Sir Michael Stoute, has the horse in that looks capable of winning.
McKulick Seeks Graded Success In Regret
McKulick (GB) (Frankel {GB}) will look to annex a career high in Saturday's GIII Regret S. at Churchill Downs. The 3-year-old filly, named after trainer Chad Brown's first-ever employee, the late Mary McKulick, was last seen finishing second in the GII Edgewood S. May 6. She was also a close third as the heavy favorite, beaten only one length, in the GII Miss Grillo S. last fall at Belmont Park.
Also looking for her first graded stakes score is Beside Herself (Uncle Mo), who enters Saturday's contest off a 2 1/2-length gate-to-wire win over allowance company Apr. 28 going 1 3/16 miles at Keeneland. She finished sixth behind the undefeated Spendarella (Karakontie {Jpn}) while making her stakes debut in Gulfstream's GIII Herecomesthebride S. Mar. 5.
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Unanimous Consent Looks To Stay Undefeated In Pennine Ridge
Trainer Chad Brown sends out undefeated Unanimous Consent (GB) (Almanzor {Fr}) in Saturday's GII Pennine Ridge S. at Belmont Park. After breaking his maiden on debut as a 2-year-old Sept. 11 over one mile on the grass at Monmouth, he returned off a six- month layoff to beat allowance company Feb. 4 over the grass at Tampa. Stepped up into stakes company for the first time, he took Aqueduct's Woodhaven S. when last seen Apr. 23.
Making his first start on turf for Todd Pletcher after exiting the Derby Trail is 'TDN Rising Star' Emmanuel (More Than Ready). An impressive winner of his first two tries in Florida, he finished fourth, beaten 5 1/4 lengths, after a very wide journey in the GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S. He showed speed and tired to third behind Zandon (Upstart) in the GI Toyota Blue Grass S. Apr. 9. Emmanuel is out of a half-sister to MG1SW Hawkbill (Kitten's Joy), who earned over $4.7 million while racing in Europe, as well as Free Drop Billy (Union Rags), who took the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity.
Chad Brown's second runner Napoleonic War (War Front) broke his maiden on debut Jan. 21, then caught a troubled trip when fourth in the GIII Kentucky Utilities Transylvania S. Apr. 8. He rebounded with a slim victory against allowance optional claiming company over the Belmont grass May 5.
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