Horse Racing Tips: Ascot preview, predictions and best bets for Saturday July 26

Saturday’s card at Ascot promises a captivating afternoon of juvenile fillies’ action, with the 1.40pm race—the Group 3 Princess Margaret Stakes—offering the first real chance for some of the most promising two-year-olds to lay down a marker at Pattern level. Read on to find the best tips and predictions in addition to the latest betting offers for Ascot racing on Saturday July 26.

Horse Racing betting tips: Ascot Saturday July 26 tips

Could A Quiet Improver Steal the Spotlight in This Group 3 Sprint?

• Midnight Tango has posted a top BettingTips4You Expert Rating of 106, the highest among today’s field.
• Her recent runner-up finish came despite a poor start, closing fast against a winner who has since placed at Group level.
• Trainer Ed Walker has a positive record recently, with three winners from his last 26 runners.

Best Bet for Ascot Saturday July 26

Top Betting Offers To Take Advantage Of Today

This six-furlong contest, run on the straight course, features a deep and varied field where several of these lightly raced runners arrive with solid credentials and unbeaten records.

With the early withdrawal of Dance To The Music, the market has reshuffled slightly, giving more breathing room to those seeking a breakthrough performance at this level. There is a notable blend of speed and class in the line-up, and punters will be carefully weighing up which fillies might handle the rise in grade and live up to the promise shown in novice or maiden company.

Flowerhead comes into the race off the back of an eye-catching effort at Royal Ascot, while the likes of Staya and Fitzella have already placed themselves among the early standouts in the division with strong showings in Listed company. Elsewhere, the likes of Arugam Bay and Daneh Of Dandy remain unexposed, yet arrive unbeaten, suggesting that significant improvement may still be forthcoming. Each filly brings a different profile, but all share the ambition to prove they belong in top-level company.

The straight six at Ascot can be an unforgiving test of both pace and balance, and this particular running may well be decided by positioning and racing intelligence just as much as raw ability. With several of these yet to face a true test in deeper waters, the stage is set for a breakout performance that could propel one of these names onto bigger stages later in the season.

Best Bet of the Day for Ascot

At BettingTips4You, we commit to a quality-first approach by providing just one carefully selected recommendation per event. This allows for greater clarity, honesty, and ultimately better accountability. For today’s Ascot meeting, our Best Bet of the Day lands in the 1.40pm Princess Margaret Stakes: Midnight Tango to win.

Midnight Tango brings a compelling blend of untapped potential and steady progression into this Group 3 assignment. Her development through three outings has been both noticeable and encouraging. On debut at Newmarket, she raced with purpose early on but showed her inexperience when becoming unbalanced late, which saw her fade into fourth. That run, however, came against Dance To The Music, a talented type who has since underlined the form. What followed was a routine maiden win at Hamilton, but it was her most recent effort at Newmarket’s July Course that caught the eye.

In that Listed contest, Midnight Tango found herself detached early after a sluggish start, yet flew home to finish within a head of Argentine Tango, who had enjoyed a much more prominent sit. Given that Argentine Tango has since finished third behind a serious prospect in the Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes, it offers a solid endorsement of the form.

Midnight Tango may have technically been second that day, but the visual impression suggested she was arguably the best horse in the race. Now stepping back into Group company, she gets the opportunity to confirm that view. With Tom Marquand booked again and the filly showing clear signs of both talent and improvement, she looks well placed to deliver. The fact that she’s by Night Of Thunder and from a family that includes high-class performers only strengthens the case that she’ll continue to improve with experience.

Trainer Ed Walker’s current strike rate stands at 12% over the last fortnight and his filly’s upward trajectory suggests that the jump in class is well within reach. Despite the competitive nature of the field, Midnight Tango arrives with both substance and style and is arguably being underestimated in the market given her progress and scope.

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