Well-regarded Newton can make a winning bow

YOU really would have to wonder at times just how much thought goes into the framing of programmes.

The card at Tipperary this afternoon, for instance, can only be described as ‘grim’. It consists of two wide open (and moderate) flat handicaps, two dreadful handicap hurdles, a bumper for horses who have never run and, indeed, the other three races are no great shakes either.

What it all amounts to is an absolute minefield for patrons and certainly the discerning punter will give most of the contests a wide berth.