An excellent Sunday's Racing and here are the thoughts of our Racing Factors tipster.
Newcastle
J: Oisin Murphy
T: A M Balding
Fairbanks showed some very progressive form last season in staying handicaps and managed to rattle off a hat-trick of wins. He was given a gelding operation over the winter and returned to action with a perfectly satisfactory 6th of 14 at Thirsk last month. He travelled well in the race before perhaps a lack of race fitness told. With that run under his belt and now returned to a more galloping track he could well go very close today. He is out of the wonderful race-mare Fantasia and by Nathaniel so could well be a horse that progresses given a greater test of stamina this year. Fairbanks rates a 4 star win Pick.