Horse Racing Tips: Timeform’s 3 best bets at Newcastle on Tuesday

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18:40: Edraak (NAP)

EDRAAK is evidently a different proposition when racing on the all-weather, as he demonstrated last year, producing poor performances on his two outings on turf but looking much more assured on his three starts on an artificial surface, finishing placed on all three occasions, winning once. He was well backed on his return to action at Chelmsford last month and he duly showed improved form to resume winning ways, coming from the rear to score in good style. This low-mileage five-year-old may have more to offer, particularly on this surface, and an 8 lb rise may not be enough to stop him going in again.

17:10: Yankee Stadium (NB)

It is fair to say that YANKEE STADIUM is probably never going to live up to his pedigree – a Galileo gelding out of a US Grade 1 winner – but he sets the standard in this field (3 lb clear on Timeform’s weight-adjusted ratings) and this looks a good opportunity for him to belatedly open his account. Yankee Stadium was not without promise when racing for Aidan O’Brien last year, and he shaped well on his first outing for George Scott at Chelmsford last month, leaving the impression that the run was needed after three months off. He then ran respectably switched to tapeta at Wolverhampton last time, proving vulnerable to a less-exposed sort, but he and the winner pulled clear of the remainder, and there remains an air of untapped potential about him. This is surely the race in which he breaks his duck.

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17:40: Daafr (E/W)

DAAFR racked up a quick-fire hat-trick at Southwell in January and has continued in fine form since. He ran well on the back of another rise in the weights to finish second at the same venue on his penultimate start, only missing out on the four-timer by the narrowest of margins, and he continued in good heart just four days later when third at this course, proving his effectiveness away from fibresand. He was perhaps not helped by racing down the centre on that occasion, in contrast to the pair that beat him, and he ought to be in the mix again. This is a tougher assignment but he is clearly in top form and makes definite appeal at the current prices.

Timeform’s top 3 bets at Newcastle:

18:40: Edraak (NAP)
17:10: Yankee Stadium (NB)
17:40: Daafr (E/W)

*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widget, while in-copy odds are accurate at time of publication but subject to change.

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