Steve Mullington gives his best horse racing tips ahead of Friday's action...

1.53 Newcastle – Spartan Army (NAP)

Alan King’s Spartan Army chalked up a hat-trick following a course-and-distance success and a victory at Southwell 28 days ago.

A two-time winner over hurdles, the five-year-old can now land the £150,000 2m Marathon Handicap on Newcastle’s All-Weather Championships finals day.

Running in the well known colours of the McNeill family plus Scott Bryceland, David Probert takes the ride and at odds of around 3/1 the Highland Reel-gelding looks to have all the attributes to land this Good Friday contest.

Sanger: Vaguely Royal 

1.18 Newcastle – Silent Age (NB)

Charlie Appleby's Silent Age narrowly saw off Calumet as he scored on his first run at Kempton at the end of January.

The son of Dubawi certainly improved for the experience and, under the careful hands of Danny Tudhope, backed up that performance by thrashing Swordstick by several lengths at Wolverhampton.

Tudhope is back in the plate today and the Godolphin-owned gelding looks like the one they all have to beat in this Listed affair over a mile.

Danger: Orne

3.35 Newcastle – Misty Grey (E/W Longshot)

You may recall I put up Misty grey as a 14/1 NAP in the Lady Wulfruna Stakes at Wolverhampton, where the gutsy grey came a honest runner-up to Nine Tenths at odds of 13/2.

Today’s 6f All-Weather Sprint Final is no less testing a race, but David O’Meara’s seven-year-old looks well equipped once more to run a stormer.

Running off just 8st 12lbs and with Rossa Ryan booked, odds of around 14/1 in our early betting tissue look rather attractive for the each-way punters out there.

Danger: Summerghand


Steve Mullington gives his best horse racing tips ahead of Saturday's action...

2.15 Haydock – Riders Onthe Storm (NAP)

Lots of popular veterans line up here in this 2m4f Veterans’ Handicap Chase, but it is the Richard Hobson-trained Riders Onthe Storm that makes the most appeal.

Owned by Southport businessman Carl Hinchy, the eleven-year-old looked home and hosed at Doncaster a month ago, only to get nabbed in the closing stages by Homme Public. 

Gavin Sheehan takes the ride again and I can see similar front running tactics being adopted again around Haydock Park on Saturday.

On a course where good jumping from the front is rewarded, this six-time scorer can clock up win number seven.

Danger: Phoenix Way

3.50 Haydock – No Hubs No Hoobs (NB)

The likable No Hubs No Hoobs can continue his run of red hot form by landing Haydock Park’s feature race on Saturday – the 3m1½f Tim Molony Memorial Handicap Chase.

Everything looks perfect for the Joe Tizzard-trained eight-year-old, the going, the trip, all appear have fallen in place for him again in this stamina sapping test.

11st 11lbs shouldn’t pose him any problems and I will be really surprised if under Brendan Powell Jr he doesn’t make the podium at the very least.

Danger: Nambiti

3.35 Musselburgh – Sweet Fantasy (E/W Longshot)

Fresh from a recent run and a victory over hurdles, the James Owen-trained Sweet Fantasy can take top honours in the 1m6f Queen's Cup (Heritage Handicap) at Musselburgh.

A winner at Leicester and Epsom over 1m4f last summer, Sweet Fantasy has proved that he is laden with stamina and if the going is a bit sticky at the Scottish track this weekend he should go through it like a hot knife through butter.

Three pound claimer Aidan Keeley is charged with bringing him home and they race off a really handy low weight.

Danger: Struth


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Steven is a sports and horse racing enthusiast and is a member of the Horseracing Writers and Photographers Association (HWPA) in the United Kingdom.

He is a regular visitor to Paris Longchamp for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and a lifelong fan of the Aintree Grand National, a subject he writes about 52 weeks of the year. Last year he reached the impressive milestone of attending the last 30 renewals of the Grand National.