Haydock Park Tips: Time To Turn your attention to Appleby mount

Haydock Park’s Temple Stakes meeting gets under way on Thursday, with seven races to enjoy at the Merseyside venue, starting at 14:17 with the last race at 17:22.

Expect high-speed action with the going described as good to firm, good in places and there are some interesting runners heading to the north west. Read on for my Haydock Park tips.

14:17 - Fleur De Mer @ 10/1

Most punters will be looking at Diamand De Vindecy and The Crafty Mole in Haydock's opener, the Betfred "The Classic Bookmaker" Handicap, with the pair expected to be closely matched at the head of the market, but it could be worth looking past the front two and backing Fleur De Mer.

She hasn’t been seen since last June when underperforming on her first start for Martin Todhunter, but a break will have helped, as should a 3lb drop in the weights.

Todhunter often does well with new arrivals and Fleur De Mer had been in good form before that run, posting form figures of 12133223 in her previous eight efforts.

This should be a fairly open race over two miles and Fleur De Mer could prove to be a solid investment.

14:47 - Time To Turn @ 10/11

Novice races are often tricky to call but there are plenty of reasons to be drawn towards Time To Turn in this 6f contest, not least because of the form of his trainer.

Charlie Appleby followed up a stunning Guineas weekend - he won the 2,000 with Ruling Court before landing the 1,000 a day later with Desert Flower - with a stunning 39 per cent strike-rate in the last two weeks.

He has two runners in this race, and the selection is Time To Turn, the choice of William Buick. The jockey has won on nine of his 22 previous rides at Haydock and must see something special in the son of Dark Angel to pick him ahead of his £720,000 stablemate Maximized.

Those signs are positive, as is his pedigree, with both of his parents and his half-sister winning over various distances, and Time To Turn can make a winning debut.

15:47 - Harvanna each-way @ 15/2

The Betfred Supports Jack Berry House Handicap, a 5f sprint worth almost £8,000 to the winner, looks an open affair and it could be worth taking a chance on Harvanna each-way.

The daughter of Havana Grey is a three-time turf winner over 5f and she was unlucky not to triumph when last seen at Wolverhampton in December. She battled back from a tricky position that day and was beaten only a neck.

Tom Marquand has a 28 per cent strike-rate from 75 rides at the track and that bodes well for the chances of Harvanna.

This is an Extra Place Race, with Betfred paying 3 places (at 1/5 odds) instead of 2 for all each-way bets.

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