Mike Cattermole casts his eye over the feature handicap chase at Newcastle on Thursday, live on Sky Sports Racing, siding with a runner from the in-form Donald McCain yard.
The class four Ultimate Jumps Guide on attheraces.com/jumps Handicap Chase (1.40) offers up some decent prize money for its level and is the most valuable race of the day at Newcastle (replacing Sedgefield) on Thursday.
Pace is assured by the presence of both Road Warrior and Hidden Commander, whose stable is in white hot form right now, and the ex-French-trained Heroique De Maulde who has also enjoyed forcing the tempo.
Making his British debut here, he is ridden by the champion jockey Brian Hughes, who rides regularly for the yard. In fact, only Donald McCain – who has a runner here, which Hughes has ridden before – and the late Malcolm Jefferson have provided him with more mounts in his career than James Ewart.
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