Five horses to follow on Saturday
By Alex Scott
Last Updated: Fri 7 Aug 2026
Andy Stephens (RaceiQ), Dave Nevison, Johnny Ward, Martin Dixon and Alex Scott all share a selection for Saturday's action, with fancies at Ascot, Newmarket and Kilbeggan.
1.35 Ascot: Fandom
Tipster: Dave Nevison.
Best odds: 5-1.
Although he's only got one win on the board in 2026, Fandom has had a good first season with Richard Hannon. I expect he will be well suited by this return to Ascot where he ran a blinder to finish third in a strong race over this distance on his penultimate start.
It was a tough ask in last week's Stewards' Cup and he never got involved, but as such, was spared a hard time, and I'm more than willing to view him as remaining in good form.
The likes of Gold Star Hero and All Ways Glamorous ought to ensure a well-contested pace, which is exactly what Fandom wants to be seen to best effect and plenty of his rivals in this arrive with a point to prove in terms of current form/wellbeing.
If he reproduces that effort at the track last month he'll be right in the mix and 7-1 at the time of writing appeals as a very fair price.
1.55 Newmarket: Nuit d'Eclair
Tipster: Alex Scott.
Best odds: 7-2.
There are three black-type races taking place in Britain on Saturday and the first of those, the Newsells Park Stud Sweet Solera Stakes, has been won by some smart sorts in recent years, including Fallen Angel and Lake Victoria.
Whether or not there is a filly of that calibre in this year’s renewal, time will tell, but general second favourite Nuit d'Eclair, currently priced up at 7-2, stands out as one that should be shorter in the market.
She was relatively unfancied when obliging at odds of 12-1 on her debut at Newbury last month, and improved upon that despite tasting defeat for the first time when finishing fourth in the Princess Margaret on King George day at Ascot.
On both occasions, she appeared to relish the fast ground, and she stuck to her task well over the stiff six furlongs last time when having to wait to make her challenge and then getting slightly short of room in the final strides.
Though she has a Lowther entry, this step up to seven furlongs could well see her to better effect. She can become yet another Stakes winner for her phenomenal sire Night Of Thunder, who sired 32 last year alone.
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2.30 Newmarket: Sanbona Warrior
Tipster: Martin Dixon.
Best odds: 11-4.
It had been a disappointing season for Democracy Dilemma up until a big upturn in form at Goodwood last week where, back from a short break, he showed all his old speed and enthusiasm and battled on gamely despite having forced a strong pace in a twenty-three runner race.
This is vastly less competitive, with only four rivals, and he should find a field of this size and quality relatively easy to dominate.
He's a very well handicapped horse and, if he backs up his Goodwood run, then I'd expect him to be extremely hard to catch here, especially from stall one which could see him get across to the often-favoured far rail.
3.55 Ascot: Archers Bay
Tipster: RaceiQ naps of the day (Andy Stephens).
Best odds: 11-4.
Archers Bay produced a very fast final furlong of 12.35sec when winning over 1m2f at Newmarket in May and finished third to Ancient Egypt on level weights back at Headquarters next time. He has had excuses since and this step up in trip promises to suit.
6.48 Kilbeggan: Pets Georgina
Tipster: Johnny Ward.
Best odds: 6-4.
Rocky's Diamond's jumping in the Galway Plate was terrible - he could easily bounce back and win this, but I was really taken by this mare at Killarney and she will nip nimbly around this tight track. She is open to more.
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