Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, May 14
Baaeed bids for a seventh straight career win in Saturday’s Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes and victory would crown the four-year-old as the pre-eminent miler of the last decade. Baaeed is a red-hot favourite and, in all probability, will extend his winning sequence en route to more Group One glory at Royal Ascot.
However, his price is prohibitive for those who like a tilt at the layers, so ALCOHOL FREE (Newbury, 3.20) is offered as a double-digit alternative, given she has race fitness on her side.
A dual Group One winner in her own right, Alcohol Free is unbeaten in her two starts at the Berkshire venue.
Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips ahead of Saturday’s meetings
She beat her own sex at Ascot in the Coronation Stakes before winning in open company when landing the Sussex Stakes from 2,000 Guineas winner Poetic Flare.
Admittedly, her Sandown comeback was a subdued performance but she may bounce back to somewhere near her best returning to one of her favourite tracks.
NEWBURY
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
1.35 Tiber Flow
2.10 Ilaraab
2.45 Israr (nb)
3.20 Alcohol Free
3.55 Persian Force
4.30 Nashwa
5.04 Forest Falcon
GIMCRACK
1.35 Tiber Flow
2.10 Ilaraab
2.45 Marsoul (nap)
3.20 Baaeed
3.55 Persian Force
4.30 Nashwa (nb)
5.04 Oh This Is Us
Newmarket – 3.20 Baaeed (nap); 4.30 Nashwa (nb).
NEWMARKET
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
1.50 Zain Sarinda
2.25 Harry Three (nap)
3.00 Wizard D’Amour
3.35 Believing
4.10 Atlantis
4.45 Celtic Empress
5.20 Full Authority
GIMCRACK
1.50 Groundbreaker
2.25 River Pride
3.00 Shine So Bright
3.35 Fairy Cross
4.10 Pawapuri
4.45 Lucia Joy
5.20 Get It
THIRSK
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
2.20 Cotai Pearl
2.55 Havagomecca
3.30 Mandobi
4.05 Magical Max
4.40 Boardman
5.11 Morty
5.45 Mutanaaseq
GIMCRACK
2.20 Sideways Shift
2.55 Leodis Dream
3.30 Mandobi
4.05 Rathbone
4.40 Another Batt
5.11 Eeh Bah Gum
5.45 Magical Mile
Northerner – 2.20 Cotai Pearl (nap); 2.55 Huddle Up (nb).
CHELMSFORD CITY
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
2.35 Circle Time
3.10 Beggarman
3.45 Crimson Sand
4.20 Dubai Hope
4.55 Lila Girl
5.30 Lake Sand
6.00 Reformed Character
GIMCRACK
2.35 Foshan
3.10 Neverbeen To Paris
3.45 Crimson Sand
4.20 Headingley
4.55 Rogue Missile
5.30 Bronze River
6.00 Dors Toyboy
BANGOR-ON-DEE
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
1.05 Waterloo Quay
1.40 Dawn Raider
2.15 Hurricane Ali
2.50 Costly Diamond
3.25 Daranova
4.00 Into The Sunset
4.35 Houston Calling
5.07 Lady D’arbanville
GIMCRACK
1.05 Copper Fox
1.40 Go On Chez
2.15 Parisencore
2.50 Costly Diamond
3.25 Pennyforapound
4.00 Do You Think
4.35 Houston Calling
5.07 Kilbarry Leader
UTTOXETER
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
5.15 Hidden Heroics
5.50 Time Leader
6.20 Eglantine Du Seuil
6.50 Found On
7.20 Cheer’s Delboy
7.50 Inferno Sacree
8.20 River Legend
GIMCRACK
5.15 Hidden Heroics
5.50 Mozzaro
6.20 Eglantine Du Seuil
6.50 Found On
7.20 Cheer’s Delboy
7.50 Stumps Or Slips
8.20 Soul Icon
DONCASTER
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
5.33 Tele Red
6.05 Enfranchise
6.35 Definitive Force
7.10 Double O
7.40 Deodar
8.10 Roudemental
8.40 Giogiobbo
GIMCRACK
5.33 Bookmark
6.05 Lady Reset
6.35 Mistrix
7.10 Monty Man
7.40 Deodar
8.10 Come On John
8.40 Prince Of Bel Lir