Today's Horse Racing Tips: Margaret Dumont to score at Newcastle
There is just one bet for today’s racing at Newcastle.
Newcastle Tip
16:55 – 2m½f Cazoo Handicap (Class 3)
The opening race on the card can go to the Hugo Palmer-trained MARGARET DUMONT (NAP - 1 point win bet at 3/1). Palmer has his string in fine form having sent out six winners and seven placed horses from just 24 runners in the past fortnight. This filly built on promising placed efforts at Wolverhampton and Newcastle (second in the Northumberland Vase over this distance) to record a very respectable sixth-place finish in a competitive 20 runner handicap at Goodwood two starts back. Tipped up at 50/1 that day, she didn’t get a clear run but finished the race well and almost grabbed a place. She then lined up in the Colwick Cup at Nottingham and wasn’t disgraced on faster than ideal ground. Cheekpieces, worn for the first time at Nottingham, are retained today. Three of her last four starts have been in a higher grade and she should relish this return to Tapeta. She is just 1lb higher than when she ran so well here back in June, and Tom Marquand is an eye-catching jockey booking.