UK Horse Racing Tips

Morando didn’t see a racecourse until around this time last year, but quickly made up into a useful last season, completing a hat-trick before meeting trouble in running on his final start in the Balmoral Handicap at Ascot in October. On the latter occasion, he was denied a clear run in the closing stages and, although running on well in the last half a furlong or so, could only finish seventh, beaten 2½ lengths, behind Yuften. The winner is set to reoppose on identical terms but, granted an uninterrupted passage, Roger Varian’s 4-year-old may be capable of reversing the form, especially with slower underfoot conditions seemingly in his favour.

The going on Town Moor is currently good to soft, soft in places so, with an unsettled outlook for the rest of the week, some degree of cut in the ground on Saturday is a virtual certainty. Morando recorded his best form to date when winning a 0-105 contest over a mile at Ayr last September, on good to soft going, and, like many of the progeny of Kendargent, can reasonably be expected to have improved over the winter, especially granted his inexperience. The early booking of jockey Andrea Atzeni adds to confidence in his cause.

Selection: Doncaster 3.35 Morando to win (11/2 with bet365)

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