The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Bob gets the nod
BoB’s World should not be too far away in the Watch On 3 Devices racinguk.com/anywhere Handicap Hurdle at Wetherby.
Runner-up to Bygones Of Brid at Sedgefield, there is a strong likelihood that this rise to two and three-quarter miles will bring about further improvement.
NickyHendersonsendsNestereNko on the long trip from Lambourn and he has to be followed in the Wear A Hat Day Supporting braintumourresearch.org Conditional Jockeys’Novices’Hurdle.
The Doyen gelding was last seen at Cheltenham in January when running what turned out to be a blinder in fourth behind Lac Fontanta, who has gone to win at the festival, while the third, A more A lato, was second to the high-class Irving at Kempton.
Henderson’s charge would be most unfortunate to bump into anything of that calibre in WestYorkshire.
BygoNes of Brid has been a terrific stalwart for Karen McLintock and is taken to bring home a double in the IJF Farrell/Brookshaw Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Newcastle.
The 11-year-old won so decisively at Sedgefield a few weeks ago that a 6lb rise is highly unlikely to knock him off his stride.
Bygones Of Brid has already won twice at Newcastle and usually shows a stout level of form on good ground, although rain at Gosforth Park has tempered confidence.
NEWCASTLE: 2.10 Boondooma, 2.40 Edmund, 3.10 Bellorophon, 3.40 Galway Jack, 4.15 Bygones Of Brid, 4.50 Mr Supreme, 5.25 Generous Chief.
WETHERBY: 2.20 Nesterenko, 2.50 Tiny Dancer, 3.20 BOB’S WORLD (NAP), 3.55 Indigo Rock, 4.30 Pippa Greene, 5.05 Gwyre, 5.40 Hunters Hoof.
DOUBLE: BOB’S WORLD and NESTERENKO