An excellent day's Racing as the all-weather championships take centre stage. Here are the thoughts of our Racing Factors tipster.
Newcastle
J: J Fanning
T: C Johnston
Dear My Friend faces no mean task in giving weight all round to his rivals today and being hiked up 16lbs in the weights since the start of the year will make things tough. However he has always been thought of as a classy individual and ran in the both the Dante and Derby last season and having disappointed has come back a revelation since being gelded this winter. He travelled powerfully last time out at Lingfield and won with plenty in-hand and that has been the story of all of his last 3 runs. Dear My Friend could easily be a Group class horse racing in handicaps. Dear My Friend rates a 5 star win Pick.