2024 Hambleton Handicap Tips

Godwinson has been installed as the betting favourite to win the Hambleton Handicap on Thursday, with the horse currently trading at around the 4/1 mark. William Haggas will be confident of a bright showing after seeing his charge finish second out of twenty-one runners at Newbury in April when running well.

Slipofthepen could only manage to finish thirteenth out of seventeen runners, with the horse sent off as the 9/2 favourite in this one mile encounter at Newmarket, although the runner did open with a success at Kempton in November. There was then another victory on the all-weather at Kempton in April.

Metal Merchant is trained by Jack Channon, with the horse claiming a victory at Newbury last time out and that included beating Godwinson into second place. Sent off at 12/1 in the Spring Cup Handicap over one mile on good to soft, there was plenty to like about a win at Ascot in October before a disappointing showing at Newmarket.

Dutch Decoy was able to land runner-up spots in his previous two outings, with Charlie Johnston training a seven-year-old who was second in the William Hill Suffolk Stakes. That was over one mile and one furlong, with this coming after another second-placed finish at Newmarket over one mile.

2023 Hambleton Handicap Tips

Lattam runs for trainer William Haggas on Day Two of the York May meeting, with the four-year-old not among the highest-rated horse although the handicapper might be treating this horse favourably and that accounts for the shorter odds. The horse was sent off as the 2/1 favourite in the Spring Cup Handicap and finished second at Newbury on 22 April.

Previously to this, the horse claimed a victory in the Irish Lincolnshire, with the runner managing to cope with the soft to heavy conditions. Obliging by a short head, this horse is ahead of Awaal in the betting, with Simon & Ed Crisford training a runner who was outclassed last time out at Longchamp in the Prix Jacques Laffitte.

There was also a second-placed finish in the Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster Racecourse and that was on heavy ground, so much depends on how the horse copes with the drier conditions. Assessment is a talented four-year-old who could be well-weighted, with Ryan Moore on board the horse last time out on the all-weather at Kempton.

This victory was over one mile when being sent off as the 11/4 favourite, with Northern Express one of the best weighted horses in the race. The five-year-old will be carrying just 8-13 for this encounter, with a victory coming at Thirsk last time out and there were fifteen runners in the field on that occasion.