Newsboy’s Daily Double plus tips on every race from Thursday’s five UK meetings

01 May 2024 , 16:34

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Hugo Palmer saddles Newsboy's nap, Fleur De Mer, at Doncaster on Thursday evening

FLEUR DE MER is fancied to open her account on turf by beating six rivals for the Sky Sports Racing 415 Handicap (6.50) at Doncaster on Thursday evening.

The Hugo Palmer-saddled daughter of Dark Angel, a two-time winner on the all-weather, has yet to get her head in front on grass - but that could be about to change.

Twelve days ago, my selection went off at 14-1 for a mile-and-a-half handicap on soft ground at Thirsk, being stopped in her run a furlong out before running on to take second, beaten two and a quarter lengths at the line, to Two Brothers.

Fleur De Mer would certainly have got closer to the winner but for meeting trouble in running, and a 1lb nudge up the weights is neither here nor there.

Palmer has booked Tom Marquand to do the steering on Town Moor and, under the same conditions, Fleur De Mer is confidently expected to go one better.

Hugo Palmer saddles Newsboy's nap, Fleur De Mer, at Doncaster on Thursday evening (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Chelmsford City stages the Listed IRE-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Chelmer Fillies' Stakes (7.30), in which PANDORA’S GIFT gets the vote to continue her winning run.

The Stuart Williams trainee is on a four-timer after scores over course and distance, at Southwell and Lingfield Park, and her emphatic victory in a valuable handicap on her most recent start makes Pandora’s Gift well worth this step up in class.

THURSDAY'S SELECTIONS

REDCAR
1.42 ALEXTRICIAN
2.12 INTERTWINED
2.42 NOT REAL
3.17 KING OF THE JUNGLE
2.52 BARYSHNIKOV
4.27 BETWEEN ME AND U

AYR
1.52 MOON MAN
2.22 GOLDEN RAINBOW
2.52 GLOBAL HUMOR
3.27 POL ROGER
4.02 HEADABOVETHEREST
4.35 TAFSIR

LINGFIELD PARK
2.05 ENOUGH ALREADY
2.35 MILVUS
3.05 WEDGEWOOD
3.35 DANCE AND ROMANCE
4.10 CINQUE VERDE
4.40 PLATINUM PRINCE
5.15 COME ON JOHN

DONCASTER
5.05 SUPREME KING
5.40 ARABIE
6.15 LITTLE ROSE
6.50 FLEUR DE MER (NAP)
7.20 SHERMAN TANK
7.50 LEAVE STREAM
8.20 MR IRRELEVANT

CHELMSFORD
5.50 LAUTREC
6.26 EGOISTE
7.00 SOCIALIST AGENDA
7.30 PANDORA’S GIFT (NB)
8.00 LAOISMAN
8.30 MAN ON A MISSION
9.00 COGSWORTH

DOUBLE: FLEUR DE MER and PANDORA’S GIFT

Newsboy’s Daily Double plus tips on every race from Monday’s four meetings

David Yates