Coral Racing Ambassador, Joe Tizzard, previews his four runners ahead of Newbury on Saturday as he looks to build on his strong recent run of form with the Cheltenham Festival right around the corner.

15:15 Newbury – Copperhead & Eldorado Allen

The nature of these veterans’ races mean that every year a new wave of competitors come through, so that means life gets harder for the likes of Copperhead and Eldorado Allen. Both now 12, they still love the game, and all the while they show that enthusiasm, we’ll enjoy them.

Eldorado Allen has won a Denman Chase around here, so we know he loves the track and he’s had a brilliant season, winning at Cheltenham first time out, and Copperhead was running a nice race in the final at Sandown before he unshipped Fred [Gingell]. I don’t think there’s much between them, Copperhead carries much less weight obviously which levels things up, and I hope they both have each-way chances.

15:45 Newbury – Triple Trade

The target for Triple Trade is the 2½ miles Veterans’ final at Haydock in the spring, but we didn’t want to just leave him at home in the meantime, so we’re running him in decent races, and if he does pick up some good prize money, it won’t matter too much if he creeps up the handicap.

He’s just turned ten, and he’s had a brilliant season so far, winning two and being placed on the other two runs, and I think he can be very competitive in the Haydock final as a ‘new’ veteran, but he’s here to run his best race too.

16:58 Newbury – Fairy Park

Fairy Park is a lovely, big strong daughter of Walk In The Park who we got after she won her point-to-point in Ireland. We’ll see the best of her when she goes novice hurdling next season, but she works nicely at home, and I think an awful lot of her. This debut run will tell us a lot more about her, but I think she’s a name for the future.

Joe Tizzard, Coral Racing Ambassador