Matt has got your Saturday TV viewing covered and likes Meribella in the 15:20 at Newmarket.

Matt Chapman’s Saturday ITV Racing betting tips

13:20 Goodwood – Al Aasy
13:55 Goodwood – Sam Hawkens
14:10 Newmarket – Sayidah Hard Spun
14:30 Goodwood – Term Of Endearment
15:05 Goodwood – Vadream (each-way)
15:20 Newmarket – Meribella
15:45 Goodwood – Yah Mo Be There (each-way)

*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change.

13:20 Goodwood – Al Aasy

It’s the final day of Glorious Goodwood 2025 on ITV, and being Saturday, there’s also extra action from Newmarket. It all starts here with the Group 3 Glorious Stakes over 1m4f. Not a competitive start and a big chance for AL AASY to get back to winning ways for William Haggas and Jim Crowley. The eight-year-old started the campaign with success in the Gordon Richards at Sandown with Ancient Wisdom and Almaqam seen off. He’s disappointed since then, but a repeat of the Esher form should be good enough.

A handicap over 1m6f. SAM HAWKENS might well have another win in him off 92 – his dam was 100 rated back in the day. The William Haggas-handled improver has landed his last two starts on the artificial and at Hamilton and impressed in both. He’s improving at the right time, and with Tom Marquand up, might well be able to land this.

A handicap for juveniles over 6f. This looks like another good chance for SAYIDAH HARD SPUN, who has landed two out of her last three races with victories at Ascot and Kempton. The latest success came off a mark of 83 and she’s only up 3lb here. Big chance for Richard Hughes and Billy Lougnane.

Up in class now for the Group 2 Lillie Langtry Stakes for fillies and mares over 1m6f. Could be another here for William Haggas with TERM OF ENDEARMENT again under Tom Marquand. This filly was a fine second at York two runs ago when just nutted on the line. She was poor at Sandown in a Listed marathon when last seen and sent off favourite, but to be honest, I never fancied her for that race and suspect the trip was a little too far.

15:05 – Vadream (each-way)

The big betting race of the day is the Stewards’ Cup Handicap over 6f. On paper, VADREAM (draw 5, which should be fine) has absolutely no chance of winning this. But dig deeper and I could just see her running on for a place at huge odds. Much will depend on how much rain hits Goodwood before this race. Vadream loves soft ground, but she’s raced on good or faster all of 2025 and gradually got worse, ending up last in the Wokingham at Royal Ascot on good to firm. When she last ran on soft, she had no chance in Group 1 company. The good news is she now races off her lowest mark of 96 ever in her life. This is a horse who has finished fourth in the 2024 Group 1 Haydock Park Sprint. Charlie Fellowes trains with Kieran Shoemark on top.

15:20 – Newmarket – Meribella

A listed contest in the Chalice Stakes for fillies and mares over 1m4f. Sioux Life might not be worth her rating, which means MERIBELLA might not be totally out of this, even though she’s only rated 91. The daughter of Sea the Stars once cost 350,000gns and was third to Santorini Star in a decent handicap at this track earlier in the season. Trip and ground will be no issue and I’m pretty sure she won’t be disgraced for Ralph Beckett and Richard Kingscote.

A handicap for 3yo over 7f. A mark of 99 looks interesting for the useful juvenile YAH MO BE THERE, who has a two-year-old win in Listed company at Newbury when taking the Rose Bowl. He was last seen finishing fifth in the Group 3 Jersey Stakes (switched at the start and won his group) at Royal Ascot and that run suggested this trip is perfect for a horse who has gone up to a mile. I expect a typical Jamie Spencer drop-out ride and hope he can finish off with a flourish. An each-way bet.

Matt Chapman’s Saturday ITV Racing betting tips

13:20 Goodwood – Al Aasy
13:55 Goodwood – Sam Hawkens
14:10 Newmarket – Sayidah Hard Spun
14:30 Goodwood – Term Of Endearment
15:05 Goodwood – Vadream (each-way)
15:20 Newmarket – Meribella
15:45 Goodwood – Yah Mo Be There (each-way)

*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change.

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