Talking Horses: Best bets for day one of Newmarket's Craven meeting


Our man thinks he’s found a few fast horses for Newmarket and one fairly reliable plodder at Southwell


We’ve had two Grand Nationals in the space of nine days and there’s another one to come this weekend but, with a clashing of gears and a squealing of tyres, horse racing will effect a sudden u-turn today and head to Newmarket in search of precocious speed. It’s day one of the Craven meeting, a time to examine juvenile pedigrees while sipping a glass of Pimm’s and murmuring: “I say, what a lovely page...” 

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