Epsom is not over yet - Harry Wilson has tips for the remaining two races on Oaks day
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Harry Wilson returns with his advice for all seven races at Epsom on Friday . . .
1.30 Epsom
Nyetimber Surrey Stakes (Listed), 7f
Harry's tip: Hallasan
The return to sprinting didn’t suit Hallasan in the Commonwealth Cup Trial in April, but he remains unexposed beyond six furlongs and this represents a drop in class. The Charlie Appleby-trained three-year-old beat recent French Derby winner Camille Pissarro off level weights in a 6½f sales race at Doncaster in September last year and performed well in Meydan after a break, beating the highly regarded Al Qudra over a mile on the second occasion before running into subsequent 2,000 Guineas winner Ruling Court. He has a progressive profile and can continue on an upward curve now tackling a more suitable distance.
2.05 Epsom
Betfred British EBF Woodcote Stakes, 6f
Harry's tip: Havana Hurricane
Eve Johnson Houghton won this two years ago with an inexpensive once-raced winner and she looks to have a great chance of a repeat with Havana Hurricane, who was bought for just 9,000 guineas as a yearling. There was plenty to like about the way he landed a Goodwood novice last month, as he was slowly away but drew impressively clear late on having cruised into contention. The form has been franked since, with wins for the second, third and eighth, while he had the Brocklesby runner-up more than five lengths behind too. From the family of 6f Group 2 winner Diffident, he should improve for the extra furlong.
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2.40 Epsom
Betfred Coronation Cup (Group 1), 1m4f
Harry's tip: Calandagan
Calandagan ran a couple of huge races to finish second in a pair of British Group 1s last year and can go one better this time. An impressive six-length winner of the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot last June, the son of Gleneagles dropped in trip on his next two starts, getting within a length of City Of Troy in the Juddmonte International before suffering a troubled passage and going down by half a length in the Champion Stakes at Ascot. He arrives following a fine second in the Dubai Sheema Classic in Meydan, where he clocked the fastest finishing sectionals, and looks set for a good season.
3.15 Epsom
Betfred Nifty 50 Handicap, 1m2f
Harry's tip: Defiance
Defiance showed useful form when winning on his debut, beating subsequent Listed scorer Caviar Heights and Derby fourth Deira Mile, and was beaten just three-quarters of a length over course and distance by recent Group 2 winner Bellum Justum on his reappearance last year. Things didn’t go to plan on his next two starts, but it looked to be the distance that beat him in the Lingfield Derby Trial, as he was bang there with two furlongs to go, and he was too bad to be true behind Calandagan at Royal Ascot when last seen. He’s been gelded since and looks to be on a workable mark now handicapping for the first time, with his ability to go well fresh and handle the track adding to his appeal now down in distance.
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4.00 Epsom
Betfred Oaks (Group 1), 1m4f
Harry's tip: Elwateen
Desert Flower extended her unbeaten record to five in the 1,000 Guineas and will no doubt run well if seeing out the trip, but I’ll be siding with Elwateen, who was supplemented for the Oaks having finished fourth behind the favourite at Newmarket. Having done all her best work late on when beating a useful sort in a 7f Kempton novice as a juvenile, she acquitted herself well at Newmarket on just her second start, travelling well for a long way just behind the winner and battling bravely to the line. That performance, alongside her pedigree – by top-class sire Dubawi and the first foal of Group 1 winner Tawkeel – suggests she’ll be suited by stepping up in trip, while any rain that falls will likely be a bonus.
4.35 Epsom
Trustatrader Handicap, 1m½f
Harry's tip: Flight Plan
Flight Plan rediscovered his old spark to win the Thirsk Hunt Cup last time and a 3lb rise looks manageable. He has largely failed to deliver on the promise he showed when winning a Group 2 as a three-year-old, but he had dropped a long way in the weights prior to making all on his belated handicap debut last time. He recorded a Racing Post Rating of 112 that day, just 3lb shy of his best, and a mark of 105 still looks workable.
5.10 Epsom
Debenhams Handicap, 7f
Harry's tip: Miss Information
Miss Information has a largely progressive profile and notched her fourth win when beating a well-treated rival at Newmarket last time. She’s been raised 4lb to a career-high mark, but her latest effort was a personal best and she was an impressive winner over this course and distance on her only visit last year, so there are no concerns over handling the track.
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