Newcastle free racing tip: Course-distance winner can turn tables after recent near miss
- Tipstrr writer
- 1 October 2024
Newcastle’s all-weather track takes centre stage on Tuesday night, and this seven-furlong sprint looks likely to provide race-goers with a fitting finale to the cracking eight-race card.
20:30 Newcastle: Get Raceday Ready Apprentice Handicap (7 furlongs)
Last-time-out winner The Cookstown Cafu looks likely to be sent off the clear favourite, but he would do well to pay heed to the likely challenge coming from Patontheback.
Gemma Tutty’s six-year-old gelding won back-to-back outings at Catterick and Musselburgh back in June, and also boasts a course-distance win here last summer.
To prove his liking for this venue, he was last seen here just a fortnight ago, when he finished a good third in a race won by the aforementioned The Cookstown Cafu.
However, it’s worth noting that 10/1 shot Patontheback was denied a clear run close to the finish, denying him a chance to close the eventual narrow 1¼-length margin.
He arrives here on even more favourable terms with that rival, and with the extra benefit of the three-pound allowance of inform claimer Kaiya Fraser (8 winners in her last 22 rides), hopes are high of at least a frame finish here.
Suggested Bet: Patontheback each-way in the 20:30 at Newcastle
- Tip and preview provided by David Xristo on Tipstrr
