Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Friday, May 9
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Friday's meetings at Chester, Hereford, Market Rasen, Nottingham, Ascot and Ripon.
Month: May 2025
Unbeaten Goal Oriented to Target Preakness, Journalism Still Under Consideration
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert notified Pimlico Race Course officials May 8 of his intention to enter undefeated Goal Oriented, as well as Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by Resorts World Casino winner Rodriguez in the $2 mil
Secretariat, the Preakness, and a 39-Year Controversy
Maximum Security’s disqualification in the 2019 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve inspired much controversy, and the debate at times felt like the 1950 Kurosawa film “Rashomon,” where multiple witnesses to an event retell it in vastly different ways. All of us saw the same race, yet so many people have different interpretations of what they saw.
Chester Top Rated Friday 9th May
Chester Top Rated Friday 9th May
Chester 13.30
3 GORAK 132.2
4 TWO TEMPTING 75.2
5 DIVINE LIBRA 67.5
7 YANIFER46.5
Chester 14.05
1 AL WASL STORM 101.0
2 AMMES 93.2
6 ORIONIS 65.3
4 THE POUNCING LION54.3
Chester 14.35
3 CERTAIN LAD 165.0
7 THE FOXES 94.2
1 BOLSTER 72.5
6 SPACE LEGEND55.0
Chester 15.05
13 EAST INDIA DOCK 130.5
14 CABALLO DE MAR 36.7
12 LEINSTER 34.0
5 WHO’S GLEN 30.2
Chester 15.40
9 RATHGAR 85.5
8 WARDA JAMILA 68.2
2 TAKE HEART 55.8
4 GREY CUBAN51.8
Chester 16.10
7 OBSIDIAN KNIGHT 105.8
2 SMALL FRY 83.5
1 SPORTINGSILVERMINE 63.3
9 OMAN59.8
Chester 16.45
7 DREAMS ADOZEN 103.2
6 SURREY BELLE 84.5
1 ARTISAN DANCER 71.2
10 TAILORMAN60.5
