No penalty kick for O'Brien raiders in rescheduled Futurity

Credit: Matt Cardy

Champagne Champ
2.50 Newmarket
2pts winCracking Find
3.05 Wetherby
1pt winKameko
6.00 Newcastle
1pt each-wayWhat looked little more than a penalty kick for Aidan O'Brien is anything but now the Vertem Futurity Trophy (6.00) has been switched from Doncaster's abandoned meeting to Newcastle.

Doncaster's loss is very much racing's gain as instead of a six-runner contest with five horses from one yard and a long odds-on shot, we now have 12 and a proper contest.

O'Brien's Mogul is still favourite, but he's far easier to take on at Newcastle than he was at Donny on a surface that would not have suited many.

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Published on 31 October 2019inHorse racing tips

Last updated 17:23, 31 October 2019

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