THE SCOUT’S TOP TIPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON’S RACING

THE Skelton brothers, trainer Dan, left, and jockey, Harry, can celebrate a double together at Uttoxeter.

Smart bumper performer THIRD TIME LUCKI ( 12.20, nap) could make a winning debut over timber in the EBF Hurdle. After two impressive wins in National Hunt Flat races, the gelding was far from disgraced when fourth behind Ferny Hollow in the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival in March.

WILDE ABOUT OSCAR ( 12.50, nb) has a similar profile to his stable companion.

At Newcastle, MIRAGE MAC ( 6.30, treble) can take her unbeaten sequence to four.

The filly is rocketing up the weights but she had plenty in hand when successful at the Nottingham course.