Saturday ITV Racing Tips: Best bets for Musselburgh and Newbury

Selections:

Desert Angel (13.32 Musselbugh)

Thunderous (13.50 Newbury)

Marshal Dan (14.04 Musselburgh)

Jumbly (14.25 Newbury)

Makanah (14.39 Musselburgh)

Perfect Power (15.00 Newbury)

Heights Of Abraham each-way (15.14 Musselburgh)

Trais Fluors / Etonian (15.35 Newbury)

Richard Hannon's three-year-old improved for the addition of blinkers (back on) last season to win back-to-back nurseries, including a class 2 contest over an extended mile at Newmarket in cosy fashion, and ran a sound race when finishing fourth at Wolverhampton 18 days ago.

Dream start to Leger day for @HollieDoyle1! Desert Angel is given a peach to take the @DoncasterRaces opener for @rhannonracing… pic.twitter.com/vKeTvJxIsD

Mark and Charlie Johnston run three with Joe Fanning, the leading jockey here over the past five years, down to ride the stable's Spirit Catcher.

After an unbeaten juvenile campaign, he won the Grade 2 Dante at York in July (run later than normal due to Covid) only to pick up an injury and rule himself out for the rest of his three-year-old campaign.

"Having been gelded, he's lighter and seems to be coming to hand earlier than he normally does", he added.

They are plausible winners but preference at bigger odds is for Heather Main's Marshal Dan, whose seven wins on flat turf include one over this track and trip and who only found the well treated Eton College too good in last year's running of his contest.

With Ben Curtis booked, he has to go well and his current odds of around 9/1 might not last (well backed 9/2 shot 12 months ago).

She might stay 1m2f this season and while her stable is in cracking form (9-18 in the last fortnight), the gut feeling is that she might prove vulnerable to a rival with a bit more toe on her