Newcastle, the new-norm

Managers of Newcastle racecourse have been celebrating a string of Royal Ascot 2020 winners prepared on their artificial track. And soon the Tapeta surface is expected to play a significant role in the story of leading contenders for the Derby at Epsom. I’ve been chatting to Newcastle’s clerk of the course James Armstrong about the buoyant form of the newest member of British racing’s once-dismissed all-weather circuit.