Sunday ITV Racing tips: Newsboy's 1,000 Guineas pick…

Sunday ITV Racing tips: Newsboy's 1,000 Guineas pick plus best bets for Newmarket

DISCOVERIES can give Jessica Harrington a new first - victory in a British Classic - by beating 13 opponents for the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas (3.40) at Newmarket.

Not only is Harrington a Cheltenham Gold Cup winner with Sizing John in 2017, but she has also been a potent force in Flat racing, winning five Group 1 races with Discoveries’ siblings Alpha Centauri and Alpine Star. Mastercraftsman’s daughter Discoveries carried on the family tradition in her juvenile season, making her final start of the campaign with a three-quarter-length margin in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh last September.

The way Shane Foley’s mount powered home that afternoon suggested she would be in her element over a mile this year, and Discoveries looks the type to continue her upward curve as a three-year-old.

She signed off for 2021 with a fine third in the top level Sun Chariot Stakes over Newmarket's Rowley Mile last October, and DREAMLOPER has plenty going for her in the Group 2 Dahlia Stakes (3.00). The Ed Walker-trained daughter of Lope De Vega came strongly behind Saffron Beach and the additional furlong here is a definite plus.

Jessica Harrington (right, pictured with Robbie Power) trains Discoveries (Getty Images Europe)

A step up in distance - from a mile to 10 furlongs - should also benefit CRENELLE in the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes (2.25). After a promising debut third at Southwell on April Fool’s Day, Frankie Dettori’s partner went two better over the Rowley Mile at the Craven meeting last time - and there is plenty more to come.

A second to Enemy at Musselburgh two weeks ago rates good form, and DARK JEDI is the selection to go one better in the Betfair Daily Rewards Handicap (1.50). At Hamilton Park, FORZA ORTA should progress for the ability to tackle a mile and five furlongs for the first time in the Patersons Of Greenoakhill Buttonhook Handicap (2.05).

Salisbury’s AJN Steelstock ‘Michael O’Brien Memorial’ City Bowl Handicap (2.40) is a good opportunity for course-and-distance scorer SPIRIT MIXER to get back to winning form after a reappearance fourth at the Wiltshire course 10 days ago.