15:55 Newcastle

Tuesday 2 February 2021

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Off time: 15:56 | Winning time: 3m 39.81s

Proschema¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| CD

11/4

Useful hurdler who recently made a winning bumper debut over C&D, seeing off a couple of in-form rivals in determined fashion. Another bold show anticipated.

Form: 314-2P1

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Battle Of Wills¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Callum Bewley| T: A C Whillans| C| D

200/1

Maiden hurdle winner for Gordon Elliott in Ireland, but well held on the Flat here and in a Musselburgh handicap hurdle since joining this yard.

Form: 16-3536

Catfish Row¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: T Scudamore| T: M Scudamore

33/1

Fairly useful Flat maiden in France who showed more than on British debut over hurdles when sixth in an 11-runner Lingfield bumper 15 days ago. This demands another step forward.

Form: 96

Forest Bihan^p⁵²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| CD

14/1

Smart chaser who landed the Old Roan Chase at Aintree in October 2019. Early exits both starts this season, but no obstacles to contend with here and was a C&D winner on sole previous run in a bumper.

Form: 47/31-FF

Glan Y Gors^t¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: D Thompson| BF| C

25/1

Fairly useful Flat winner (successful 5 times on AW) and struck over hurdles at Cartmel last summer. Solid third on the Flat here last month, but he's likely to find a few too good on bumper debut.

Form: 59/32-14

Golden Town^b¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Charlotte Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: James Moffatt| D

66/1

Raised his game when striking at Perth back from a break last summer, but has failed to make an impact both previous attempts in bumpers over this C&D.

Form: 37-1267

Look My Way³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: B S Hughes| T: J & S Quinn| D

10/1

Back to something like his best when chasing home the progressive Mint Condition in 21f Wetherby handicap hurdle on Boxing Day. This 3-time Flat winner is of strong interest on bumper debut.

Form: 128/752

Nickolson⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy| D

9/2

Winner of sole previous start in this sphere at Ayr in 2019. Has since performed to a fairly useful standard over hurdles and he's a must for the shortlist.

Form: 1/12-26

Tea Clipper⁶⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Burke| T: T Lacey| BF| D

15/8

Progressive hurdler who bagged a Grade 3 Chepstow handicap in October. Came up short at Newbury since, but there was no disgrace in that and serious chance if coping with this surface.

Form: 1112-15

Wise Eagle¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Craig Nichol| T: A Nicol| CD

15/2

Fair 1m winner on Flat for Tom Clover and found just one too good at Catterick on hurdles debut in December. Subsequently landed a C&D bumper and handy 4-y-o allowance aids his cause.

Form: 21

Non-Runners

Newtown Boy¹³

Weight: 11-10| Age: 8

T: K Dalgleish J: Billy Garritty

Forecasts

Tea Clipper (15/8), Proschema (11/4), Nickolson (9/2), Newtown Boy (5/1), Wise Eagle (15/2), Look My Way (10/1), Forest Bihan (14/1), Glan Y Gors (25/1), Catfish Row (33/1), Golden Town (66/1), Battle Of Wills (200/1)

A very strong race of its type. The vote goes to NICKOLSON, who was successful on his sole previous start in a bumper and there's no shortage of substance to his hurdles form. Progressive hurdler Tea Clipper, Look My Way, recent C&D scorer Proschema and Forest Bihan are all considered (in that order of preference), but Wise Eagle improved when scoring here last time and he is second choice.