Hi all,
It’s great to be back. After a 76-day absence horse racing returns to England today.
Ok, it’s behind closed doors but given I don’t think we’ll see large crowds at any sporting fixture for some time, it’s better than nothing.
I’m chomping on the bit, as I’m sure you are, for what looks a great week’s action culminating in three great days racing at Newmarket from Friday to Sunday.
I’m sure you’re as excited as I am about the return to racing but I think it will pay to err on the side of caution when it comes to betting in the first few days of the sports resumption.
It’s a bumper ten race card at Newcastle and all the action gets started behind closed doors at 1pm.
Just the one selection for you today.
Newcastle
6:15 – Valyrian Steel – 11/4 @ Bet365 – Valyrian Steel, a son of Frankel, makes his racecourse debut and looks capable of making it a winning one. The three-year-old has been subject to some encouraging Newmarket gallop reports. Trainer Roger Varian also has a healthy win strike rate with his 3-year-old’s in non-handicap races at the course – 11 winners from 25 runners 44% +14 20 placed 80% in the past three years.
Cheers
John