Issar d’Airy well fancied to make it a double
Issar d’Airy can notch a second successive victory at Newbury in the Download The BetVictor App Handicap Chase.
Although a dual winner and placed three times from nine outings over hurdles, Gary Moore’s charge looks set to take his game to another level over fences, judged on his debut at this track last month.
The six-year-old was taking on more experienced rivals, but you wouldn’t have known it as he stretched clear in the style of a horse destined for bigger and better things.
An 8lb hike is not expected to be enough to prevent him from following up.
Navajo Indy just about sets the standard in division one of the Get Best Odds Guaranteed At BetVictor Maiden Hurdle.
The five-year-old impressed when coming out on top in a strong bumper at this track in November before heading to Exeter for his hurdling debut last month.
While ultimately unable to lay a glove on the clear-cut winner Alcedo, Navajo Indy was clearly the best of the rest for Tom Symonds, suggesting he is more than capable of winning a maiden of this nature.
As a solitary runner on the card for trainer Donald McCain, Kabuki must be taken seriously in the Newbury Welcomes Sky Sports Racing Junior ‘National Hunt’ Hurdle.
The four-year-old displayed no little ability when making a successful start to his career in a junior bumper at Newcastle a month ago.
With most of the field previously unraced, Kabuki could do no more than win with something to spare and McCain would not be sending him from Cheshire to Berkshire alone if he did not think he was capable of collecting another win.
Moviddy is the pick in the Ray Dalfsen Mares’ Handicap Hurdle.
The Noel Williamstrained eight-year-old won twice over the smaller obstacles last term and has this season embarked on a career over fences.