Horse Racing Tips: Warm up for the festival with a Newcastle 36/1 Monday double

• Veteran Anif the pick against some moderate rivals

• Camacho had a good weekend with Lincoln Trial winner

• Alan Dudman gives his Monday tips in a double that pays around 36/137.00 

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Newcastle - 18:00: Back Anif @ 13/27.50

A fairly wretched weekend with Jabaara finding trouble in a small field on Saturday and Master Breffni falling at the second yesterday, so hopefully Master Breffni is okay to resume winning ways again and Jabaara will no doubt go down as an eyecatcher.

Eyecatchers are few and far between in terms of recent runs for the Newcastle card and Anif is far from an obvious one in a Classified Stakes race with no form of note and we're pinning our hopes on a run back in November here.

Anif finished third in that Class 6 Handicap at Southwell in a race where just about everything went wrong.

He was very slowly away and conceded almost ten lengths at the start and proceeded to race furthest away from the stands' side against the pack where the winner Reputation had a dream run on the rail. That was over 7f and a return to 1m today at least is the positive.

The veteran is also a three-time course and distance winner and has plummeted in the weights. In December 2023 he was rated 71, and he is now running off 50 in the basement grade.

A return to 1m is the plus and while Newcastle throws up a ton of hard-luck stories, he will be played late I am sure on his 57th start on the All-Weather.

Newcastle - 20:00: Back Mayo County @ 4/15.00

Trainer Julie Camacho enjoyed a fine weekend with Symbol Of Light winning the Lincoln Trial at Wolverhampton and her last four runners won twice and placed third in the other two.

Mayo County has yet to win a race in nine attempts but for the level, at least remains on the unexposed side and came back after a break to run fifth at Newcastle behind Kat's Bob.

She might have done a little too much in front considering her tired looking final furlong and the race finishing speeds elsewhere, and while she might be worth a try at 5f, another opportunity at 6f is on the cards tonight and she is drawn high for a chance to go from the front too.

I doubt she has too much in hand from her mark but the hope is she might improve a little after her latest run off a 163-day break with the yard going well.

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