Saturday's Horse Racing Tips: James Boyle's Best Bets At Haydock & Newmarket

For today's horse racing tips, our analyst James Boyle looks at the flat racing at Haydock and Newmarket, with three selections now online.

As always, you’ll find the most up-to-date odds at the best horse racing betting sites, but our tipster’s predictions are researched early in the day and those prices could soon be moved in by the betting public. Odds stated are correct at the time of publishing.

Running P/L for the 2025 Flat Season - 256.00pts staked, 266.26pts returned; +10.26pts.

14:05 Haydock – Germanic – 1pt @ 11/1

Germanic needs a revival and whether that’s possible yet, or at the minimum trip for just the second time, is up for debate. However, he has had a wind-op since last seen and his sights are being lowered somewhat running against this field compared to what he has been facing.

It’s only his second go at the trip and the previous time, he raced on the wrong part of the track at Ascot. If he wasn’t able to breathe properly, that would have also hindered him! The mark is workable and if he has been readied, he could get involved. I’ll chance him at the price.

15:40 Newmarket – Urban Lion – 1pt @ 16/1

I’ve missed fancier quotes about Urban Lion but he’s still a fair bet. What he put forward at York wasn’t great but he was drawn widest and went forward. It may not be the way to ride him in a race like that and was also his second run in a couple of weeks following a big effort at Ascot.

It’s possible he bounced a bit and hopefully he will have been freshened up nicely in the five weeks since. If he is at the level of his fifth in the Royal Hunt Cup, there’s every chance he’s up to getting involved in this and I reckon being covered up over a longer trip can help.

17:55 Newmarket – Indian Springs – 1pt @ 9/4

Indian Springs is easy to find and hopefully it’ll prove to be with good reason. He looks every inch a future Group race performer and returns to the scene of an impressive maiden success in April, a race that has worked out well with 38 subsequent runs producing nine wins and 11 places.

He was gelded afterwards, then won another novice at Haydock very easily, although it was no more demanding than a piece of work. Now, he’s into handicap company and needs to improve again, but I think it’s in the locker and will be disappointed if he’s not bang in contention late on.