Redcar, Thursday 7 May 2026 – Tips and Selections
A compact eight-race card at Redcar on good ground, and while it is not the most glamorous fixture on the calendar, there are three races here with genuine angles worth pressing. The flat, galloping nature of the track suits hold-up horses and free-going front-runners alike, and good ground at Redcar is as fair as it gets for form to translate. Here are the races worth targeting.
7:20 – Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap (1m, Good)
Selection: Two B Tanned – 4/1 Bet365 (7/2 William Hill, 5.8 Betfair Exchange)
This is the standout bet of the day and it is not especially close. Two B Tanned is a front-runner who thrives on good ground, won five times between April and July last season, and returned from her winter break with an easy all-the-way success at Musselburgh eleven days ago. Crucially, that was an apprentice race, so she sidesteps a penalty here. The Spotlight analysis flags she is running 9lb ahead of her future mark once that Musselburgh win is processed by the assessor. She gets Tom Kiely-Marshall back on board, the same rider who steered her round Musselburgh, and the mile at Redcar on a flat, galloping track is made for her style. Julie Camacho's yard is ticking over at 2/24 in the last fortnight, which is modest, but this horse is doing the talking herself. The form angle is clear, the going suits, and the price of 4/1 is exploitable given how well treated she currently is.
Real Gain is not without appeal after a solid return for the new yard at Newmarket, but he needs to show consistency he has not always delivered. El Matador at 11/8 is too short in a nine-runner handicap for a horse whose last turf wins came on quicker ground and who is stepping back up to a mile after a narrow miss at seven furlongs. Avoid at the price.
4:40 – racingtv.com Novice Stakes (1m, Good)
Selection: Fozzie Each-Way – 5/1 Bet365 (9/2 William Hill, 9/2 Coral)
This novice is a tricky puzzle but Fozzie is the most compelling case on the card. Soundly beaten twice as a two-year-old, he came back after a gelding operation and showed dramatic improvement at Thirsk last month, finishing a close second to a useful Kevin Ryan stablemate at 66/1. That transformation is significant. Gelding operations regularly unlock horses, and the manner of that Thirsk run suggests there is more to come stepping up to a mile here. Ryan's yard is at 3/24 over the last fortnight, so the stable is not flying, but Fozzie does not need the yard to be in rude health. He showed enough on his own merits.
Mehmas Champion is the main danger and not without claims. He ran four times in Germany last spring, including a staying-on fourth in their 2,000 Guineas, and the gelding operation since then could sharpen him up. David O'Meara's yard is in good form at 8/59. The market will tell you plenty on the day, but at the prices available Fozzie at 5/1 each-way in an eleven-runner field represents the better each-way proposition given the depth of improvement he has already shown.
6:20 – Market Cross Jewellers Handicap (1m6f, Good)
Selection: Kitsune Power – 3/1 Bet365 (3/1 William Hill, 4.7 Betfair Exchange)
Six runners over a mile and six on good ground, and the most consistent form in the race belongs to Kitsune Power. He has not won since 2024 but his two outings this season have both produced thirds, and the Spotlight comment makes the point that conditions will not be an excuse today. Tim Easterby's yard is in strong form at 8/77 over the last fortnight, which is a healthy clip for a volume trainer. Kitsune Power handles good ground, he is not flattered by his current mark, and in a small field where the favourite Grazeon Sunshine carries an RPR of only 70 and comes into this off a string of eighties and zeros, the Easterby gelding looks the more reliable each-way proposition at 3/1.
Tupero for O'Meara is worth respecting with Tudhope in the saddle and a form line showing a win and multiple placed efforts, but 5/2 in a six-runner race with only two places paid does not offer the same value. Kitsune Power at 3/1 is the call.
- 7:20: Two B Tanned – 4/1 Bet365
- 4:40: Fozzie (EW) – 5/1 Bet365
- 6:20: Kitsune Power – 3/1 Bet365
Today's NAP
Odds: 4/1 – Bet365 (others: 7/2 William Hill, 5.8 Betfair Exchange)
A front-runner on a flat, galloping track she loves, on good ground that brings out her best, returning from a winning reappearance at Musselburgh eleven days ago. She is currently running 9lb below the mark the assessor will impose once that win is processed, she keeps the same apprentice rider who partnered her to that win, and she carries no penalty. This is a horse operating well below her true assessed ceiling in a nine-runner handicap. The 4/1 available at Bet365 is a gift given the form angle.