Michael Maine Memorial Cup Handicap Odds, Tips, Best Betting Offers
Chepstow · Saturday 6 June 2026 · Off 5:10 · Class 6 · 5f16y · Going: Soft · Purse: £3,768 · 4yo+
British Gambler's Picks
Composite scoring across market position, Racing Post Rating, Topspeed, recent form and trainer 14-day strike rate. Tips, not guarantees — bet responsibly.
18+ only. Tips for guidance — check terms with your bookmaker. Best Odds Guaranteed at the operators listed below.
Verdict, Market Read & Value Calls
The market makes So Smart the clear favourite (implied 23.2% chance) at 9/4, trained by Grace Harris. Tomarlo is the chief market rival at 9/4.
★ Market shape · A competitive heat at the top of the market — three or four runners are within touching distance on price.
★ Top pick · Top pick: So Smart. Best price available at William Hill — historically translates to roughly a one-in-three strike rate at favourite-level pricing.
★ Each-way value · Each-way value sits with Tomarlo at 9/4. The price gives place hunters a margin of safety, particularly with bookies paying Extra Places in big-field handicaps.
★ Bigger-priced angle · The bigger-priced angle: Son Of Astar at 11/1. Form figures of -35060 show place form within recent runs — at a double-digit price the each-way play covers downside risk if the favourites duel.
Class 6 · 5f16y · Soft going · Favourite's trainer is striking at 12% over the last 14 days.
Bar widths show each runner's de-overrounded market chance, based on best price. Bookmaker margins removed so the percentages total ~100%.
- So Smart 23.2% 9/4
- Tomarlo 23.2% 9/4
- Call Time 11.6% 11/2
- Pearl's Edge 9.4% 7/1
- Some Nightmare 8.4% 8/1
- Hidden Verse 6.3% 11/1
- Son Of Astar 6.3% 11/1
- Fletcher's Flight 5.8% 12/1
- Macarone 5.8% 12/1
Field & Odds (9 runners)
Sorted by market position. Best price shown is the lowest decimal price across the leading UK horse racing bookmakers — tap any bookie pill to bet at that price.
| No. | Horse | J / T | Form | RPR | TS | Best Price | Top Bookies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (4) | So Smart NAP tp |
J: Cieren Fallon T: Grace Harris |
-46533 | 9/4 | |||
| 9 (8) | Tomarlo t |
J: George Wood T: Ollie Sangster |
6-7704 | 11/4 | |||
| 5 (2) | Call Time EW p |
J: Taylor Fisher T: J S Moore |
4635-0 | 11/2 | |||
| 3 (1) | Pearl's Edge DH |
J: Gina Mangan T: Christopher Mason |
/6458- | 7/1 | |||
| 8 (5) | Some Nightmare p |
J: David Probert T: John O'Shea |
363843 | 8/1 | |||
| 2 (3) | Hidden Verse |
J: Luke Morris T: Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole |
72-655 | 11/1 | |||
| 6 (6) | Son Of Astar b |
J: Saffie Osborne T: Tony Carroll |
-35060 | 11/1 | |||
| 4 (9) | Fletcher's Flight tp |
J: Joe Leavy T: Charlie Wallis |
846-U4 | 12/1 | |||
| 7 (7) | Macarone p |
J: Finley Marsh T: Grace Harris |
450940 | 12/1 |
Best Free Bets for This Race
Verified UKGC-licensed · Full T&Cs apply · 18+ · GambleAware.org
365GMBLR
18+ only. Please gamble responsibly. T&Cs apply at each operator. All horse racing bookmakers verified UKGC-licensed. Welcome offers re-checked monthly. Free help and support at GambleAware.org or call 0808 8020 133. Self-exclusion tools at GamStop.
When the fun stops, stop.