Newcastle Horse Racing Tips for Thursday

There is all-weather action to take in from Newcastle on Thursday with an eight-race card to look forward to and Racing Post tipster Robbie Wilders is on hand with his best bets.

Saturday Horse Racing Betting Tips and Odds

13:35 Newcastle - Rubellite @ 4/1
16:30 Newcastle - Athollblair Boy @ 11/2
17:00 Newcastle - Raft Up @ 3/1

13:35 Newcastle - Rubellite @ 4/1

Rubellite has been in good nick lately, winning two of her past four and placing in the other two, and can continue her progression in the 1m4½f handicap that opens the card at Newcastle.

The five-year-old mare recorded a career-best performance on Racing Post Ratings when stretching clear of the remainder with two other runners in a staying handicap at Southwell recently.

The runner-up has won since to frank the form and Rubellite came from much further back than the first two in a race that developed into sprint.

She has the speed to cope with this drop back in distance and remains feasibly treated off the same mark.

16:30 Newcastle - Athollblair Boy @ 11/2

Division one of the 6f classified race could be the point Athollblair Boy returns to form for Nigel Tinkler.

The 12-year-old has been eased to a lifetime-low mark of 50 and that enables him to squeeze into a classified race for the first time in his career.

His recent performances suggest the fire still burns after a dip in form at the end of 2024 following the autumn off and he is dangerously treated at this level.

The selection completed a double off a mark of 65 almost a year to the day over course and distance and may have too much class for this opposition despite his advancing years. This could kickstart a sequence for the old boy.

17:00 Newcastle - Raft Up @ 3/1

When Harriet Bethell books Joe Fanning it is worth taking note and the pair can plunder the second division with Raft Up.

Fanning has steered home eight winners from 22 runners for the yard at a tidy £29.33 level-stakes profit and this is his only ride of the day.

Raft Up’s mark has been falling lately, but he’s shaped slightly better than the result on a couple of occasions, and his fourth run back after he was given the final four months of 2024 off may be the time to catch him.

This four-year-old registered his sole victory over track and trip and the fitting of a first-time hood can help sharpen him up.

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