Newsboy's tips from Friday's three meetings, including 11 races live on ITV

STORM STAR is fancied to rack up a hat-trick for Andrew Balding by landing the BetMGM All-Weather Championships Mile Handicap (3.00) at Newcastle on Good Friday.

Jason Watson’s mount returns to Gosforth Park on the back of two course-and-distance scores in 2025 and a 5lb rise for the latter success isn’t overdoing it.

The in-form Balding has double prospects courtesy of OLD HARROVIAN in the BetUK All-Weather Easter Classic Middle Distance Handicap (4.07).

James Fanshawe’s team are also going great guns, and HEATHCLIFF has plenty going for him in the BetUK All-Weather Sprint Handicap (3.35).

He’s taking a step forward in each outing for David O’Meara, so VIENNOISE gets the vote for a victory waltz in the BetMGM Fillies' And Mares' Championships Handicap (2.25).

An opening mark of 87 may underestimate HELLO ZAMAN in the BetMGM All-Weather 3 Year Old Championships Handicap (1.50), while the return to two miles for the BetUK All-Weather Championships Marathon Handicap (4.42) should favour WONDER LEGEND.

Top weight BLUE PRINCE appeals in the BetMGM All Weather Vase Mile Handicap (2.40) at Lingfield Park, where SON OF MAN looks good in the BetUK All-Weather Vase Middle Distance Handicap (2.05).

Billy Loughnane and DIAMONDONTHEHILL should be a force to be reckoned with in the BetUK All-Weather Vase Sprint Handicap (3.15), and LADY MANZOR still has more to offer in the BetMGM All-Weather Vase Fillies' Handicap (3.50).

At Chelmsford City, SKY MAJESTY stands out in the bet365 Conditions Stakes (4.30).

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GOOD FRIDAY SELECTIONS

NEWCASTLE
1.15 BOWMARK (NAP)
1.50 HELLO ZAMAN
2.25 VIENNOISE
3.00 STORM STAR (NB)
3.35 HEATHCLIFF
4.07 OLD HARROVIAN
4.42 WONDER LEGEND

LINGFIELD
1.30 RAINTOWN
2.05 SON OF MAN
2.40 BLUE PRINCE
3.15 DIAMONDONTHEHILL
3.50 LADY MANZOR
4.20 DANCE TIME
4.50 KINIRO

CHELMSFORD CITY
1.40 BLUE FORCE
2.15 VECU
2.50 SPLIT ELEVENS
3.25 AMAYSMONT
4.00 JAVA RAJA
4.30 SKY MAJESTY
5.00 A MAJOR PAYNE
5.30 CASPIAN KING

DOUBLE: BOWMARK and STORM STAR