The Novice Tipster

Straight From The Horses’ Mouth Mark Usher 21:00 Kempton – Songbird Blues 7/1 Has been such an unlucky filly but is so consistent. She deserves to win a race. Will be there abouts. 17:00 Brighton – Titan Diamond 5/1 He seems in good form and goes well for Racheal Knelle r so he will hopefully run another decent race. 20:45 Towcester – My Sister 14/1 This is more her grade, and she will like the ground. Prone to the odd jumping error, but has an e/w chance James and Rod  Millman 17:15 Nottingham – Maccabees 16/1 Off 2 Nott, where once again we're in the last race, at least it's a day meet! We liked Maccabees as a 2yo but failed 2 progress after x2  2nds in maidens. He may b the type best caught fresh so down in grade he could go ok on his 3yo return.

A new feature, if proven popular, every so often i will post comments from trainers on thier views of their runners today, see if it helps us all pick a winner Straight From The Trainers Mouth Gordon Elliot - 14:20 Perth - Cause Of Causes 15/8 He deserved to win his maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan the last day. Though he was a narrow winner he was giving a lot of weight away and the runner-up did the form no harm when winning a maiden hurdle at the same track since. We're stepping him up to three miles this afternoon but we don't think it's going to be a problem. Timmy Murphy rides him and he's going to take his time on the horse. He's penalised for his Kilbeggan win but he's only a four-year-old and therefore gets a weight allowance, which helps. The ground shouldn't be an issue and he's in good nick so we're expecting another good run from him. Roger Varian – 15:00 York – Mijhaar 11/4 The son of Shirocco, who runs in the colours of S...