Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Friday, November 26
PAISLEY PARK (Newbury, 3.00) hasn’t quite entered the last-chance saloon of his career at the top level but the doors are swinging open ahead of his bid to win a second Ladbrokes Long Distance Hurdle.
The 2019 Stayers’ Hurdle winner appeared decidedly ring rusty on his Wetherby comeback in the bet365 Hurdle and must try to overturn a five-length defeat at the hands of Indefatigable.
Connections are optimistic he can do just that, citing a lack of fitness as the contributory factor to his comeback defeat while also equipping the nine-year-old with cheekpieces to concentrate the mind.
Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Friday’s meetings
Hopefully, a tougher regime on the gallops and the headgear may be the catalysts for a sharper performance from Paisley Park, who did at least stick to his task well in the Wetherby straight.
A switch to the Berkshire venue should also help the selection, who is taken to show that the fire still burns to be competitive at this level.
lNico De Boinville will miss today’s ride on the exciting Jonbon in the maiden hurdle after sustaining suspected broken ribs in a schooling accident at Nicky Henderson’s Seven Barrows stable yesterday. Aidan Coleman replaces him
NEWBURY
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
12.10 Stage Star
12.40 Tea Clipper
1.15 Good Risk At All
1.50 Boothill
2.25 Fanion D’estruval (nb)
3.00 Paisley Park
3.35 One For You (nap)
GIMCRACK
12.10 Kincardine
12.40 Millers Bank
1.15 Jonbon
1.50 Mister Coffey (nb)
2.25 Amour de Nuit
3.00 Lisnagar Oscar (nap)
3.35 Saint Sonnet
DONCASTER
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
12.30 Dino Velvet
1.05 Bob’s Bar
1.40 The Macon Lugnatic
2.15 Oscar Clouds
2.50 Paricolor
3.25 Brelan D’As
GIMCRACK
12.30 Valence D’Aumont
1.05 Lyrical Genius
1.40 Huntsmans Jog
2.15 Oscar Clouds
2.50 Moon King
3.25 Brelan D’As
NORTHERNER – 12.30 Valence D’Aumont (nb); 2.15 Demi Sang (nap).
LINGFIELD
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
11.20 Resumption
11.50 Notoriously Risky
12.20 Intuitive
12.55 Trevolli
1.30 Dubai Hope
2.05 Fauvette
2.40 Morty
3.15 Little Sunflower
GIMCRACK
11.20 Sourire Secret
11.50 Crunchie
12.20 Documenting
12.55 Enfranchise
1.30 Dubai Hope
2.05 Marks Bear
2.40 Morty
3.15 Royal Heart
CHELMSFORD CITY
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
4.15 Invasive
4.45 Pastel Power
5.15 Anatomic
5.45 Lake Sand
6.15 Beggarman
6.45 Sealed Offer
7.15 Vocatus
GIMCRACK
4.15 Invasive
4.45 Pastel Power
5.15 Speycaster
5.45 Chillsea
6.15 Love Poems
6.45 Porterinthejungle
7.15 Dark Company
NEWMARKET – 4.45 Pastel Power (nap); 6.45 Got No Dollars (nb).
