Value Scope: Each-way racing tips from Steve Jones for Friday on ITV

01 June 2023 , 16:22

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Steve Jones has three selections for Friday, June 2

CADILLAC (3.45) should motor home in the Betfred Handicap.

He won races at Group 2, Group 3 and Listed level when trained in Ireland by Jessie Harrington

This five-year-old is now with George Boughey and, although he was well beaten when dropping into a handicap for the first time, that was his seasonal comeback.

It was also his first run since being gelded, so there’s every chance he will have improved a fair amount for that return to action.

His most recent win, at Leopardstown last summer, came when wearing blinkers for the first time.

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He now tries cheekpieces having gone without any headgear on his last three runs and he’s clearly a horse who needs a bit of help in the department. Have 1pt each-way at 14-1. Most bookies are paying out on four places.

AUSTRIAN THEORY (2.35) returned to form when third from a wide draw at Chester last Saturday.

He’s slipped in the weights following a few modest efforts and he’s nicely handicapped on the pick of his form.

This distance of nearly 1m1f could be ideal and he should be able to sit in a nice prominent position in a race not exactly packed with frontrunners.

We’ve seen so many times how dangerous it is to allow jockey Joe Fanning to dictate the tempo of races on horses trained by the Johnston clan. Have 1pt each-way at 9-1. A few bookies are paying out on five places.

BOBSLEIGH (2.00) probably didn’t beat an awful lot on his debut at Brighton last month but there was a lot to like about the way he dispatched some inferior rivals over 5f.

He also showed he can handle undulating tracks and fast ground when successful first time out.

The step up in distance should suit him in the British EBF 40 ^th Anniversary Woodcote Stakes – he is certainly bred to appreciate the extra furlong.

With trainer Eve Johnson Houghton’s two-year-olds going well, it’s worth chancing him in what looks a below-par renewal. Have 1pt each-way at 11-1 with plenty of bookies going four places.

Steve Jones