Our star columnist guides you through his runners

Richard Fahey Sunday runners: Horse-by-horse guide

By Richard Fahey

Horse Racing

Sat May 10, 2025 · 8M ago

Our columnist with a horse-by-horse guide to his runners at Newcastle on Sunday.

Leicester Saturday

20:30 Life On The Rocks

Life On The Rocks^v⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: J Garritty| T: R A Fahey| OR: 55| D

5/4

He keeps being placed without winning but is doing nothing wrong. The horse that beat him at Chelmsford last time won again subsequently and we’re on the same mark. I’d love to see him get his head in front again.

Newcastle Sunday

17:45 Zip

Zip^v⁴²

Age: 9| Weight: 8-11| J: Warren Fentiman⁽⁵⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 83| CD

16/1

He’s a superstar horse and a real favourite. I hope it’s a case of horses for courses as he has good form at Newcastle. He’ll try his best and we just hope everything drops right.

18:45 Strike Red

Strike Red¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Garritty| T: R A Fahey| OR: 98| CD

11/1

Another who has won over course-and-distance and he bounced back to form when second at Leicester last time. That was much more like it from him and this would be a great race to return to winning ways in.

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