The Tony Calvin Epsom tips on Saturday sees the Betfair man pick out three fancies that includes a huge each-way fancy in the Epsom Derby at 1:30pm. See which horses Tony Calvin is tipping below.
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Tony Calvin Epsom Tips (Saturday, 3rd June 23)
Tony Calvin from Betfair fancies three horses from Epsom this Saturday – including an each-way liking in the big one – the Epsom Derby at 1.30pm.
- 12:50pm – Betfred Diomed Stakes (Group 3) (3yo+) 1m 1/2f ITV: MARIES DIAMOND (e/w) @ 16/1
- 1:30pm – Betfred Derby (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (No Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) 1m 4f ITV: ARTISTIC STAR (e/w) @ 28/1
- 5:05pm – JRA Tokyo Trophy Handicap (Class 2) (4yo+) 6f ITV: MR WAGYU @ 4/1
Note: Odds are subject to chance and are correct at time of publishing
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Tony Calvin Epsom Tips For Saturday 3rd June 23
- 12:50pm – Betfred Diomed Stakes (Group 3) (3yo+) 1m 1/2f ITV: MARIES DIAMOND (e/w) @ 16/1
Tony Calvin’s first tip on Saturday at Epsom on Day 2 of The Derby Festival comes in the opening race of the day. The Betfair man is siding with Marie’s Diamond for the opener.
His current rating of 96 is some way detached from the rest of the field but that could be misleading as he was on a mark of 113 at his 2020 best (some 3lb higher than Highland Avenue, the top-rated in here) and he ran a stormer when just nabbed close home over an extended 1m2f at York last time in a good handicap.
None of his five higher-rated rivals have what you might call a solid profile and I can see him grabbing the rail and lead from stall one, seeing off his pace rival Highland Avenue, and holding on. Certainly, the step down from an extended 1m2f to just 1m113yd on quickening ground will help in that regard.
- 1:30pm – Betfred Derby (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (No Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) 1m 4f ITV: ARTISTIC STAR (e/w) @ 28/1
Artistic Star is Tony Calvin’s selection in the biggest flat race on the calendar, the Epsom Derby. Good to firm ground wouldn’t be preferable to the likes of Sprewell, who has done all his running in testing ground, but it should suit Artistic Star if you listen to the trainer, though it is an unknown.
Artistic Star is the only unbeaten colt in the race and I thought he shaped very well in winning over 1m2f at Sandown in a good time on his reappearance. He was strong at the line.
Although the dam was an Aussie sprinter, he is by Galileo and is a full brother to 1m4f winners, notably Jessie Harrington’s Group 3-winning mare Forbearance, so the extra 2f will hopefully be fine for him, too. Not only fine, but preferable.
He only had his third birthday last Saturday, being a May 27 foal, so let’s hope this youngster is ready to bloom. This test may come too soon for him, and he is rated a mere 98 (the lowest in the field), but I’ll take my chance at the price.
He has only done his racing with ease in the ground so far, but his trainer Ralph Beckett doesn’t feel the quicker surface will be an issue and he also pointed out that the aforementioned Forbearance excelled on good to firm.
- 5:05pm – JRA Tokyo Trophy Handicap (Class 2) (4yo+) 6f ITV: MR WAGYU @ 4/1
Calvin’s third and final betting tip on Derby Day comes in the final race in the form of Mr Wagyu. This could all set up very nicely for last year’s winner, who has come down 5lb for just three runs this season, despite running much better, and actually shaping very well at York last time when beaten just three lengths in a 21-runner handicap.
A mark of 96 is surely ripe to be exploited. This could actually be a repeat of last year when he benefitted from a pace collapse and the closers swooped.
While he is still 2lb higher than when winning this handicap in a photo off 94 last year, he went on to finish fourth in the Wokingham and land a valuable Curragh prize, after which he was rated 106. Big chance to go back-to-back.
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