NUMBER ONE FOR RACING

Best bets for today’s racing from our Starform expert Steve Curry

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BACK BELA SONATA (1.40, nap) to prove she’s still ahead of the handicapper in the BetMGM AWC Fillies & Mares Trial Handicap at Newcastle.

The four-year-old has won two of her four starts for Oliver Cole (below) and scoffed at her opening mark when surging clear at Newbury on her handicap debut back in July.

An impressive gear change carried her to an easy three-length victory that day from a runner-up who has since won twice.