Newsboy’s Daily Double plus tips on every race from Friday’s four meetings

12 January 2023 , 16:06

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Newsboy’s Daily Double plus tips on every race from Friday’s four meetings

USE your loaf and back THE COB (2.00, nap) in the Weatherbys Hamilton Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase at Huntingdon on Friday.

The nine-year-old, trained by Ben Pauling, has had three wins from 13 runs over hurdles but looked a different proposition when making his belated chasing debut over two and a half miles at Uttoxeter last month.

There, the son of Let The Lion Roar jumped well throughout bar one fence and made all to beat Cobblers Dream by 13 lengths.

His revised mark of 7lb higher should not stop him following up under Kielan Woods.

Later on the card, Gary Moore can take the Weatherbys Chatteris Fen Juvenile Hurdle for the second year in a row, this time with PERSEUS WAY (3.00, nb).

Huntingdon hosts a jumps meeting on Friday when Newsboy’s nap, The Cob, runs in the 2.00 (Getty Images)

Moore took the race with Kotmask last year and has a lively candidate again on Friday.

The three-year-old was decent on the Flat, landing a Newbury handicap in September, and was runner-up in a Grade 2 on his hurdle debut at Cheltenham behind the much touted Scriptwriter in November.

My selection then won at Leicester before finishing a close third at Chepstow in a Grade 2 last time, behind Comfort Zone and Dixon Cove.

Comfort Zone had earlier run Triumph Hurdle favourite Lossiemouth to within six and a quarter lengths at Fairyhouse, so the form looks solid.

FRIDAY'S SELECTIONS

HUNTINGDON

Newsboy’s Daily Double plus tips on every race from Monday’s four meetings

1.00 MONJULES

1.30 KATEIRA

2.00 THE COB (NAP)

2.30 WESTERN ZEPHYR

3.00 PERSEUS WAY (NB)

3.30 DAN'S CHOSEN

4.00 CORPORAL JACKJONES

LINGFIELD

12.40 LOTHIAN

1.10 INCRIMINATION

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1.40 GEORGIA MADELEINE

2.10 LATIN VERSE

2.40 POCKET THE PACKET

3.10 STARFIGHTER

3.40 RIKONA

NEWCASTLE

3.45 EHTEYAT

4.15 RAZONI

4.45 FOINIX

5.15 INTUITIVE

5.45 JUMIRA BRIDGE

6.15 HIGHJACKED

6.45 ELZAAL

7.15 KRAKEN POWER

SEDGEFIELD

12.50 BIG GANGSTA

1.20 BETTY BALOO

1.50 MAILLOT BLANC

2.20 LARGE ACTION

2.50 FORPADDYTHEPLUMBER

3.20 MAGGIE BARRETT

3.50 SHADY DAISY

NEWSBOY'S DOUBLE: THE COB and PERSEUS WAY

David Yates