Wednesday Racing Tips: Going for Gold in the Mallow

It’s a quieter than usual Wednesday of racing with just four cards in Britain and Ireland to focus on as we build up to the St Leger and Irish Champion Stakes later in the week.

We’ve picked out a trio of selections for three handicaps on the Flat either side of the Irish Sea, including a recent Curragh winner who looks ready to score again.

Today's Horse Races

17.25 Cork - Goldmoyne @ 4/1

There are two divisions of the Mallow Handicap at Cork this year. The second division looks very warm with some horses on a steep upward curve that are hard to assess but the first division at 5.25 looks a bit more straightforward.

The one that may be able to take advantage of the weaker race is recent Curragh winner, Goldmoyne.

This son of Galileo Gold bolted up when making all in a Curragh handicap on his penultimate outing and it was a respectable follow-up bid back at that venue over an insufficient six furlongs last month, doing well to hit the frame.

He gave the impression that he would relish the step back up in trip that he gets here and experienced jockey Ronan Whelan takes over from an inexperienced apprentice rider.

This four-year-old is still pretty unexposed having just his sixth start here and his dam improved as she got older, so there could easily be more to come.

19.25 Cork - Polemon @ 7/2

Later on the Cork card, the finale has a couple of nice prospects going for back-to-back wins and one that appeals most is Polemon for Denis Hogan.

This five-year-old was a bit frustrating when trained by Archie Watson in Britain but he hasn’t looked back since switching to Ireland for his new connections, winning two of his first three outings.

The win at Tipperary last time is certainly worth marking up given that he was going away again at the line and this well bred son of Frankel who is a full brother to Weekender could be up to defying a 9lb rise in the weights now that his new trainer appears to have found the key with him.

With the ground in his favour once again with no rain in forecast, he probably deserves to be the outright favourite for this contest.

16.50 Lingfield - Berry Clever @ 5/2

Silvestre De Sousa rides plenty of winners for Chris Dwyer and he gets back on board Berry Clever, who the Brazilian has twice hit the crossbar on already this season.

The son of Expert Eye has run with credit in two runs since stepping back up to this trip and he met a bit of interference when fifth at Newcastle last time.

It’s probably more a case of when rather than if this three-year-old breaks his maiden tag and there’s a suspicion that Lingfield’s all-weather track will suit given that he has run well around a tight bend at Wetherby previously.

Horse Racing Tips from Betfred Insights.