Key Points
- Let’s have a bit of weekend fun with a Lucky 15 for the ITV Racing action!
- You can watch all four Lucky 15 races live on ITV this weekend
- Four value picks for Saturday from Doncaster and Cheltenham
My weekly Lucky 15 has become part of the furniture here at Betting.co.uk. So when Saturday rolls round each week, it means it’s time for another Lucky 15 with the ITV Racing action taking centre stage! I have found three value picks at Doncaster, and my fourth selection competes at the Cheltenham Festival Trials Day meeting. You can watch all four races live on ITV!
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Betting advice - An each way Lucky 15
- 12:55 Doncaster -
Kicour La
@ 6/1
- 13:15 Cheltenham -
Moon d’Orange
@ 12/1
- 13:30 Doncaster -
That’ll Do Moss
@ 5/1
- 14:05 Doncaster -
New Order
@ 12/1
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My four selections are all capable of outrunning their odds!
With a Lucky 15, you can play it one of two ways. Option one is to pick horses that are near the top of the market and have an exceptionally strong chance of winning their respective races. Option two is picking horses at bigger prices that have a good chance of making the places. I’m mainly an option two kind of guy, because if all my selections place, it can be very rewarding. Of course, if they can win, things get even better! It’s option two for today with four great picks at each way prices, that’s not to say they can’t all win mind!
Kicour La @ 6/1 - One of many promising novices for the Ben Pauling yard!
Ben Pauling is a
National Hunt
trainer that keeps going from strength to strength and the stable continues to add more top talent. He did suffer the setback of losing the Megson horses but he seems to have come back even stronger from that. He is regularly competing in more Grade 1 races, but the best so far was when The Jukebox Man won the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day, after I’d tipped him at 20/1.
Although not quite as talented as The Jukebox Man (not yet anyway) I really like Kicour La. He sold for €50,000 as a store back in May 2023 and after winning his Point-To-Point in February 2025, he was sold on for £65,000 in April 2025. In November he made his debut at Leicester, where he won a Maiden Hurdle by five lengths, keeping on well on Soft ground. Returning to Leceister for a Novice Hurdle under a penalty last month, he absolutely bolted in by 13 lengths, winning readily and in the style of a smart horse.
With the way he shaped over 2m 4.5f on Heavy ground around the stiff Leicester track, I’m hopeful he can stay today’s 3m 0.5f trip, and he may well even improve for it. This is a race that Ben Pauling knows well. He has won it three times already with Barters Hill in 2016, Nadaitak in 2019, and The Cob in 2021. So this race may well have been the plan for Kicour La all season. It’s also noteworthy that stable jockey Ben Jones mentioned he was glad that Kicour La and Taurus Boy (who runs at Cheltenham) were split, so he didn’t have to decide which one to ride. Ben even went on to mention him as a potential Turners’ Novices’ Hurdle contender at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, so he carries plenty of stable confidence! Incidentally, I happen to like Taurus Boy too, and that only makes me stronger on Kicour La.
Moon d’Orange @ 12/1 - He can repeat last year’s win with conditions to suit!
Moon d’Orange won this race last year under Champion Jockey, Sean Bowen. He certainly made Sean work for that win as he looked beaten early in the race, but ultimately he was stronger than all of them, and despite a shocking error at the last, he powered up the Cheltenham hill to victory. After going up in the weights for that win, he has now dropped back to a mark that’s just 1lb higher than when he won that race.
This is the first time Moon d’Orange has encountered properly Soft ground since last year’s renewal of this race, and as his stamina came to the fore that day, I hope it will again. I also find it interesting that 3lb Claimer, Alex Harvey, takes the ride today. With Moon d’Orange 1lb higher, but Alex claiming 3lb, he is effectively 2lb lower than last year. Obviously, Sean Bowen is the superior jockey out of the two, but no offence towards Alex is intended, I’m sure he’d agree.
Moon d’Orange was a real eye-catcher last time out. He was badly outpaced on the fast ground when the pace lifted at the business end, but stayed on strongly at the finish. Considering that he produced two career best performances over C&D (both with an RPR of 138) I think this race could set up perfectly for him. With more testing ground today, they should come back to him more, and hopefully he can reel them in. He is only allotted a weight of 10st 6lb, and with Alex’s claim, that becomes 10st 3lb, with so little weight on his back, he’ll think he’s running free!
Ignoring her shock defeat at odds of 1/10 up at Ayr last season, That’ll Do Moss was very progressive in her first season over Hurdles. Her campaign kicked off with a six length victory in a Maiden Hurdle at Ayr. She then went down by just a short head in a Grade 2 race at Sandown, which was a big step forward. Then on her final start of the 2024/25 season, she went across to run in a Grade 1 at Punchestown, where she ran a huge race to finish second. Considering that only the talented Aurora Vega got the better of her, there’s no shame in that.
She clearly needed the run on her seasonal reappearance at Kempton in November, as she ran a cracker at Sandown on her latest start earlier this month. With her best form coming on softer ground, the Good ground at Sandown was likely plenty fast enough for her. However, despite being outpaced, she rallied well and kept on towards the finish to be third, beaten less than three lengths. That was also behind two smart mares in Nurse Susan and Jubilee Alpha.
She shaped that day like she could improve for a step up to 3m and she gets that today along with more testing ground. In addition to that, her trainer - Fergal O’Brien, has commented that they have had this race in mind with her since her second at Punchestown last season and I like it when a trainer targets a specific race from a long way out rather than just going with the flow. As I type this, she sits fourth in the market but she receives weight from all three higher rated rivals ahead of her and that could make all the difference. On ratings and weights, she is well in against Dream Baby, she’s level with Feet Of A Dancer and she has 2lb to find with Jetara but I think that’s doable!
New Order @ 12/1 - Completely overlooked in the market after a fantastic third last time out at Cheltenham!
I tipped New Order at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day when he was 9/1 and you are welcome to
read my write up. He was supported from 9/1 into 5/1 and ran a huge race in defeat. At one stage he was trading on the Exchange at 1.6 (odds on) in-running. He looked the winner, but sadly he didn’t quite get up the Cheltenham hill after making the running over a 3m1.5f trip.
He ran off a mark of 125 that day, recording a RPR of 131, and I’m truly shocked that the handicapper left his mark unaltered. For some reason the handicapper didn’t seem to rate the race, as the winner only went up by 2lb, and the horse in second place only went up 1lb. I think he has it completely wrong, but time will tell and we’ll see how it works out in due course.
Quite frankly, given a shorter trip and/or a flatter track, New Order would have taken some catching that day. The fuel light came on and the Cheltenham hill got the better of him. However, today’s race is 1.5f shorter at 3m, and Doncaster’s track is flat, so I think it will suit him really well. Softer ground is a question mark, but he won on Soft ground at Wetherby in February. I’m also slightly concerned that Josh The Boss is another who likes to lead, and I wouldn’t want to see the pair taking one another on. That said, Josh The Boss is up in trip, so I’m hoping he’s ridden more conservatively with that in mind. If New Order gets an easy lead, he may not come back to them this time.
Can these four all finish in the places or better?
As mentioned, with an each way Lucky 15, we want all four selections to be hitting the places. That alone would produce a very healthy return for us. It goes without saying that I would love for all four of them to win! However, each of them has questions to answer:
- Can Kicour La stay this longer trip and continue his progression?
- Can Moon d’Orange return to his best in these softer conditions?
- Can That’ll Do Moss find the necessary improvement from the step up in trip?
- Can New Order hold on this time with a shorter trip and a flatter track?
In my opinion, I think these four horses are all more than capable of answering those questions positively. And I certainly wouldn’t be surprised to see at least a couple of them do it in great style. This Lucky 15 will certainly provide us all with plenty of entertainment across the weekend, and hopefully a nice return too.
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