Newmarket afternoon racing tips: Best bets for Thursday, September 28
Via Sistina ridden by Jamie Spencer coming home to win the Howden Dahlia Stakes at Newmarket
It's day one of the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Newmarket and the Planet Sport tipsters have a fistful of red-hot selections to help you bash the bookies.
Newmarket will be looking distinctly Bavarian during this three-day meeting as it is also celebrating Oktoberfest for some reason.
So while you stuff yourself with 'a delightful array of Bavarian delicacies and refreshing beverages', we will concentrate on giving you some details on our tips from Newmarket.
Don't forget to check out the full racecard, results and live odds in Planet Sport's racing live centre.
Good luck and please gamble responsibly.
(Please be aware selections could become non-runners after article's first publication)
15:00 (Newmarket) Frankness
Frankness looks a runner on the up ahead of the British EBF 40th Anniversary Premier Fillies’ Handicap.
A winner at Goodwood in June, she ran well enough in a couple of hot handicaps before regaining the winning thread when reverting to distaff company at Salisbury earlier this month.
Triumphing off a mark of 89, she showed a fine attitude to beat the reopposing Al Simmo by a length and a 4lb rise may not be enough of an anchor.
15:35 (Newmarket) Alyanaabi
Alyanaabi can graduate to Group Three glory in the Tattersalls Stakes, the headline event on the first day.
Owen Burrows’ charge looked a smart newcomer when winning at Salisbury in June, backing up his fine pedigree with a cosy length-and-a-quarter victory over six furlongs in a race that has produced two subsequent winners.
Connections felt he merited a move up to Listed company and seven furlongs on his next start, contesting the Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot in July.
Alyanaabi had to wait for a gap to open up before launching his challenge that day, eventually coming home just under five lengths behind an on-form Rosallion and looking as though there is more to come.
While the winner has not franked the form subsequently, runner-up Al Musmak has struck Listed gold while Dancing Gemini, who was beaten 10 lengths into fifth by the selection, hacked up in a decent Doncaster heat and is booked for a Group One date.
16:10 (Newmarket) Trawlerman
Trawlerman made a successful return to British action earlier this month and can kick on again in the Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes.
Last year’s Ebor hero ran a fine race to take third in the Long Distance Cup at Ascot last October, but floundered when sent to Saudi Arabia and Dubai at the start of the year.
The five-year-old put two disappointing runs behind him with a bloodless success at Salisbury and this Listed contest is the ideal stopping point on the way to another Champions Day outing.
17:53 (Newmarket) Pjanoo
The Richard Spencer-trained Pjanoo won narrowly over one mile at Windsor wearing first-time cheekpieces before a fine second in a competitive event at Wolverhampton last time.
He can return to winning ways in what looks like a decent opportunity.
Promoter continues to slide down the weights and could do better with blinkers now applied.
Evania and First Officer are worth a look too.
Newmarket selections in full:
NEWMARKET: 1.50 Al Mootamarid, 2.25 Blown Away, 3.00 Frankness, 3.35 Alyanaabi, 4.10 Trawlerman, 4.45 Splendent, 5.18 Value Added, 5.53 Pjanoo
