3:47 Newcastle Tips

Three-time course-and-distance winner and will welcome this step up in trip after two races over seven furlongs here last month.

You can't really ignore this one. Excellent c/d record at Newcastle. Has won 4 of its last 5 runs here, and even with the rise in the ratings I still think it will be involved at the finish once again.

One-length winner last time out at Southwell, running after a 155-day break from the tracks. Has been bumped up in weight to a mark of 74 but has won here before off four pounds lower and has won at Sandown off a higher mark than this; although you would have to go back to 2019 for that. Still a good chance, though, if continuing good form.

Has been knocking on the door before winning a race. That form has worked out well. Jason Hart is an eye-catching booking. Still looks well handicapped, getting weight off rivals.

A tight-knit, low-grade handicap where Maui Breeze looks overpriced at 11/1. He put in an improved effort last time out here off the same mark, and if he can improve again he should be bang there.

Maybe the return to the mile might just see Sea Legend hit the frame. Some smooth running attempts over further where it fades suggest this trip will suit. I'm not.