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Newsboy's horseracing tips for Friday's five meetings including Newmarket NAP

A busy Friday features racing from five fixtures and Newsboy fancies an in-form Jamie Osborne-trained runner as his Nap with his next best running at Newbury

[Jamie Osborne: trains Hickory]

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Jamie Osborne: trains Hickory(Image: PA)

Back-to-form HICKORY (7.37, NAP) can follow up his last time out success with victory at Newmarket tonight.

The eight-year-old won a valuable handicap at Ascot over the straight mile, relishing the fast gallop to arrive late and score by half a length. It was the third win at the track for the Jamie Osborne-trained gelding who clearly thrives at Ascot. But he has also won at Kempton and Yarmouth so the July course, where he had excuses two starts ago, should be no issue off just a 2lb higher mark.

At Newbury the Listed St Hughs Stakes has drawn 13 two-year-old fillies with a range of experience. Preference is for FAST TRACK (5.23, NB), one of the more seasoned challengers from the Andrew Balding stable.

She has already had five starts, winning at the fourth attempt when long odds-on for a novice event at Beverley.

Fast Track took a big step forward at Glorious Goodwood, where contesting the prestigious Alice Keppel Conditions Stakes, she showed bags of pace to lead the field almost all the way until she was caught late by the favourite Wild Blossom.

A repeat of that effort should see her successful this evening.

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