Friday’s racing: Star miler returns, ITV Outsiders and don’t miss the race of the day

The ITV cameras are back this weekend and they will be showing six races live from Sandown and Perth on Friday. The race of the day is the Group 2 bet365 Mile and last season’s star three-year-old of the division is set to make his return, with five rivals in opposition. We’ve also got a couple of ITV Outsiders to follow as well as our usual daily free tips.

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Field Of Gold is back!

John & Thady Gosden’s Field Of Gold had an awesome season last time around and he progressed into one of Europe’s best performers over a mile. He made a mockery of the field when blowing them away in the Irish 2000 Guineas and it was a very similar story in the St James’s Palace at Royal Ascot.

Truth be told, he was a little disappointing in both the Sussex Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes but hopefully he will have improved over the summer and benefitted from the break. Obviously connections will have bigger goals further down the line but this looks like a good starting point.

15:00

Sandown

Field Of Gold

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ITV Outsiders

The market isn’t expecting big things from Michael Bell’s Suspended Sentence but it would be very dangerous to overlook the three-year-old. He won a competitive nursery over course and distance in September and was last seen finishing fourth in a French Listed race. There could be more to come.

13:50

Sandown

Suspended Sentence

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Fortunedefortunata won an Irish Grand National trial over an extended 3m3f for his previous trainer, Gordon Elliott, and he looks potentially very well treated on that form. Patrick Morris’ nine-year-old was far from disgraced when third off this mark at Haydock recently and can definitely outrun his odds.

14:05

Perth

Fortunedefortunata

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Race of the day

Sandown’s main event is the bet365 Mile and the Group 2 contest has attracted a field of six. Field Of Gold is the most noteworthy runner and a big run will be expected from the four-year-old. The Lockinge and the Queen Anne will be bigger targets further down the line but he should be going close here.

Zeus Olympios won all four of his starts last season and was last seen getting the better of Opera Ballo in the Joel Stakes at Newmarket in September. He remains unexposed and there could be loads more to come from him. Never So Brave shouldn’t be underestimated and last year’s winner Dancing Gemini is the forgotten horse of the race. It’s going to be a cracker so don’t miss it!

If you back any of our selections you can watch them live on the free Racing Post app or racingpost.com. Simply log in to one of your bookmaker accounts and click ‘Watch live’ on the racecards.

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