Newbury Bid Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 12:56 | Winning time: 4m 1.10s

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Odds

Zanza

7/2, 10/3, 3/1, 11/4

3/1

Magic Dancer

9/2, 5/1

9/2

Petit Palais

9/2

Capone

6/1, 11/2, 11/2, 6/1, 11/2, 5/1

9/2

Our Merlin

6/1, 13/2, 6/1, 13/2, 6/1, 13/2, 7/1, 13/2

6/1

Cosmeapolitan

8/1, 9/1

10/1

Deadline Diva

11/1, 10/1, 11/1, 12/1

14/1

Westbrook Bertie

25/1

28/1

SP Book Percentage 113.04

Forecasts

Zanza (3/1), Magic Dancer (9/2), Petit Palais (9/2), Capone (9/2), Our Merlin (6/1), Cosmeapolitan (10/1), Deadline Diva (14/1), Westbrook Bertie (28/1)

Tom George has started the new jumps season in a rich vein of form, and the lightly raced Petit Palais is expected to show improvement from his seasonal reappearance fourth to Torpillo (Chepstow), while Cosmeapolitan is a C&D winner (juvenile) with relatively few miles on the clock. However, in what represents a tricky start to the jumps season at Newbury, and with further rain in the forecast we'll opt to side with the Robert Walford-trained OUR MERLIN. He has been absent since finishing runner-up to Zanza (lifeless on seasonal reappearance) over C&D in March, but can be expected to make his usual bold bid from the front.