Saturday ITV Racing Tips: Best bets for Newbury and Newcastle
Newcastle racecourse
The ITV cameras are at Newbury and Newcastle for Saturday's afternoon racing, and the Planet Sport tipsters have a hot selection for each of the eight live races on November 26.
The Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle (1410) at Newcastle is the highlight of both meetings, but there's plenty of other juicy race action to get stuck into.
First up a quick list of Saturday's selections, and you can find more detail on each of our tips further down the page.
Don't forget to check out the racecards, results and live odds in Planet Sport's racing live centre.
Selections:
13:20 (Newbury) Demachine
13:35 (Newcastle) Lord Roco
13:55 (Newbury) Peking Rose
14:10 (Newcastle) Constitution Hill
14:30 (Newbury) First Street
15:05 (Newbury) Remastered
15:25 (Newcastle) Dingo Dollar
15:40 (Newbury) Amarillo Sky
13:20 (Newbury) Demachine
Marginal preference is for Demachine, who impressed at Uttoxeter in May and could still be well handicapped, having finished fifth in the Ladbrokes Trophy on this card last year off 2lb higher.
Cap Du Nord (2020) and Kapcorse (2018, 2021) have won three of the last four renewals of this contest between them and both are likely to be in the mix again.
Killer Kane should come on for his recent return at Exeter, while Kim Muir runner-up Mister Coffey has an excellent record when fresh.
13:35 (Newcastle) Lord Roco
Lord Roco ran a cracking race on his seasonal/chase debut at Ayr recently and is entitled to have come on for that outing. The six-year-old gelding won a maiden hurdle here in January and looks primed for a big run.
Gavin Cromwell won't have many runners at this venue and it's worth noting that Shantou Lucky is his only runner on the card.
Malinello hasn't been seen for the best part of two years but, if transferring his hurdles form to the larger obstacles, he could also go well.
13:55 (Newbury) Peking Rose
Plenty of connections will be arriving here confident that their charges can land this prize, but the nod goes to Peking Rose.
Fergal O'Brien's seven-year-old ran on gamely to land a 2m4f contest at Aintree in October and the 3lb rise for that success may prove lenient here.
Petit Tonnerre was in third on that occasion and he arrives here on better terms, but may still struggle to reverse that form with the winner.
West Balboa is having her first run since December and she could prove to be a nice type for the Skelton team.
14:10 (Newcastle) Constitution Hill
Constitution Hill can lay down a marker for the season and begin his journey towards the Champion Hurdle in March when he runs in the Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle.
Nicky Henderson's five-year-old was the standout novice hurdler of last season and highlighted himself as a superstar of the sport when brushing aside stablemate Jonbon with a 22-length success in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle.
It is seriously difficult to knock his form to date and the vibes from Seven Barrows are that he is in rude health and lighting up the schooling grounds ahead of his belated reappearance.
Ascot's loss could be Gosforth Park's gain and expect this son of Blue Bresil to make a statement when he takes on two-time race winner and stablemate Epatante in the north east.
14:30 (Newbury) First Street
The best bet of the day at Newbury could come in the Coral Bet Bundles Intermediate Handicap Hurdle when First Street attempts to add to Nicky Henderson's fine record in the race - the Seven Barrows handler has won the race more commonly known as the Gerry Feilden eight times in the past.
First Street has already shown his aptitude for highly competitive handicaps when third in the Betfair Hurdle over track and trip in February and followed that up with a fine effort to almost get within a length of State Man when second in the County Hurdle at Cheltenham.
Although a run in Grade One company at Aintree proved a step too far, he should be right at home in this contest and could easily be back amongst top company later in the season.
15:05 (Newbury) Remastered
In the feature Coral Gold Cup, Remastered is backed to gain redemption for his fall in the race 12 months ago.
The David Pipe-trained nine-year-old was travelling like the winner when taking a crashing fall four from home in 2021 and returns to the Berkshire track off a 4lb lower mark.
He tuned up for this race with a facile victory over hurdles at Aintree earlier this month and he looks poised to mount a strong challenge.
15:25 (Newcastle) Dingo Dollar
The north has had a stranglehold on the Betfair Exchange Rehearsal Handicap Chase in recent years and Borders handler Sandy Thomson could win the race for the second time in three years with Dingo Dollar.
He is only 1lb higher than when third in this race behind Aye Right last year, but he arrives in top form having bolted up at Aintree in his reappearance.
15:40 (Newbury) Amarillo Sky
Amarillo Sky kept on well to land a competitive handicap at Cheltenham earlier this month and a 4lb raised mark may not be enough to stop him following up in this contest.
He looked outpaced in Grade 3 and Grade 1 contests at the back-end of last season but his latest run proved this is a much more suitable level for him to get his head in front in.
Monsieur Lecoq fell early on in a Grade 3 at Ascot last month and can improve today, while Eclair D'Ainay is another to bear in mind.
