Templegate’s Tote Placepot tips with £150,000 guaranteed for Newbury on Saturday

TEMPLEGATE brings you his Placepot picks for the top action from Newbury.

The Betfair Hurdle takes centre stage, with a whopping £150,000 guaranteed in the pot for the meeting!

Templegate’s Tote Placepot tips with £150,000 guaranteed for Newbury on Saturday

The Placepot is a bet where you select a horse to be placed in the FIRST SIX races of any meeting.

You can pick more than one horse in a race – you just multiply the number of selections in each race to calculate your stake.

So for staking it’s 2x2x1x1x2x1 which adds up to  just eight lines in the Placepot. 

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You can stake what you want upwards from 5p a line. 20p a line is £1.60, 50p is £4 and so on.

Provided at least one of our horses in each race is placed, we get a payout!

Saturday’s Newbury Placepot picks

LEG 1: Hasthing, Making Headway

HASTHING was useful in bumpers and has done really well since going hurdling with wins at Leicester and Catterick. He was value for a lot more than the official winning margin last time and looks capable of a lot better.

MAKING HEADWAY has been holding his own in Graded company and will be happier taking a drop in class here.

LEG 2: American Sniper, Emitom

AMERICAN SNIPER charged up Cheltenham’s hill to score over 2m5f two runs ago and he’ll prefer this test to the shorter distance he tackled when fourth at Taunton latest. He looks capable of improving for this distance and it’s still early days at handicap level. 

EMITOM goes on any ground and went through the mud for a close-up second at Ludlow latest. This is tougher from a higher mark but he has place claims.

LEG 3: Shishkin

SHISHKIN looked an unlucky loser in the King George at Kempton last time. He looked to have the race at his mercy only to stumble on the flat after jumping the second-last. He refused to race before that at Ascot which is always going to be a worry but he’s a multiple Grade 1 winner who seems suited by this trip. He can tee up a run at the Gold Cup with a good performance here.

LEG 4: Boothill

BOOTHILL took the first tumble of his career at Kempton last time but he can get back on track here. He was a back-to-back winner at Ascot before that and seems to have improved since being placed in this grade last season.

LEG 5: Iberico Lord, Altobelli

IBERICO LORD looked a class act when winning the Greatwood Hurdle in the mud at Cheltenham two runs ago. He saw out this trip really strongly and had plenty left in the tank. The quicker ground at Ascot was against him last time and these conditions will suit better from what still looks a fair handicap mark. 

ALTOBELLI has been knocking on the door in good company at Ascot and he has more to come at this early stage of his career. Trainer Harry Fry certainly has high hopes for him.

LEG 6: Inch House

INCH HOUSE has scored on his past two runs here and went close in good company at Cheltenham last time. It will be disappointing if he can’t make the frame.

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