The tipsters table, York Races, Saturday, October 8, 2016

Who's tipping what: scroll horizontally to see all the picks

Tipster/ race	Dick Turpin	Sun	Guardian	Telegraph	At The Races	GG.co.uk	Daily Mail	Express
2.00pm	Shawaahid	Mithqaal (nb)	Mithqaal	Weekend Offender	Alyday	Shawaahid	Mithqaal	Mithqaal
2.35pm	Great Order (nap)	Central Square	Autocratic	Snoano	Great Order	Central Square	Great Order	Great Order (nb)
3.10pm	Perfect Angel	Silver Line	Silver Line	Lost At Sea	Rich And Famous	Silver Line	Silver Line	Silver Line
3.45pm	Get Knotted	Captain Colby (nap)	Captain Colby	Mythmaker (nap)	Captain Colby	Captain Colby	Intisaab	Get Knotted
4.20pm	Gulliver (nb)	Etikaal	Dubai Horizon	Tawaafoq	Gulliver	Dubai Horizon	Mojito	Dubai Horizon
4.55pm	Dawn Missile	Gleese The Devil	Bertie Moon	Dawn Missile	Dawn Missile	Dawn Missile	Odeon	Dawn Missile
5.30pm	Novelty Seeker	Hibou	Hibou	Richie Mccaw	Marsh Pride	Hibou	Hibou	Hibou

A flying start yesterday with 8/1 winner Turpin’s tip Comedy School in the first race, beating the 5/2 favourite, Battered, to bring home a handy £26.20 forecast to cover our wonderful day out.

Hot favourite Raheen House was the only other selection to oblige (at 4/7), but Turpin nailed the place selection in that race too, Native Prospect at 6/1, bringing in a very acceptable £4.38 forecast to keep us ahead of the bookies – just – on the day.

But what does YorkMix‘s top tipster suggest for the final day of racing on Knavesmire for this year?

Turpin writes:

Talk about saving the best till last! It has been an amazing year at Knavesmire, and the featured Coral Sprint (3.45) is a great way to bow out on a high, as a field of 20 will make this one of the most competitive handicaps of the year.

Mythmaker, Captain Colby, Roudee and Normandy Barriere will be all the rage in the betting, but this is a wide-open contest.

Turpin sides, however, with trainer Michael Dodds, attempting to with this for the third time in four years, and he might just do it – at luscious odds – with Get Knotted, seeking revenge over Roudee for defeat in the Ayr Gold Cup.

Despite a great low draw, the six pound penalty on Captain Colby may just be the difference between a win and a place. I’ve had a good word from the Fahey yard for Mayfair Lady, and she will be included in my forecast combinations.

Not a race for high-stakes punting though, but a fascinating contest and a wonderful way to mark the end of a great season for the Knavesmire team.

Great Order earns the nap selection in the 2.35 race. The three-year-old caught the eye finishing like a train at Newmarket over a mile. The extra two furlongs are exactly what’s needed and the colt is a confident Turpin tip.

Central Square deserves huge respect after a tremendous Doncaster performance, and will be battling it out with bottom-weight Cote D’Azur for a place.

Hugo Palmer’s yard are hoping the tongue-tie and blinkers will work their magic on Gulliver in the 4.20. With two creditable runs, and little among the newcomers to cause concern, the headgear may be all that’s needed this time.

The tipsters table, York Races, Friday, October 7, 2016

Who's tipping what: scroll horizontally to see all the picks

Tipster/ race	Dick Turpin	Sun	Guardian	At The Races	GG.co.uk	Daily Mail	Express
1.45pm	Comedy School	Evergate	Evergate	Battered	Arc Royal	Battered	Evergate
2.20pm	Keystroke	Raising Sand	Alfred Hutchinson	Keystroke	Big Time	Home Cummins	Raising Sand
2.50pm	Her Terms (nap)	Abundant Courage	Kodicat	Her Terms	Her Terms	Glorious Politics	Her Terms (nap)
3.25pm	Yangtze	The Graduate	Master Blueyes	Master Blueyes	The Graduate	Cape Cova (nb)	Yangtze
3.55pm	Aleef	East Street Revue	East Street Revue	Tylery Wonder	East Street Revue	East Street Revue	East Street Revue
4.30pm	Raheen House (nb)	Raheen House	Raheen House	Raheen House	Raheen House	Native Prospect	Raheen House
5.00pm	Regal Dan	Regal Dan	Steel Train	Honeysuckle	Steel Train	Bertiewhittle	Steel Train

It’s the last two days of Knavesmire action this year and what a tasty programme there is in store.

And as well as enjoying the sport, you have two more chances to take the bookies to the cleaners. But who to back? Over to YorkMix‘s resident tipster…

Turpin writes:

The feature race, Stanjames.com Stakes (3.25), should see a tremendous battle between Sir Michael Stoute’s Yangtze and Roger Charlton’s impressive Blakeney Point.

I fully expect to see Sir Michael’s gelding leading them home, again benefiting from the use of the cheekpieces that did the job and focused his charge on the job in hand at Haydock last month.

But it’s a tricky race to assess and claims could be made for Against The Odds, Cape Cova, The Graduate and Master Blueyes.

Turpin will be having a flutter but his big plunge will be on the preceding event (2.50) where Her Terms looks the one to be on.

A handful of newcomers add intrigue, but of those with form, William Haggas’s maiden filly is clearly a cut above. She ran into a decent runner-up spot over course and distance a month ago, and has the benefit of the patient William Twiston-Davies in the driving seat.

In the 4.30, Raheen House looks too good to ignore, following two outings and two runner-up performances, easily the pick on the available form.

With eight newcomers, a surprise is always possible. But, with the notable exception of Crushed (watch for any market move on the Haggas gelding), there seems to be little there for the selection to worry about, especially as the experienced Jimmy Fortune can be relied on to get the best from this promising offspring of Sea The Stars.