2023 Watergate Cup Tips
Baez has clocked up a string of victories and he’s the eye-catching horse that will line up in the Watergate Cup, although the betting odds suggest a wide open encounter. The Jim Goldie-trained charge has achieved no less than four consecutive wins and the latest of these came at Chester Racecourse in mid-September when beating six other horses.
That win was over two miles and came after a handicap win at Musselburgh, with previous victories coming at York and Catterick. The four-year-old could be the one to beat, although Emiyn has been respected in the market and the horse ran well in esteemed company last time out when finishing seventh at Goodwood out of seventeen runners.
Sent off at odds of 18/1, the horse performed well over two miles, four and a half furlongs. Previously to this came a victory in the Clogau Handicap at Chester Racecourse, with the Declan Carroll-trained runner having to cope with a hefty weight compared to several of the other leading counterparts including La Hacienda.
Matthew J Smith will hope that his six-year-old can recover from a below-par performance in the Irish Cesarewich, with Tashkan looking like a potential contender after a bright showing in the York Ebor Handicap despite finishing down the order. It could be that the conditions are right for the Brian Ellison-trained horse to go well here.