Ryan Moore on Pied Piper in the 14.40 and his other six rides at Newmarket on Saturday

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Ryan Moore on Pied Piper in the 14.40 and his other six rides at Newmarket on Saturday

Ryan Moore has seven rides at Newmarket on Saturday, including Chief Little Rock, City Of Troy and Raadobarg.

He will also be partnering Gasper De Lemos who won over 7f last time, but moves up to 1m2f at 15.15.

Here, Betfair ambassador Moore goes through his seven rides on Saturday.

Jockey Ryan Moore has high hopes for all of his seven rides at Newmarket on Saturday

13:25 Newmarket

Chief Little Rock

He has form in testing conditions if the rain really gets into the ground and he comes into the race on the back of a career-best second in the Beresford Stakes last time. That form is probably as good as anything else’s in here, along with the likes of Ancient Wisdom, so he looks set to go very well.

14:00 Newmarket

City Of Troy

There is a lot more rain around on Friday so we have to keep an eye on that, but there is no doubting that City Of Troy is one hugely talented colt. Don’t get me wrong, you have to respect a few in here, and the likes of Iberian are proven in deep ground if it gets that bad, but none can approach the form he showed in winning the Superlative Stakes in a very good time and a reproduction of that performance will see him very hard to beat here. He is simply a very exciting colt.

14:40 Newmarket

Pied Piper

He is probably a bit short in the betting considering the competitiveness of the race, but he clearly has a leading chance. He was a good Flat horse when with John Gosden and he finished a decent sixth in the Ascot Stakes last season, and warmed up for this with a spin on the level at Killarney in August. But obviously the main focus of his chance is his hurdling form and the fact that a 157-rated performer in that sphere can race off a mark of 96 here. More rain won’t harm his chances as some of his best National Hunt form has come in very testing ground.

15:15 Newmarket

Gasper De Lemos

Arabian Crown looks the one to beat but my colt improved a good deal for his debut effort when winning for me at the Curragh last time and similar progression would put him right in the frame here. He won over 7f last time but I like him going up to 1m2f, even though his pedigree suggests it is not certain to suit. He shaped as if it would be okay for him when he ran over a mile on his debut.

Moore will be partnering Gasper De Lemos in the 15.15 at Newmarket on Saturday afternoon

15:50 Newmarket

Raadobarg

Several have chances in this but Raadobarg will love all the rain that falls and he ran well behind Chindit last time , so he has a fair shot at this, stepping up to 1m1f. He operates well in heavy ground if it comes to that.

16:25 Newmarket

James’s Delight

He has run well on all of his three starts but he probably ran his best race yet when third at Naas last time. The handicapper thought so as he has gone up to a mark of 89 now, but hopefully he can still be competitive though, as with a few in here, this will be the deepest ground he has faced.

17:00 Newmarket

Fast Response

I haven’t ridden her before but she comes here in good form, she wasn’t beaten far off a mark of 103 in the Ayr Gold Cup last time, and she is another who will welcome all the rain that falls from now on.