{"id":695836,"date":"2026-01-14T17:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/695836\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:27:13","slug":"newsboys-horseracing-tips-for-thursdays-four-meetings-including-newcastle-nap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/695836\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsboy\u2019s horseracing tips for Thursday\u2019s four meetings, including Newcastle Nap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newsboy fancies his nap, Fat Harry, to win at Newcastle and also hopes A Perfect Day can score at Wincanton and complete his Daily Double<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_a1ff25e0-4815-4f61-88b8-6ff5e3a800ed.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Newcastle hosts an eight-race jumps meeting on Thursday when Newsboy\u2019s Nap, Fat Harry, is fancied to win the 12.50\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Newcastle hosts an eight-race jumps meeting on Thursday when Newsboy\u2019s Nap, Fat Harry, is fancied to win the 12.50(Image: )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">FAT HARRY is fancied to get back to winning ways by beating seven opponents for the Border Minstrel Sunday Lunch Novices&#8217; Handicap Chase (12.50) at Newcastle on Thursday.A record of 11 starts for a horse who has just turned nine demonstrates Fat Harry hasn\u2019t been the easiest horse for his trainers Sue Smith and Joel Parkinson to get to the track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Fat Harry also failed to hit the target in eight attempts over hurdles but has proved a different proposition since being sent steeplechasing this winter.Having justified 7-4 favouritism when making his debut over the larger obstacles in a novices\u2019 handicap chase at Sedgefield in November, my selection followed up in a similar event over this afternoon\u2019s course and distance eight days later.The hat-trick bid went awry when Fat Harry and Danny McMenamin \u2013 Theo Gillard is in the plate here \u2013 went under by three-quarters of a length to Hitthehayson at Haydock at the beginning of December.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768411633_12_0_a1ff25e0-4815-4f61-88b8-6ff5e3a800ed.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Newcastle hosts an eight-race jumps meeting on Thursday when Newsboy\u2019s Nap, Fat Harry, is fancied to win the 12.50\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Newcastle hosts an eight-race jumps meeting on Thursday when Newsboy\u2019s Nap, Fat Harry, is fancied to win the 12.50(Image: )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Fat Harry is 6lb higher in the weights here, but the front pair were 12 lengths to the good of Jaipaletemps, who went two places better at Lingfield in the run-up to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/christmas\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">C<\/a>hristmas, so everything is in place for a good run here.At Wincanton, A PERFECT DAY should defend his perfect record in the handicap sphere by landing the Oddschecker Cheltenham Free Bets Handicap Hurdle (3.02).<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">THURSDAY&#8217;S SELECTIONSWINCANTON<\/strong>12.07 GOLAN LOOP12.42 GAELIC PRIDE1.17 WOLF WALKER1.52 NO GUARANTEE2.27 MEATLOAF3.02 A PERFECT DAY (NB)3.37 RIVERS CORNER4.10 BEAU SPEED<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">NEWCASTLE<\/strong>11.45 GAELIC ROVER12.15 MADAME LA PAPILLON12.50 FAT HARRY (NAP)1.25 DALY BOY2.00 SWALLOWS SONG2.35 JUNKYARD DOG3.10 TOMMY COMBATS3.45 KILARO<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">LUDLOW<\/strong>12.32 WALKINTHEWOODS1.07 CATCHINTSAVO1.42 PLAINS DRIFTER2.17 ANOTHER FOLLY2.52 GETMETOTHEMOON3.27 GRACCHUS DE BALME4.02 STARS ALIGN<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">CHELMSFORD CITY<\/strong>5.30 VARIETY ACT6.00 PITNEY6.30 KONDRATIEV WAVE7.00 LAZZAR7.30 CARLTON8.00 BISHOP\u2019S GLORY8.30 MELEK ALREEHDOUBLE: FAT HARRY and A PERFECT DAY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newsboy fancies his nap, Fat Harry, to win at Newcastle and also hopes A Perfect Day can 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