Talking Horses: Friday’s best bets for Newcastle and Wetherby


John Quinn’s Indian Pursuit (8.45) has already built up an impressive record on Newcastle’s new Tapeta circuit and can win there on Friday night

The 2017 Flat season on turf gets underway at Doncaster tomorrow, when Donncha will be a very live runner in the Lincoln Handicap having not simply hit the bar a few times last season in big-field handicaps, but both posts as well with another goal-bound effort hacked off the line. He was second in the Spring Mile last season after a similar break, and looks like an excellent bet against the favourite Yuften at around 7-1.

It is difficult to find a runner at one of today’s meetings that makes quite the same appeal, but Indian Pursuit (8.45) could be worth waiting for in the final race at Newcastle this evening.

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