1:20 Leicester Tips

Not out of the first two in his last three races and on a reasonable enough mark to earn a third career win here.

Best with cut in the ground, and therefore today's going will suit. In fact, was second on this going back in July. Won this race, and a repeat might just be on the cards.

Solid each-way contender. I’d rate him a live 2nd??'4th chance with a realistic winning chance if the trainer has him forward and the ground is not too heavy.

Race 1 at Leicester today is a Handicap (Class 6) over 2,377 m Flat Race for 3 y.o. and upwards with the reported going as Soft. The suggested wager is for the each way on the 7yo gelding Eagle One from the Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies yard and will be ridden by Amber Jackson-Fennell. This son of Gleneagles is holding his form well enough to suggest the each way wager in this field.

Sugarpiehoneybunch is in stall 4 and runs off 49, which is a workable mark. She has good distance form with three wins at this trip and handles both heavy and good ground. She can be competitive if getting the strong pace she likes and is an honest mare with an each-way chance if things fall right here.

The favourite is too short in view of who is riding him. A chance is taken on ARKENDALE, who changed yards since the last run. This is not a race to get heavily involved in, as these are inexperienced amateur riders. But this one caught my attention when ridden more aggressively at Epsom from the front, tying up late and holding on for third. That was over 2 furlongs further. Down the field, not beaten far at Chelmsford last run over the same trip. He's won and been placed off marks in the mid-80s. He's been dropped 13 pounds in 5 runs since July, not taking into account the rider's claim of three pounds. I envisaged him around the 7/1 mark with 4 places up for grabs, and 5 points bigger feel we are getting some decent value. Lucas is a jockey I know little about. He has only had 6 rides in his life starting from July this year and has been placed in 3 of those. Versatile in how he can be ridden, the ground should suit having won and been placed on soft before.

He is a five-time winner on the flat who returns off a huge 545-day break today, but the selection has won on a mark of 70 previously. He runs on 45 here, and he could make the frame.