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Friday's horse racing thread 🧵 Lingfield 1.45 Fortunefavorsdbold 5/1 each way Catterick 2.35 We Got Your Back 5/2 Catterick 3.05 Cave Article 2/1 NAP Newcastle 3.58 A War Eagle 9/4 NEXT BEST A 7lb penalty makes me want to take on Always Busy and Haut Folin has spurned a couple of good opportunities so FORTUNEFAVORSDBOLD could go close at a good price. Back down the weights she was a good third behind Katate Dori at Chepstow and that horse then went close in the Somerset National so it is strong form. Sean Bowen gets the leg up for the first time and I can see her running a big race. The drop back to 2 miles did the trick for WE GOT YOUR BACK at Leicester where he ran out a convincing winner going away at the line. A 3lb rise is more than fair and with Hazard Collonges likely to put good pace to the race it should pan out favourably again as he likes to be ridden quietly before picking them off in the closing stages. The step up in trip brought out the best in CAVE ARTICLE at Sedgefield last month and he was always getting the better of Old Page in the closing stages with the pair some 10 lengths clear from the third and the field well strung out in behind. He has gone up 7lb but with Brian Hughes in the saddle again and the fact he is unexposed as a stayer I can see him following up against this field. Inexperience just got the better of A WAR EAGLE on debut. He was a step slow away and got caught wide from his awkward draw. He must have covered more ground and was shuffled back to last. He travelled well back into the race but just had too much ground to make up. He kept trying all the way to the line and with improvement a near certainty I think he'll get off the mark now.