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COVER UP is fancied to defend his unbeaten record on artificial surfaces with a win in the BetUK All-Weather Sprint Handicap (3.35) at Newcastle today.
The John and Thady Gosden speedster is 13lb higher in the weights after an emphatic score over Gosforth Park’s five furlongs – but isn’t finished yet.
Another in the winning habit is SIBYL CHARM, the selection for a hat-trick in the BetMGM Fillies' And Mares' Championships Handicap (3.00).
A length and a quarter separated Spartan Army and PALACE BOY at Southwell last month, but revenge beckons for the runner-up in the BetUK All-Weather Championships Marathon Handicap (1.53, Nap).
Julie Camacho’s SYMBOL OF LIGHT deserves a change of luck in the BetMGM All-Weather Championships Mile Handicap (4.40).
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Top weight may not be enough to anchor SOMMELIER in the BetMGM All-Weather 3 Year Old Championships Handicap (2.25, nb), or Ireland’s ELEGANT MAN in the BetUK All-Weather Easter Classic Middle Distance Handicap (4.10)
At Lingfield Park, Elegant Man’s compatriot BENEVENTE looks good in the BetMGM All-Weather Vase Mile Handicap (2.40) and another Irish raider, DAAMBERDIPLOMAT , gets the vote for the BetUK All-Weather Vase Sprint Handicap (3.50).
The on-a-roll ASGARD’S CAPTAIN gets the call for the BetUK All-Weather Vase Middle Distance Handicap (2.05), while AQWAAM has much to recommend him in the BetUK All-Weather Vase Marathon Handicap (3.15).
John Gosden (right) and his son Thady Gosden train Cover Up, Newsboy's pick in the All-Weather Championship Sprint (3.35)
Good Friday's selections
NEWCASTLE
1.18 ORNE
1.53 PALACE BOY (NAP)
2.25 SOMMELIER (NB)
3.00 SIBYL CHARM
3.35 COVER UP
4.10 ELEGANT MAN
4.40 SYMBOL OF LIGHT
LINGFIELD PARK
1.30 SIEMPRE ARTURO
2.05 ASGARD’S CAPTAIN
2.40 BENAVENTE
3.15 AQWAAM
3.50 DAAMBERDIPLOMAT
4.25 TWIRLER
5.00 PANDORA’S GIFT
CHELMSFORD CITY
1.40 ADDICTIVE
2.15 LET’S GO HUGO
2.50 CLOUD KING
3.25 V POWER
4.00 BOSSY PARKER
4.35 DECEIVER
5.10 KEADY TOWN
DOUBLE: PALACE BOY and SOMMELIER