With Christmas on the horizon and the jumps season actually in full move, Newbury hosts a really aggressive midweek card, whereas there may be All-Climate Championships motion at Lingfield, all stay on Sky Sports activities Racing.
1.58 Newbury – Lookaway & Mighty Bandit face off
A top quality sextet has assembled for the J M Finn Handicap Chase (1.58) at Newbury, that includes twin Grade Two winner Lookaway.
The Neil King-trained eight-year-old is a constant and difficult type who returned from wind surgical procedure to run an enormous race when third at Uttoxeter.
Given loads of time since then, he reverts to fences and has wonderful claims beneath Jack Quinlan.
Mighty Bandit made an encouraging fencing bow when following residence Mambonumberfive at this course final month and he charges an enormous hazard off only a 2lb larger mark for a coach – Warren Greatrex – in red-hot type.
Others to think about embrace Highlands Legacy, who additionally chased residence Mambonumberfive on his second chasing begin. The third that day, Glengouly, received the December Gold Cup on Saturday, so the shape appears to be like first rate.
Kotmask, Uncle Phil and Torneo full the sector.
1.23 Newbury – Kripticjim headlines fascinating novice
Promising novice hurdler Kripticjim headlines one other fascinating version of the Amber River Life Landscaping EBF ‘Nationwide Hunt’ Novices’ Hurdle (1.23) this afternoon.
The Tizzard group – winners of this in 2019 with The Large Breakaway – ship good son of Magneticjim within the Gold Cup-winning Brocade Racing colors who might show a category other than these, if backing up a career-best efficiency at Ascot final time.
Level-to-point winner Trial By Jury charges an intriguing newcomer for Ben Pauling, whereas Gowran Park victor Daydream Nation is one other for the shortlist.
2.10 Lingfield – Mersea Island, Brasil Energy & Veraison function
Over at Lingfield, the function Make The Transfer To Midnite Handicap (2.10) might nicely be a battle between the pair of three-year-olds within the area.
Charlie Johnston’s Mersea Island has received two of his 5 begins on the all-weather and completed runner-up in two others. He shoulders a 6lb penalty for his latest Wolverhampton success and stays able to higher.
Veraison, a three-time winner on the all-weather, arrives in good coronary heart having scored twice in October earlier than operating second at Kempton final month. She could be within the combine off the identical mark.
Elsewhere, Brasil Energy‘s third at Wolverhampton on Saturday could be marked up as he had loads to do, and this further distance could swimsuit George Boughey’s cost.
Topweight Nice Bedwyn has slipped to a useful mark and can’t be dominated out.
Watch each race from Newbury and Lingfield all stay on Sky Sports activities Racing on Wednesday, December 16.