Saturday's Horse Racing Tips: James Boyle's Best Bets At Newcastle
For today's horse racing tips, our analyst James Boyle looks at the flat racing at Newcastle, with three selections now online.
As always, you’ll find the most up-to-date odds at the best horse racing betting sites, but our tipster’s predictions are researched early in the day and those prices could soon be moved in by the betting public. Odds stated are correct at the time of publishing.
Running P/L for the 2025 Flat Season - 168.00pts staked, 171.96pts returned; +3.96pts.
13:40 Newcastle – Aramram – 1pt @ 7/2
Aramram has been busy but it doesn’t seem to bother him and he should have a right chance of winning this. It’s only a week since he went off at 11/2 for the Wokingham and he posted a solid effort there, coming home in sixth place after racing further back in the field than usual.
He flattened out a bit inside the final furlong but had to go pretty quick just to get into contention beforehand and had no more to give. With the change of tactics and how the race panned out, it’s not hard to take a positive view of what he performed to and I think he can do better yet.
This is obviously competitive but it is easier. He won’t mind returning to the All-Weather, three previous attempts yielding a win off 87, a head second off 89 and a short-head second off 91 to the progressive Ferrous. None of them were here but Newcastle could suit even better.
It’ll have to, given he’s running off 98 these days, but there’s no reason why he can’t keep going up the ranks. My only worry is the draw as he’s low in stall three and it doesn’t help. However, it isn’t the end of the world and he’s not one who needs to be buried into the pack.
14:40 Newcastle – Contacto – 1pt @ 7/2
Contacto was on my list of horses to follow for the season and should have more to offer as a stayer. It’s not hard to spot him in the market but I liked his run at Goodwood and he should be able to step forward for that, his first outing in 258 days and his first at two-miles.
Staying the distance certainly wasn’t a problem, as he rallied inside the final furlong after blowing up a bit when everything got serious. That could have been a fitness issue as much as anything else and I’d be hopeful that he won’t be hitting such a dramatic flat spot this time around.
How he’ll cope with the All-Weather for the first time is the unknown but the yard’s runners tend to do very well here. There’s no obvious reason to suggest it won’t work out for him and from a mark of 86, with fitness improved for a meeting he’ll have been targeted at, I expect a big run.
15:45 Newcastle – Rare Change – 1pt @ 9/2
Rare Change was starting to look exposed following his juvenile season but improved for a winter away from racing and has won three of his four handicap attempts this term. The only time he was defeated came when getting no run against the rail at Goodwood.
Two of his wins have come by three-lengths, including at Pontefract on Sunday when dropped back to 6f. It wasn’t much of a race in comparison to this one but he bolted clear without having to go to the well and it’s safe to say he’s capable of even better than that performance.
A 6lb penalty puts him up to 89 and both the surface and trip is changing, but he caught the eye on his sole All-Weather outing last October and certainly won’t mind the seventh furlong. With further progression likely, I’d expect a big run at least despite the jump up in class.
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