Templegate’s Tote Placepot tips with £150,000 guaranteed for Sandown’s Premier Raceday

SANDOWN hosts a Premier Raceday on Saturday and features the Grade 1 Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novice Chase.

And Templegate has his Placepot picks for another busy day of action.

The Placepot is a bet where you select a horse to be placed in the FIRST SIX races of any meeting – with Sandown this week guaranteeing a cool £150,000 guaranteed pot!

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And you can select more than one horse in a race. Simply, just multiply the number of selections in each race to calculate your stake.

So for staking it’s 2x2x2x2x1x2 which adds up to 32 lines.

You can stake what you want upwards from 5p a line which would cost a total of £1.60. 10p a line is £3.20 and so on.

Provided at least one of your picks in each race is placed, you’ll get a payout!

Sandown Placepot Picks

LEG 1: The Good Doctor, Peking Opera 

THE GOOD DOCTOR had plenty in hand when winning at Fontwell last time and will appreciate this cut in the ground.

PEKING OPERA was a Group performer on the Flat for Aidan O’Brien and has a bright future over hurdles having joined Gary Moore.

LEG 2: Jingko Blue

JINGKO BLUE has looked really promising on his two starts for Nicky Henderson and built on his excellent Warwick debut third when rallying to win on the line at Newbury last time. He needed every yard of a similar trip there and he should be capable of better than this grade now handicapping.

LEG 3: In Excelsis Deo, Saint Segal

IN EXCELSIS DEO has been brought along patiently by Harry Fry and his two runs at Cheltenham this season have been really promising. His jumping still looked a little novicey when a narrow second last time and hopefully his trainer has done some work on that. There’s no doubting his quality and he’s capable of winning off this mark.

SAINT SEGAL did well to finish second at Lingfield after some late mistakes knocked the stuffing out of him. He likes this trip and will go close if crossing his fences better.

LEG 4: Djelo, Hermes Allen

DJELO deserves a crack at this company after being knocked over jumping the first fence at Lingfield last time. He had earlier looked up to Grade 1 standard when winning with plenty in hand at Ascot in December. That was over this sort of trip and there should be improvement to come on decent ground that suits. 

HERMES ALLEN is the big threat even if he was no match for French superstar Il Est Francais here in the Kauto Star on Boxing Day. He still beat the rest of them well enough despite the three miles looking a bit of a stretch. Dropping back in distance looks a wise move as he enjoyed this trip when hacking up on chase debut at Newbury.

LEG 5: Ed Keeper, West Balboa

ED KEEPER looks ideal for this test after another big run at Cheltenham last time. He was going like the winner in that hot contest before crashing through the final hurdle and losing vital momentum. He boxed on well up the run-in to be beaten less than two lengths and looks well ahead of the handicapper even after a 5lb rise. 

WEST BALBOA threw in a rare blip at Ascot last time when the Grade 1 Long Walk proved a bit much. She had earlier won three in a row, including good handicaps at Aintree and Kempton in big fields. She is climbing the weights but it’s still relatively early days and she could pull out more over a trip that should be ideal.

LEG 6: Blackjack Magic, Kestrel Valley

BLACKJACK MAGIC showed his liking for a proper slog when winning the Badger Beers at Wincanton in November. The handicapper didn’t go mad with a 6lb rise in the weights and he was running a big race again in the Ascot Silver Cup before a late error proved costly. A bit more rain would be ideal but he’s got form on decent ground too and trainer Anthony Honeyball is in fine form. 

KESTREL VALLEY had 20 lengths in hand when winning at Ludlow last time and may take some pegging back from the front.

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