Horse Racing Tips: Best Betting Tips for Thursday

Today's Horse Racing Tips

• 17:30 Wolverhampton – Social City – 1pt @ 9/1 with bet365
• 18:30 Wolverhampton – Always Fearless – 1pt @ 13/2 with BetVictor
• 20:00 Wolverhampton – Oh Herberts Reign – 1pt @ 7/2 with 888sport

For today's horse racing tips, our analyst James Boyle looks at the All-Weather meeting at Wolverhampton, with three selections now online.

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17:30 Wolverhampton – Social City – 1pt @ 9/1

Social City hasn’t pulled up too many trees since returning from a stint over hurdles but he has dropped 8lbs in four runs and is now below his last couple of winning marks. His last two efforts were well below-par but before that he had shaped with promise at Southwell, only beaten four-lengths by Ehteyat. That rival is rated 16lbs higher these days and in the context of this race, it’s not bad form at all.

Whether he can replicate it is the worry but with the mark falling and this looking like the easiest assignment he has had in a while, it’s possible he could show to his true level again. Switching over to Wolverhampton won’t be a problem either (won over C&D before; shaped with promise here in December in a much hotter race) and I think 9/1 is at least a few points on the large side.

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18:30 Wolverhampton – Always Fearless – 1pt @ 13/2

Always Fearless is usually raced to get the stable apprentices some experience and hasn’t had a fully-fledged rider on board for twelve runs, at which point he was rated a half-stone higher. He did manage to win one of those under a fine ride from Tyrese Cameron but he has the assistance of Sean Levey today and that being combined with a still-workable mark of 62 should see him heavily involved here.

This is a minor recovery mission as he was only mid-division when last seen a couple of months ago but was beaten just a few lengths and went fast enough to lead, then couldn’t finish. Dropping back to 7f for the first time in a long time is an interesting move and it may suit him, especially if the fractions favour those up top. He has performed well here before and hopefully will do so again.

20:00 Wolverhampton – Oh Herberts Reign – 1pt @ 7/2

I’m hoping for a Richard Hannon and Sean Levey double! Oh Herberts Reign is not the horse he was as a juvenile, or early in his three-year-old campaign last season, but he has received plenty of leniency from the handicapper and is over a stone lower than his peak. This will only be the second 0-80 he has ever contested and on the other occasion, he was beaten a short-head at this track (furlong further).

His two outings since have yielded defeats behind Zealot but that rival is rapidly progressing and ahead of his mark, so it would be harsh to judge him negatively on those. The most recent race saw him get within a length at Chelmsford and that was a 0-95. He’ll be far happier in this grade and as long as the shorter trip isn’t a problem, he could prove to be the one to beat. 7/2 is fair enough in my book.

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