A quiet Friday with the cold weather claiming the jumps turf action. Our long Shot tipster heads to Newcastle for their only pick of the day.
Newcastle
J: Miss Jessica Flint
T: A Brittain
Spartan Fighter has been a grand servant to connections over the years and was a winner as recently as October last year. He has been running well from the front in his last couple of races and only fading in the final stages of the race. Now back down to a mark of 57 (last winning mark was 59) he could well be ready to strike again. He goes particularly well at this track and over this distance ( 7 of his 11 career wins have come here) and might well benefit from being given a gentle ride by an amateur jockey and being allowed to dominate today. Spartan Fighter rates a 3 star each way Pick.