TODAYS TIPS (TUESDAY)

Sam King focuses his attention on the card at Newcastle and pinpoints two runners to get stuck into this Tuesday. 12:43 NEWCASTLE

A mark of 72 should prove more than workable for Selenic based on her battling novice success over a mile at Kempton a year ago and you can put a line straight through her handicap debut effort at Southwell, where she found herself badly hampered when making eye-catching progress. A stoutly-bred daughter of Sea The Moon out of a Teofilo mare, Selenic looked to be really getting rolling heading into the final furlong when she had her momentum all but completely stopped last time at Southwell and with further improvement on the cards, this unexposed three-year-old ought to have major claims. Last-time-out course winner King Chaos might prove the chief danger from the foot of the weights.

SELENIC (WIN)

13:43 NEWCASTLE

Dandy Breeze looked like a striking individual ahead of his debut and certainly performed with plenty of credit, showing plenty of early pace before knuckling down well to be denied just a neck in the closing stages over course and distance. A slightly sluggish beginning may have cost him that day but with experience now under the belt, especially over the course and distance, you'd expect him to be sharper away second time around. Bryan Smart is by no means a stranger to having winners at the Gosforth Park venue and he might well land another here courtesty of this nice son of Dandy Man. The James Owen-trained Starryfield also holds obvious claims, while anything Roger Varian sends to Newcastle needs to be noted.

DANDY BREEZE (WIN)

written by Sam King