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Having moved to the Alan King yard last season, Baron Noir won on his seasonal reappearance when scoring at Plumpton in a bumper by a neck. He followed that up with a second at Newbury and then returned to Ireland to win another bumper at the Punchestown Festival in May. If he can bring that bumper form to his hurdling career, he could well start with a win.

Marching Mac has raced six times on the all-weather without success. His best place finish was a second at Chelmsford just over a year ago. This will be his first taste of the Tapeta at Newcastle. On his turf form, he has a chance with two wins and a second in his last three runs. Nudged up a pound since his last run. If handling the surface, then Marching Mac looks worth a shout with Grace McEntee once again doing the steering.

Stockport proudly sit top of the table on twenty-eight points after playing fifteen games, whilst Peterborough are struggling in the relegation zone on thirteen points after playing fourteen games. The last four league home games played by Peterborough have finished with two wins and two defeats. Stockport have won three and lost one of their last four league away games. Stockport lost their last league game at home to Luton and so will be looking to bounce back with a win at Peterborough.

Nice come into this game following three consecutive defeats: a home and away league game and a home Europa League game. Marseille have won their last two league games and in between those suffered a Champions League defeat at home to Atalanta. If Marseille win tonight, they will be one point clear of PSG, who play Le Havre on Saturday. Nice are ninth in the table, eight points behind Marseille. It was August back in 2022 that Marseille last traveled to Nice and came away with all three points. A chance to be top of the table could well lead to the Marseille players being more determined to get the win.