Sunday Racing Tips: Marine Wave the bet of the day in the Pontefract feature

Flat racing holds sway across Britain and Ireland on Sunday August 18 with three meetings taking place across the afternoon and into the evening.

First off is Tramore before they go to Southwell and Pontefract. Amongst our Sunday fancies is one for trainer Richard Fahey who should prove too strong for her rivals in the feature 6f Listed Flying Fillies’ Stakes at Pontefract.

Horse Racing Odds

Today’s Horse Races

14:03 Tramore – Immelmann @ 1/1

Trainer Willie Mullins has an incredible 44 percent strike-rate at Tramore in the last five years and he is set to have another good day at the County Waterford track, as IMMELMANN can win the opening extended 2m maiden hurdle.

Paul Townend will take the ride on the six-year-old who is having his first start over jumps. He was a decent enough horse on the Flat, with his sole win in that sphere a victory over two miles in a Thurles maiden on soft ground last October.

Immelmann will find this test plenty sharp enough as he will stay much further than this over jumps in time, but he has a bit of form on sharp tracks and he should be able to use his Flat speed where it counts as the race hots up.

15:33 Tramore – Space Tourist @ 6/4

Mullins might not be done just there though and he has another big opportunity in the 2m 6f mares’ beginners’ chase, as Townend will also take the ride on SPACE TOURIST.

A winner of a bumper and three hurdle races, the highlight when winning a Listed mares’ hurdle at Limerick back in October when seeing off Riviere D’etel, she made a respectable chasing debut when fifth to Monbeg Park at Wexford over 2m4f last month.

Sent off the favourite that day, better was expected but she made a couple of poor jumping errors which left her out of contention as the race went into the closing stages.

Space Tourist won her bumper around here and having track experience around a sharp track like Tramore is a big plus. There should be more to come from the mare and she has leading claims.

16:45 Pontefract – Marine Wave @ 6/1

The feature race of the day is the 6f Listed Flying Fillies’ Stakes and Richard Fahey’s MARINE WAVE might be the shrewd choice in this one.

She was value for more when winning a 6f Ripon handicap in June, wandering about when she hit the front, and was there with every chance at the furlong pole when tried at Group 3 level next time.

Marine Wave hung in the closing stages when narrowly denied at Wolverhampton on her latest outing and she should be right in the thick of it here.

Horse Racing Tips from Betfred Insights.