Dave Nevison: my free horse racing tips for Saturday

I have one fancy, in terms of betting, on Champions Day but it will be terrific to see Baaeed and Inspiral in action on the same card.

Hopefully, I can find a couple of decent-priced runners to cap what has been a decent week for me in some tough handicaps.

Queen’s Sargent can hardly be said to have had a good season and must have had issues given a couple of two-months gaps between races. However, his past two runs under a 5lb claimer have suggested he might be about to hit form.

He was on the wrong side of the track at Redcar and then got hampered at a crucial time at York but the handicapper has been generous dropping him an aggregate of 6lb for those runs, which leaves him now on a mark 6lb lower than when winning this race last year.

Michael Dods and Conor Beasley, who won this on him last season, have been in excellent form and soft ground is no issue at all.

Might be worth a chance in this very competitive event based on his encouraging effort in the Portland Handicap at Doncaster last month. He was in front at the furlong mark there and wasn’t beaten far even though he is definitely better suited by the minimum trip.

He is 10lb better off here with Chipstead, who won that event, having been dropped for running a solo last time which proved a very bad tactical choice.

Clifford Lee, the only jockey to have won on him, including on soft ground, is back on board and the bang in-form trainer Karl Burke equips Significantly with a hood for the first time.

Is a maiden in a handicap but having looked at some family members in her pedigree may well have some improvement in her given the combination of this trip and ground.

For instance, her dam won over 12f and ran her best race in a short career when trained by Ralph Beckett over 13f on easy ground, looking very much a stayer.

She is the least exposed runner in this field and Beckett sending anything to Catterick on a Saturday afternoon is noteworthy.

Sweet Fantasy was staying on at one pace in a decent handicap at Chester last time and should handle this track well enough.

I don’t remember ever seeing big-field handicap that has a bottom weight rated 100 and this year’s Balmoral is ultra-competitive. I was on Blue For You when he won at York on his penultimate start but it is certainly not just loyalty that makes me want to go with him again on Saturday.

He has plied his trade in these big handicaps all season and he wasn’t winning out of turn at the Ebor meeting in August.

After being well-backed, he got the splits when he needed them and won. Last time out, his first run up the straight mile at Ascot, he met trouble in running at a crucial point and his jockey allowed him to coast home when it became clear he would not be able to challenge.

Blue For You is a class act and I believe he will benefit from that experience and has a lot going for him.

Danny Tudhope gets on very well with him and is back on board here. The pair have a good draw to track the leaders in the middle of the track (Ascot favours his running style) and he broke his maiden on soft ground, so should have no issues there. Most bookmakers are paying six places and, at the least, I cannot see him finishing out of the frame.