Richard Hannon: “I cant see any reason why she won’t be bang there”

Newcastle

1:15 Dark Thirty (Sean Levey) He’s a colt we’ve always liked who kept decent company last year and I’d ignore his last run of the season at Chester because it came at the end of a busy campaign and the ground was plenty soft enough. He’s wintered well, is a much stronger horse, and while he’s a big price, I don’t think he deserves to be quite that big and he’ll like the All Weather.

1:50 Shouldvebeenaring (Sean Levey) he was a very sharp two year old and I was delighted to see him make a winning debut on the All Weather at Southwell on his first run back in January. I’m not convinced he really stayed seven at Lingfield last time so the drop back in distance is a big plus and he has a right chance.

4:45 Mums Tipple (Sean Levey) He’s been in good form over the winter and picked up a nice prize at Chelmsford last time over seven furlongs, but he’s equally adept over six and Sean will probably make plenty of use of him. You can never rule him out!

Witch Hunter (Kevin Stott) We gave it a shot in the Lincoln last week but he was never happy so will prefer the switch back to the all weather and the drop down to this distance. He’s a horse with plenty of ability when things pan out and he could easily run a big race in cheekpieces.

Lingfield

3:15 Rattling (Alec Voikhansky) She has struck up quite a relationship with Alex who has won on her three times so it makes sense for them to retain the partnership, and she didn’t stay seven furlongs last time so you can ignore that. Back over her optimum distance today, and down a few pounds too, I cant see any reason why she won’t be bang there. She’s very nippy.