Burrito to triumph at Newbury Racecourse ahead of Lockinge?
Two days of racing descends on Newbury Racecourse this week with a seven-race card on Friday afternoon followed by the BoyleSports Lockinge card on Saturday.
The Lockinge is one of the highlights of the Flat campaign at the track on Saturday but before that, punters can get stuck into a competitive seven-race card on Friday which kicks off at 1.55pm and rounds off four hours later at 5.55pm.
Read below for the latest tips and a full preview of the Newbury card on Friday courtesy of BoyleSports, who offer the best Lockinge Stake odds ahead of the big race on Saturday.
The action gets underway at 1.55 as a field of 14 take on the mile apprentice handicap in class five.
Newfangled looks the way to go in the opener for the Jonathan Portman team, a three-time winner in the second half of last season and continued that good progress when winning on the all-weather at Lingfield 23 days ago.
Another big field of 15 will take on the mile and a quarter handicap in class three at 2.25 to mark the second race of the day.
Burrito made an impressive debut when landing the spoils at Chester and then followed up with a second in markedly different conditions for the John and Thady Gosden yard so it makes sense he can improve again now sent handicapping.
Into Battle rates the next best for trainer Ed Walker, who is a fair bit better than the fourth he secured on seasonal reappearance three weeks ago.
The two-year-olds take centre stage in race three on the Newbury card (3.00) as 18 of them take on the six furlong maiden stakes in class four.
The betting market will inform plenty but it could be worth siding with the Charlie Appleby-trained Words Of Truth, a Lope De vega colt that is a half-brother to smart six furlong winner Ancient Truth and seven furlong scorer Great Truth, so makes plenty of appeal on paper.
A division one novice stakes is race four of the afternoon (3.33) over seven furlongs and the William Haggas-trained Sea Force is the selection here, a good second last time out at Doncaster back in April who can improve one spot further, while division two of the same discipline (4.05) could see Appleby pick up a second win on the card with Indian Springs, who confirmed debut promise to land a seven furlong maiden at Newmarket last month in what was a very useful contest.
A field of 11 will take on the class four maiden stakes for three-year-olds at 4.45 over the mile and a quarter trip and the Andrew Balding-trained Respond could be the way to go at a price, a decent fourth on the all-weather at Chelmsford last time out over the same distance, while the penultimate race on the Newbury card (5.20) sees Telecommunication get the nod for the Michael Bell yard, who got the job done back on the turf at Yarmouth last time out having bombed out on the all-weather at Wolverhampton previously.
Finally, the first day of racing comes to a close at 5.55 with a mile and a half class five handicap for four-year-old’s with preference in the finale going to Amancio for trainer Faye Bramely, who was a fine winner of a Chepstow maiden three weeks ago for his new yard over fences so arrives fit for a spin back on the Flat.
Newbury selections - Friday
1.55 - Newfangled
2.25 - Burrito
3.00 - Words Of Truth
3.33 - Sea Force
4.05 - Indian Springs
4.45 - Respond
5.20 - Telecommunication
5.55 - Amancio
