Horse Racing Tips: Count on Chancellor to deliver at Newcastle on Good Friday

Newcastle, 15:00 - Back Chancellor @ 4/15.00

Following a week on the sidelines, returning for Tuesday's modest fare is rather uninspiring so the preference is to look forward to Good Friday's All-Weather Championships fixture at Newcastle, in particular the mile handicap which features Chancellor.

Fresh from Ombudsman landing the Group 1 Dubai Turf at Meydan on Saturday as well as pocketing a tasty domestic prize courtesy of Gamrai's Rosebery win at Kempton, the Gosden operation have enjoyed a good weekend and their sole entry on the card may take a little stopping granted a fair draw.

Mugged by Sky Safari in the Winter Derby last time, the son of Kingman should arguably be happier granted a strongly-run mile given a dosage index which suggests he is probably more of a miler than a true ten-furlong performer.

That theory is put to the test on Friday as Chancellor tackles just the second handicap of his career, striving to match his November Kempton defeat of subsequent Wolverhampton scorer Sarab Star.

The Betfair Sportsbook have shrewdly installed the selection as a 4/15.00 favourite for this event alternatively with 14 sure to go to post, then waiting till later in the week could be the play.

Newcastle, 15:00 - Back Tyrrhenian Sea @ 10/111.00

Tyrrhenian Sea and Chancellor met at Southwell in February when duelling in a mile Listed contest and, although Roger Varian's gelding is twice the age of his old adversary, he made him work hard for his length success.

There may not be a huge amount between them here either with Tyrrhenian Sea kept fresh for this assignment as he returns to his favoured course and distance.

It should be noted that Varian's grey son of Dark Angel also holds an entry in the ten-furlong Easter Classic, but his record over a mile at Gosforth Park stands at 3-3, while Jack Mitchell is jocked up for this race at the time of writing.

It is also worth acknowledging Mitchell's record on the eight-year-old which currently stands at 14133218322 with the only really poor performance sustained when Tyrrhenian Sea tried to make the running at Epsom in last season's Diomed Stakes and faded into eighth.

At double figures quotes and the fact his Southwell performance was achieved in the best speed figure I have recorded on the all-weather this winter, Tyrrhenian Sea also makes some appeal at double figure odds.

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