Newmarket July Festival: Heaven’s Guest among Saturday tips

The Saeed bin Suroor trained colt made a mockery of his opening handicap mark of 83 when when bolting up by two lengths over course and distance.

After being held-up under a confident James Doyle, the three-year-old made smooth headway to track the leader a furlong from home before quickening smartly to put the race to bed.

It was a most taking performance which suggested the son of Dream Ahead was way ahead of the assessor and needing keeping firmly onside, and a 9lb rise is unlikely to be enough to stop Silent Attack going in again.

Bin Battuta the one to beat in Superlative Stakes

Bin Suroor looks to hold leading claims of landing a quick-fire double with Bin Battuta in the Group 2 Superlative Stakes (16:00).

The colt created a huge impression when winning on debut at Windsor by 3 1/4 lengths in the manner of top notch prospect.

After being held-up, the two-year-old was pushed along two from home when showing distinct signs of greenness before picking up in style once switched to quicken clear and score with any amount in hand.

Bin Battuta has a huge engine judged on that display and is sure to come on significantly for the experience.

This does represent a big step up in class, but the son of Dubawi looks a very exciting prospect and can take it in his stride before going on to even better things.

Saturday tips

14.15: Dabyah
14.50: Spiritous
15.25: Silent Attack (NB)
16.00: Bin Battuta
16.35: Quiet Reflection
17.10: Heaven’s Guest (NAP)
17.45: Lord George

Related

You’ll find more Newmarket tips during the July Festival on Coral’s horse racing section.