An excellent day's racing with Newbury and Newcastle taking centre stage. Here are the thoughts of our Racing Factors tipster.
Newcastle
J: N De Boinville
T: N J Henderson
Sir Gino is a perfect 4 wins from 4 starts over hurdles and stamped himself the outstanding 4-year old hurdler of last season with a convincing win at Aintree in a grade 1 contest when his stable were supposedly under a cloud. Prior to that he had beaten this season's Greatwood Hurdle winner Burdett Road by 10 lengths at Cheltenham in January. Sir Gino has oozed class in all of his runs and looks ready to tackle older horses this season. Today's race looks a good starting point and the galloping flat track of Newcastle should suit him very well as Sir Gino has plenty of gears. Sir Gino rates a 4 star win Pick.