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Put Finjaan above Fallon’s High Standing

By Angus | September 4, 2009

Kieren Fallon returns to Group 1 action at Haydock on Saturday in the Betfred Sprint Cup (the 3.30 at Haydock on Saturday 5th September) – but our betting tip for the occasion is to swerve the multiple champion jockey in favour of Richard Hills on board Marcus Tregonning’s Finjaan.

On firm ground on a dry day this race would look in the bag for Fleeting Spirit, but Haydock may be too soft after recent rain. And two disappointments since winning the Golden Jubilee Stakes tends to rule out Art Connoisseur.

Sir Michael Stoute’s Main Aim heads Finjaan in the betting, which seems a little bizarre as our betting tip beat Ryan Moore’s mount by eight lengths at Goodwood last time out on similar going. Such is the draw of the Stoute-Moore combination to less-than-cunning punters.

But the main draw for this race is undoubtedly Kieren Fallon on board market favourite High Standing. A good horse, no doubt, but you may feel this race is a little beyond him and the addition of a possibly ring-rusty Fallon has artificially shortened his price. We want something with a bit more value.

In this respect Finjaan looks a good odds selection at 11/2, which is available at Bet365 and BlueSquare at the time of writing. (Get on quickly as these odds are often shortened between us going to press and the off as everyone else starts thinking along our lines!).

Two points win looks good value for Finjaan as our Betfred Sprint Cup betting tip.

Betfred Sprint Cup betting tip