A busy Friday with 5 meetings across the UK and Ireland, here are the thoughts of our Racing Factors tipster.
Newbury
J: P J Brennan
T: F O'brien
Manofthepeople showed fair form as a hurdler last season and won his final start in that sphere last March at Doncaster. However he has taken his form to another level since going over fences. He looked a seasoned veteran on his chase debut at Chepstow, jumping well and winning by an eased down 2 3/4 lengths in October. He followed that win with another success at Chepstow in December, again jumping well and always holding on to win by 1.2 length. His stable have not rushed him and he now returns in what looks a winnable 4 runner race. It would be no surprise to see Manofthepeople improve even more next season and he has the raw ingredients to be a decent staying chaser. He rates a 3 star win Pick.