Newbury, 15 May 2026: Tips and Best Bets

Newbury, 15 May 2026: Tips and Best Bets

Good ground at Newbury today across eight races, with the feature action centred on a competitive 12-runner handicap, a pair of maiden divisions, and what looks like a straightforward Gosden machine moment in the first maiden. William Haggas has been firing in with 13 winners from 49 runners over the past fortnight, Andrew Balding’s yard is similarly busy, and the Gosden operation continues to place horses with surgical precision. Let’s get into it.

2:40 — Titan Wealth Handicap (1m2f, Good)

Selection: Celeborn Each-Way at 9/2 (BoyleSports, Betfred)

This is a proper 12-runner handicap on good ground and the form of Celeborn reads exactly right for the conditions. George Boughey has 5 winners from 26 runners in the past fortnight, a yard clearly in decent nick, and Billy Loughnane is the man you want in the saddle when a horse is ready to go in. The form line of 132/1- is headline-grabbing in the right way: a course win in that sequence, a second, and a third tell you this horse hits the frame. He drops into a handicap off a mark his form comfortably handles, and the step back from whatever has kept him quiet looks well-timed by Boughey. RPR of 107 is competitive at the top of this field without carrying excess weight.

High Degree (William Haggas, Cieren Fallon, 9/4) is the jolly and fair enough at that price given Haggas’s current form, but at 9/4 in a 12-runner handicap the value has been squeezed out. Celeborn at 9/2 each-way with three places on offer at 1/5 is the smarter play.

Hand Of God is the other one worth watching. Harry Charlton’s yard is not exactly firing (1 from 9), and the form line of /960-7 does not inspire confidence. Leave him alone.

4:25 — Coolmore City Of Troy EBF Maiden Stakes, Division I (1m2f, Good)

Selection: Point Of Law at 4/6 (BoyleSports, Betfred)

Yes, it is a short price. No, you should not need convincing. Point Of Law is trained by John and Thady Gosden, the operation has sent out 9 winners from 35 runners in the past 14 days, and this colt ran second on debut with an RPR of 98 that puts him comfortably clear of everything else in this field on form. Benoit De La Sayette takes the ride, a jockey trusted by the yard for exactly these types of stepping-stone assignments.

The next best on ratings is Hatteen (Andrew Balding, 11/4) with an RPR of 92, and Glory Road (Ralph Beckett, 4/1) sits at 90. Both are capable of filling the places but neither has the ceiling of Point Of Law at this stage. Balding has 16 from 78 in the last fortnight so the yard is ticking, and Hatteen’s form of 35-2 shows steady improvement, but he looks like a place horse today rather than a winner.

Point Of Law wins this. The price is what it is.

5:00 — Greenshields JCB EBF Maiden Stakes, Division II (1m2f, Good)

Selection: Echo Of Stars at 11/4 (BoyleSports, Betfred)

Jamie Spencer on a colt with an RPR of 92 and a TS of 87 in an 11-runner maiden where the market leader is Heyzoom at 2/1. The division is genuinely more open than Division I and Echo Of Stars represents the better value play of the two. Form of 42- shows consistent improvement, and a TS of 87 is comfortably the highest in this field, suggesting he hits his peak at the point of contact rather than needing a few runs to find his feet.

Heyzoom (Owen Burrows, Billy Loughnane) will be popular and an RPR of 95 makes him the form pick, but Burrows has sent out 0 winners from 14 runners in the past fortnight. That is a yard that has gone cold, and backing horses from cold yards at odds-on or near odds-on is how you drain a betting bank. At 2/1 with no trainer momentum, pass.

Besieged (Harry Charlton, 5/1) ran second on debut and could place, but Charlton’s 14-day record of 1 from 9 does not encourage confidence.

Echo Of Stars at 11/4 is the call. Spencer arriving from outside to partner a horse with the highest speed figure in the race is a combination that makes sense on good ground over a mile and a quarter.

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