Horse racing tips: Sandy Lane Stakes – we help you find the winner of the Haydock race live on ITV using these trends

3.25 HAYDOCK: Sandy Lane Stakes

A recent run has been important ahead of this Group 2 sprint, with nine of the past 10 winners having been on the track within the past 43 days.

That spells bad news for the likely favourite Heartache along with Barraquero and Emblazoned who is also too low in the official ratings at just 95.

Finishing in the first three last time out has been important too, so we will overlook the chances of James Garfield who was seventh last time.

It’s also the end for Actress, who finished fifth latest.

That has quickly cut the likely candidates to just Invincible Army and Sands Of Mali.

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It’s really not easy to split the pair but narrow preference goes to SANDS OF MALI.

Richard Fahey’s runner just sneaks in on the absence front because he last ran 43 days ago.

The main reason he gets the nod is because he finished ahead of Invincible Army when the pair clashed at York in last season’s Gimcrack Stakes.

There wasn’t a lot between them and it should be another good battle between them at Haydock.