Richard Eagle offers a novice’s guide to backing a novice winner

Most Racing Ahead readers have bags of experience spotting exciting prospects in the new generations of top hopefuls in the parade ring.
But few young punters are bred with an eye for the signs of potential in a young racehorse so here’s a beginners guide which could be useful for anyone keen to get in on the action but not sure where to start.
As I leaned over the parade ring rails at Lingfield I looked around at other racegoers watching the twoyear-old colts and geldings slowly make their way round.
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