Saturday horse racing tips: Best bets at Curragh and Doncaster from Tom Lunn

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talkSPORT have you covered with horse racing free bets and also racing tips for Saturday’s meeting at Curragh and Doncaster.Tom Lunn has gone through the racecard, form, going, race replays and much more to help guide your horse racing betting choices with a few tips on the day’s action.talkSPORT BET have you covered with Tom Lunn’s racing tips on all the day’s action!talkSPORT BET Betting Offer – Get up to £35 matched if your first best loses – CLAIM HERE*Saturday horse racing tipsCURRAGH3.05: Albert Einstein 8/11 (NAP – 2pts)DONCASTER1.20: A Bear Affair 9/2 (0.5pt)1.50: Jasour 13/1 (1pt)2.57: Volterra 9/2 (1pt)3.32: Galeron 14/1 & Valvano 10/1 (1pt each)Albert EinsteinHighlighted in the horses to watch in the 2026 Flat Season this talented three-year-old is set to light up the track this year for trainer Aidan O’Brien.In recent years O’Brien’s crop of horses tend to need a little while to get firing but there’s always a couple that are an exception.He’s favourite for the 2000 Guineas early on and Ryan Moore is even enlisted instead of riding in the Dubai World Cup, showing how crucial this race is in the long run for the team.A Bear AffairCome in from 13/2 early doors to 9/2 pretty quickly and that saw the once 15/8 favourite Blixen Force drift out to 9/4.This Richard Hannon-trained horse will be a welcome winner no winners from 11 runners in the last two weeks.This two-year-old colt is by Kodi Bear who has sired Out of Jeanie B who’s a bit of a question mark in terms of pedigree is concerned, but she got to a handy mark of 82 and was picked up by Mark Casse who ran her in the Grade 2 Royal North Stakes and the Mint Ladies Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs, both in 2021.She herself is by Bated Breath who sired plenty of first time winners and the addition of Kodi Bear to the lineage is an interesting one who sired so many solid sprinters.JasourNext up is the Cammidge Trophy Stakes a listed contest with 12 runners but at this stage still wide open.The betting starts around 4’s with Spycatcher, Montassib and My Mate Alfie.I think the surface is going to be too quick for Spycatcher to really make his move, whereas Montassib could benefit – he’s won six times from 21 races on the turf a few of which on quicker ground and in this race in 2024.He needs to reverse that form with Spycatcher from November which was also over C&D, and the ground could be the key factor in that.However, Jasour has been close up consistently in Group 1’s in his last three starts at big odds, gets the ground and looks capable of making a big start to his season as a five-year-old.VolterraOnly had four runs in 2025 and I think can bounce back to winning ways under Kevin Stott.This horse beat Qirat at Ascot in October 2024 by over three lengths and returns to face him at a shade over his price.Galeron & ValvanoNow it’s time for the big one, the Lincoln Handicap which is a great straight 1m contest separating a field of 22 that often goes down to the line to decide the winner.Given the context of this race, it’s really worth looking for angles on some big prices.This is the first race of the season for many of these horses, some prefer a run before improving on their second, it’s the start of the season meaning freshness isn’t always ideal and form is still to be seen.One key trend is being six-years-old or younger, affecting 21 out of the last 22 renewals.Another that we’ve seen in 20 of the last 22 renewals is that they carried 9-4 or less, both of these rule out some big priced runners and some of the single figure contenders which is crucial.For these trends and form I’d be picking out a couple who could make a decent challenge at decent prices.Valvano for Ralph Beckett looked much better closer to a mile at the end of 2025 and remains unlucky to have not won since his debut, going close to some top horses in defeat; Notable Speech and Bolster.He’s tongue tied and blinkered for the first time which really could help him eke out some improvements.He was also a decent fifth place here over 1m4f when running off 1lb higher in November 2024 in a field of 23 so he can’t be ruled out.Galeron is a huge shout too considering he placed fifth in this last year off a huge 7lb higher and is still a 14/1 shot.Jack Callan is also on board taking off 5lb and this horse has great form here going 2nd by 3/4 of a length behind Desperate Dan.talkSPORT BET Boosted Favourites30 minutes before the start of every UK & IRE race, we are boosting either the favourite or 2nd fav to win!Get the latest price boosts here18+. Bet on a Price Boost market for specific horse race & if your selection wins, we’ll pay out at the boosted odds. Max benefit applies. Click for T&Cs. GambleAware.orgTom Lunn’s Horse Racing Profit & LossMarch ’26: +18.9ptsFrom October ’25: +45.05ptsFrom March ’25: +96.28ptsFrom Oct ’23: +406.13ptsAll odds correct at time of writingtalkSPORT BET Betting Offer – Get up to £35 matched if your first best loses – CLAIM HERE*Commercial content notice: Taking one of the bookmaker offers featured in this article may result in a payment to talkSPORT. 18+. T&Cs apply. 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