Friday horse racing tips: Best bets at Bangor from Tom Lunn

talkSPORT have you covered with horse racing tips for Friday’s meeting at Bangor.

Tom Lunn has gone through the racecard, form, going, race replays and much more to help guide your betting choices with horse racing tips on the day’s action.

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Friday horse racing tips

Bangor

• 14:50 – Thickthorn Tom 13/8 (1pt)
• 15:25 – Ernest Gray 11/4 (1pt)

Thickthorn Tom

Thickthorn Tom’s half brother I Started A Joke, stepped up to 3m for the first time in April placing third of 14 in a Grade 1 novice at Punchestown.

So him stepping up to 3m today, 3lb ahead of the handicapper looks very encouraging.

However, he did only race eight days ago but it looked like a very comfortably victory, winning by over eight lengths.

Ernest Gray

The two frontrunners were 1st and 2nd when they met last time out and there’s a bigger change in the weights that should see the form reversed.

Ernest Gray was carrying 12st 1lb at Market Rasen, 10lb more than Kiwi de Cotte – now he carries just 5lb more and is looking dangerous, clearly back to better form.

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Tom Lunn’s Horse Racing Profit & Loss

• July 2026: 11.79pts
• From June 2026: +20.52pts
• From March 2025: +120.5pts

All odds correct at time of writing

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