Horse Racing Tip – 2.25 Leopardstown 08-05-16

Sunday’s flat action takes place in Ireland at Leopardstown where potential Derby candidates will be out to enhance their Epsom claims in the Group 3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes at 3.35. As expected the Aidan O’Brien stable are mob-handed being responsible for 50 per cent of the 8 declared runners including likely favourite Idaho but it is the Amethyst Stakes at 2.25 which provides the best bet on the card in the shape of British challenger Custom Cut.

Runs at Doncaster and Newmarket should have put the seven-year-old spot on for this mile contest, making it a treble on the course for the son of Notnowcato following wins in 2014 and 2015. The most recent resulted in a comfortable victory from Top Notch Tonto and Lightning Spear last September, a reproduction of which should be good enough against his seven rivals who look just short of the level required.

The mount of Daniel Tudhope should be up to giving between 2lb and 20lb to the opposition, the best of which looks to be Ballydoyle’s Cougar Mountain who, though not the most consistent of performers, would prove a major danger to the David O’Meara’s inmate if able to reproduce his 2015 Queen Anne form when third behind the top class pair of Solow and Esoterique.

Leopardstown Tip

1 Point Win Custom Cut 15-8 Betfair Sportsbook