Award-winning horse racing tipster’s finest bets for Newmarket’s ‘race of the season’

In his regular column, Daily Star Sport Chief Tipster Jason Heavey marks your card for the weekend racing and beyond.

Jason is one of the country’s leading newspaper tipsters. In 2023 he did the rare double of winning both national tipping titles – the Racing Post Press Challenge and also the coveted Racing Post Naps Table.

Jason is currently the leading “red-top” tipster in the country in the National Press Challenge table. SENORITA BONITA (2.27, nb) can come out on top in one of the best races of the season at Newmarket on Saturday. The Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions Cheveley Park Stakes has attracted a stellar cast with three brilliant fillies going to war.

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Senorita Bonita has a terrific turn of foot, which she showed when winning the Group One Prix Morny in France by four lengths under Oisin Murphy. She earlier beat one of today’s big rivals Libertango at Newmarket and can confirm the form with George Boughey’s talented daughter of No Nay Never.

Earlier Libertango beat Sun Goddess in the Albany Stakes which has proved to be the latter’s only defeat in six starts. Her latest victory romp in the Moyglare Stakes at the Curragh marked her out as a horse of supreme ability.

Senorita Bonita’s speed at the business end may just give her the edge in a race to savour.

ERZINDJAN (3.40) can give champion jockey elect Billy Loughnane his first victory in the bet365 Cambridgeshire at Newmarket. The eight-year-old ran an absolute blinder in the race 12 months ago when storming home to finish fourth.

The first three were all drawn low on the far side of the track and Erzindjan was the clear winner on the stands’ side but had little chance of reeling in those in front of him. He is drawn high again – but so are most of the fancied runners including ante-post gamble Gavriel.

Generally a 10-1 shot, Erzindjan is only 2lb higher in the weights than 2025 and Loughnane can deliver him fast and late. I fancy ORTHODOX (3.00) to bounce back to form in the Tattersalls Middle Park Stakes.

The Group One affair is not the strongest renewal and Orthodox will be hard to beat if recapturing his Royal Ascot form, which saw him win the Norfolk Stakes easily. He flopped on soft ground in France on his latest start and will be at home on the quick surface.

POLYXENA (1.22) has done everything right in winning both her starts at Windsor. Her novice stakes victory last time can be upgraded as she had a terrible draw and was giving the runner-up 10lb.

So her handicap mark of 82 looks pretty lenient and she gets the vote in the British Stallions Studs EBF ‘Jersey Lily’ Fillies’ Nursery. Karl Burke thinks highly of the unbeaten BURNING UP who is two from two. He can make a successful step forward in the Group Two Tattersalls Online Royal Lodge Stakes.

He is big horse who seemed suited to soft ground on his latest run so as long as he handles the track and quicker surface he can continue his progression. The ITV cameras are at Haydock for two races where ETERNAL FORCE (1.35) can resume winning ways in the William Hill Epic Boosts Handicap.

And KING OF LIGHT (2.10) can make the most of a high draw in the William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap. Elsewhere HYPNOTISED (5.55, nap) is strongly fancied to score at Southwell tonight while it will be a surprise if ELYAM (5.20, nb) does not follow up his recent runaway success at the track.

FUTURE WINNERS

THE ANTHONY GOVER: Won again for this column last week in an apprentice race which means he escapes a penalty if he is turned out again at Wolverhampton on Monday.

SHARED ODYSSEY: Ran a nice race on debut after being slowly away and I expect him to step up considerably on his next run. Has entries this week.