13:00 Newcastle

Saturday 15 April 2023

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Boutique Event Hire Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:00 | Winning time: 6m 23.10s

Nights In Venice²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-2| J: Dylan Johnston⁽³⁾| T: D W Whillans| OR: 102

3/1

Arrives on the back of placed efforts around 3m at Ayr and Carlisle in recent months. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 5-74632

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Nell's Bells²³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: William Maggs⁽⁸⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 100| BF

6/1

Bumper winner who made a successful start over hurdles in Wetherby novice on Boxing Day. Hasn't progressed in 2 outings since but retains potential now handicapping over a much longer trip.

Form: 180-153

Bebside Banter²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Conor Rabbitt| T: C Grant| OR: 81

22/1

Much improved when second of 12 in handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (2m, soft) in January but in nothing like the same form twice since. Remains to be seen if this much longer trip helps.

Form: P-7725P

Shesupincourt^p1¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Beau Morgan| T: R Potter| OR: 80| BF

9/4

Back in good form, finishing runner-up on 6 of her last 7 starts. She won't need to pull out much more for first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 225222

Howzat Hiris^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Joshua Thompson⁽⁸⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 78| CD

11/4

Back in form since cheekpieces fitted, building on Ayr third when scoring over C&D under Joshua Thompson 17 days ago. A 4 lb rise may not stop him.

Form: 469831

Is So Cute Dimaria^b1,t³²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Lewis Dobb| T: T D Easterby| OR: 74

8/1

Poor form at up to 3m, including in handicaps. First-time blinkers (replacing cheekpieces) need to spark improvement.

Form: 067758

Non-Runners

Arnica¹⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 10

T: N W Alexander J: Ben Bromley

R Bernard⁷⁸

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: S Allwood J: Mr Benjamin Abbott

Forecasts

Shesupincourt (9/4), Howzat Hiris (11/4), Nights In Venice (3/1), Nell's Bells (6/1), Is So Cute Dimaria (8/1), R Bernard (14/1), Arnica (16/1), Bebside Banter (22/1)

HOWZAT HIRIS can continue his run of good form since fitted with cheekpieces and follow up last month's C&D success. Shesupincourt has headgear added as she bids to end a frustrating sequence of seconds but may have to settle for the runner-up spot again. Nights In Venice and Donald McCain handicap newcomer Nell's Bells also make the shortlist.