Passing Pleasure looks well placed to complete his hat-trick in the Virgin Bet A Good Bet Handicap Chase at Newcastle on Tuesday.
The six-year-old hinted at ability in a handful of starts for Lawney Hill and has really found his feet since joining Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero, bolting up on his stable debut over hurdles at Musselburgh before comfortably following up in a novices' handicap chase at Catterick off the same mark.
He is up 9lb for his latest assignment and is lumbered with top-weight of 76.2kg, but Passing Pleasure is still lightly-raced and there is every chance he is nowhere near his ceiling just yet.
Parish Quiz bids for back-to-back course-and-distance wins in the Get Raceday Ready Handicap Hurdle.
Trained not far away from Gosforth Park by Rebecca Menzies, this point-to-point winner hinted at ability in a couple of bumpers, but has been a slow burner since having his attention switched the smaller obstacles.
Upped to 4800m and running off a mark of 94, Parish Quiz made all the running and won as he liked here in late January and a 5lb rise looks more than fair.
As the only runner on the card for title-chasing Dan Skelton, Rainbow Tara is sure to be popular with punters in the concluding High Gosforth Park Golf Club Mares' National Hunt Flat Race.
Bought out of Toby Bulgin's yard after running with some promise in a Cheltenham bumper last spring, the six-year-old was probably unfortunate to bump into an above-average sort in Millstatt Abbey when runner-up on her first start for new connections at Uttoxeter on New Year's Eve.
Rainbow Tara has since undergone wind surgery and the Skelton team will surely be disappointed if she cannot make the long trip to north east worthwhile by opening her account at the third time of asking.
All-weather action comes from Wolverhampton, where Circuit Breaker ought to give another good account in the Midnite Are Upping The Betting Game Handicap.
The six-year-old has finished second on his last two visits to Dunstall Park, most recently going down by 0.5-lengths to a rival who perhaps got the run of the race out in front.
Circuit Breaker has disappointed over hurdles since, but returning to a track that clearly suits he can show his true colours. - Press Association
TAB is betting on 2 UK meetings on Tuesday. Here are the tips.
NEWCASTLE: Race 1: 16.05 Green Bonnet, Race 2: 16.35 Huit Reflets, Race 3: 17.05 Silver Hill, Race 4: 17.35 Parish Quiz, Race 5: 18.05 PASSING PLEASURE (NAP), Race 6: 18.35 Rainbow Tara.
WOLVERHAMPTON: Race 1: 19.25 Circuit Breaker, Race 2: 20.00 Welcome Retreat, Race 3: 20.30 Macarone, Race 4: 21.00 Espanita, Race 5: 21.30 Alazwar, Race 6: 22.00 Hamaleel, Race :7 22.30 Port Noir.
DOUBLE: Passing Pleasure and Rainbow Tara (Newcastle, Races 5 and 6).
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