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Sandown Horse Racing Tips for Today

The Racing Horse offers their Sandown Racecourse Template for Friday 15 September 2023.

There is a 7-race card including 5 Handicaps and 2 Maiden Races. 

The going is expected to be good.

WINNING FAVOURITES (5 years)
Non-handicap                    Handicap
2yo   37-89	42%     -7.97	9-16	  56%	  +6.08
3yo   19-44	43%	-1.63	52-174	  30%	 -32.12
4yo+  14-30	47%	+0.30	35-112	  31%	  -0.16
TOTAL 70-163	43%     -9.30	96-302	  32%	 -26.20

TOP 5 TRAINERS at SANDOWN for past 5 years      +/-   R
C Appleby (29%)	   25-87    29%	   -11.12       +0%   0  
A Balding (15%)	   24-186   13%	   -58.60       -2%   1
W Haggas (23%)	   21-94    22%	   +26.29       -1%   1
J & T Gosden (21%) 17-86    20%	   -30.51       -1%   1
R Beckett (18%)    16-94    17%    -19.09       -1%   1

HOT TRAINERS 16/08/2023 to 14/09/2023           +/-   E
R Varian (20%)       21-76    28%     +0.13     +8%   3
R Beckett (18%)      25-102   25%     -0.23     +7%   1
W Haggas (23%)       24-98    25%    +21.79     +2%   1
C Fellowes (12%)     6-26     23%     +4.83    +11%   1
S & E Crisford (20%) 8-37     22%    -13.16     +2%   1
H & R Charlton (17%) 8-38     21%    +33.38     +4%   2 

COLD LIST TRAINERS  SAW                               E
D Loughnane (11%)    24     22 days                   2
I Williams (9%)      23     10 days                   1

TOP 5 JOCKEYS at SANDOWN for past 5 years       +/-   R
W Buick (23%)    39-176    22%     +1.70        -1%   0
O Murphy (19%)	 36-194	   19%	  -44.12        +0%   0 
R Moore (18%)    27-128    21%     -5.35        +3%   0
T Marquand (15%) 23-142    16%     +35.35       +1%   0
F Dettori (23%)  20-60	   33%	   +5.39       +10%   0  

HOT JOCKEYS 16/08/2023 to 14/09/2023            +/-   R
B Curtis (16%)	26-103	  25%	 +6.28          +9%   4
D Tudhope (17%)	19-82	  23%	+19.95          +6%   2

COLD LIST JOCKEYS   SAW                               R
A Farragher (13%)    25    20 days                    2
T Whelan (8%)        19    12 days                    5

TOP 5 OWNERS at SANDOWN for past 5 years        +/-   E
Godolphin (24%)	      30-127   24%    -17.25    +0%   0  
Shadwell Estate (24%) 8-32     25%     +7.16    +1%   0  
Juddmonte (23%)       7-26     27%    +11.50    +4%   0
Cheveley Park (17%)   6-36     17%    +10.50    +0%   0  
King Power (14%)      6-51     12%    -28.25    -1%   0
 
FIXTURES
Friday 15 September 2023	
Wednesday 20 September 2023

COURSE: Right handed, oval-shaped course 13f in length with a straight of ½ a mile. Essentially a fair, galloping course which places the emphasis on stamina courtesy of a gradual climb from the home turn. On soft ground the jockeys sometimes tack across to the stand side in the straight and this can lead to horses racing wide apart. The 5f track runs across the main circuit and rises steadily throughout.

FAVOURITES: Winning favourites at Sandown over the past 5 years show 166-465 for 35.37 (-35.50) so 3% above the national average. Winning favourites in non-handicaps score 70-163 for 43% and a loss of -9.30 whilst those in handicaps score 96-302 for 32% (-26.20).

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TRAINERS: Sandown is a course dominated by the top trainers. The suggestion and evidence shows best to follow the top trainers and those showing hot form. On this occasion there are 8 trainers with 11 runners and a natural angle into the meeting!

JOCKEYS: None of our top jockeys at the course have a ride at Sandown tomorrow. Despite his 11% national average Kieran Shoemark is in demands these days and he has some good rides at the course tomorrow, they include SOUTH SHORE 2.05, LIBRA TIGER 2.40, STRUTTING 3.15, ATRIUM 4.25, PEONY 5.00 & MISS DOWN UNDER 5.35.

David Egan (15%) is a candidate for stop at a winner, he has 4 decent rides including NAZRON 2.05, IMPERIOUSLY 2.40, SWISS STAR 5.00 & STRONG IMPACT 5.35

Trevor Whelan (8%) has joined the cold list showing 0-19 over 12 days and he has a chance to come off it with chances in his 5 rides.

OWNERS: None of the top owners at the course have a runner tomorrow.

Pertinence

∝ proportional to hot trainer

2.05 (Winning favourites: 42%)
COVER POINT
(W Haggas ∝) trainer 16-64 for 25% (+11.77) with 2yos this year, Danny Tudhope rides
NAZRON (R Varian ∝) beaten favourite last time out, trainer 15-73 for 21% with 2yos this year, David Egan rides
SOUTH SHORE (S & E Crisford ∝) beaten favourite last time out, trainer 5-38 for 13% with 2yos this year, Kieran Shoemark rides and 34% on favourites

2.40 (Winning favourites: 31%)
LIBRA TIGER
(E Walker) C&D winner, beaten favourite last time out, drops from Class 3 to Class 5, Kieran Shoemark rides
DEVIL'S ANGEL(J O'Keefe) C&D winner, weighted to win 80 > 72, Jack Garrity rides
IMPEACH (M Attwater) debut 3rd on debut for trainer at Goodwood, on reduced mark to gain first turf success, Paddy Bradley (3) rides

3.15 (Winning favourites: 42%)
FRANKELIAN
(R Beckett ∝) trainer 28-130 for 22% (-9.58) with 2yos this year, Ben Curtis rides
OUR GOLDEN ONE (T Ward) trainer 4-18 for 22% (+19.63) with 2yos this year, Trevor Whelan rides

3.50 (Winning favourites: 42%)
DARK ENCOUNTER (K Burke) winner in the last 7 days, trainer 47-209 for 22% with 2yos this year, 6lb penalty unlikely to hinder, Sam James rides

4.25 (Winning favourites: 30%)
AZANO
(D O'Meara) weighted to win 95 > 92, Danny Tudhope rides
ATRIUM (C Fellowes ∝) back to best when landing share of the spoils at Doncaster over 7f on soft ground in July, Kieran Shoemark rides
SILVER SAMURAI (M Botti) winner last time out, needs to be smuggled into race with just one kick, Jamie Spencer rides

5.00
TWILIGHT DANCER
(J Portman) beaten favourite last time out, form reads 31313, Trevor Whelan rides
COCO JAMBOO (M Botti) drops from Class 2 to Class 4, Adam Farragher (3) rides
PEONY (E Walker) drops from Class 2 to Class 4, Kieran Shoemark rides

5.35
STRONG IMPACT
(R Varian ∝) drops from Class 2 to Class 4, David Egan rides
FINEST LEADER (H & R Charlton ∝) trainer 3-8 and horse form reads 1112, Trevor Whelan rides
TUDOR (P Owens) beaten favourite last time out, formerly with K P De Foy, John Egan rides

There’s no doubt it’s a big advantage being on the far rail up Sandown’s sprint course and a lot of horses drawn badly, even in medium-sized fields, fail to get into contention. It can be tricky in a finish, too, with a lot happening in the final furlong, and there’s no surprise that it lends itself to front-runners. They always seem to go quick down the back on the round course, and it’s quite a long way from the bottom of the hill to the winning post, but horses really stretch out on that kind final rise to the line

– Jason Weaver

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