Best Bets
Our Newcastle Horse Racing Tips for the weekend.
Feature races are the $1 million The Hunter (race 8), $300,000 The Beauford (race 6), Group 3 NJC Spring Stakes (race 7) and Max Lees Classic for 2YOS (race 1).
Norwegian Bliss (Newcastle Race 9 No. 11)
This four-year-old El Roca mare trained by Nathan Doyle is unbeaten with three wins from three starts. She won by 2.3 lengths in an 1100m maiden at Port Macquarie in September then led all the way for a 3.8 length win over 1300m in a Class 1 at Newcastle on 12 October, then was a 0.4 length winner over 1250m at Canterbury Park on 27 October. Will be hard to beat again.
$3.40
Each Way
Tampering (Newcastle Race 4 No. 4):
This five-year-old Pendragon gelding trained by Kerry Parker has five wins and six places from 27 starts. He battled on well for 0.7 length 3rd over 1600m at Randwick on 18 September, then battled away for 1.9 length 5th in The Four Pillars over 1500m at Rosehill on 30 October. Drawn well in barrier 2 and looks a good each-way bet here
$6.50
Best Lay
Gravina (Newcastle Race 10 No. 6):
This four-year-old Sebring stallion trained by James Cummings has three wins and six places from 12 starts and is the early favourite in this BM 88 handicap over 1300m. He chased hard for 0.1 length 2nd over 1200m at Randwick on 2 October, then chased hard when clear for 0.4 length 3rd over 1200m at Randwick on 23 October. He was favourite at both those starts and is starting to get expensive.
$3.30
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Race 1
9 Uncorked
4 Vancouver’s Crown
8 Russian Conquest
3 Lord Of The Hunter
Race 2
2 Ma And Pa
10 Sacred Command
1 Cisco Bay
3 Prince Of Arragon
Race 3
2 Ceasefire
8 Raoul
5 Casino Kid
18 Testator Silens
Race 4
13 Harvey’s Way
8 Cream Rises
4 Tampering
5 Highly Desired
Race 5
3 Mightybeel
1 Love Tap
6 Shibli
4 Lord Ardmore
Race 6
1 Shared Ambition
4 King’s Charisma
3 Kiss The Bride
7 Hush Writer
Race 7
10 Festival Dancer
1 Dufresne
7 Kokoro
2 Lease
Race 8
1 Lost And Running
2 Top Ranked
5 Bandersnatch
8 Dawn Passage
Race 9
11 Norwegian Bliss (BB)
3 Fashchanel
5 Tinker Mcphee
10 Zou De Moon
Race 10
12 Katalin
3 Acquitted
6 Gravina
14 Much Much Better
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