Potters looks a charm at Fontwell

Potters Charm is taken to add another valuable pot to his resume in the Star Sports National Spirit Hurdle at Fontwell on Sunday.

The Nigel and Willy Twiston-Davies-trained seven-year-old was raised 5lb after winning a valuable contest at the Winter Millions meeting at Windsor last month and it should be plain sailing for him in Sussex, according to the ratings.

He has been aimed at this race before a possible hurdling swansong in the Aintree Hurdle at the Grand National festival.

He holds entries in the Coral Cup and Stayers' Hurdle at Cheltenham but victory here will set him up well for Merseyside before a planned switch to fences next season.

Bollin Thou has his sights set on a fifth straight victory in the Barry Dennis Trophy Handicap Hurdle.

He switched to the care of first-year trainer Nick Scholfield from Simon Hodgson in November and after pulling up on stable debut he was then fourth at Exeter before the tides turned in partnership with champion jockey Sean Bowen.

He has shown versatility with victories at Uttoxeter, Hereford, Lingfield and Sandown over trips varying from 3800m 5000m and this 4800m test should not pose any problems for him.

The remarkably consistent The Boss Bear can get back to winning ways in the Star Sports Handicap Hurdle.

He was only beaten 0.75-lengths on his racecourse debut in a Huntingdon bumper but followed that up in impressive style when coming home 7 lengths clear in a similar race at Fontwell.

A switch to hurdles was taken in stride as he won at the first time of asking over 4000m at Plumpton.

He found Jury's In too good at Fakenham when well beaten into second last time out but the Gary and Josh Moore-trained gelding drops back in trip and can put a line through that previous effort with a third career victory.

Cheap Sandwiches can get his nose in front at the second time of asking under rules in the Starsportsbet.Co.UK Open Maiden National Hunt Flat Race.

Trainer Chris Gordon has an impressive strike rate at the track and the son of Walk In The Park should come on for his second-place finish at Warwick in December.

Apollon Forlonge has never been out of the first three and is the pick to secure a second win from four starts in the Congratulations Farmer Sams Walk Of Hope EBF Junior "National Hunt" Hurdle at Hereford.

A third-place finish on debut at Exeter was followed by him breaking his maiden at Taunton before chasing home Matiwo at Newbury but he can learn from that and get back to winning ways.

Tommy Pickles was narrowly beaten at Ffos Las last month but can go one better in the Dragonbet Cheltenham Infernoboosts Back For Roar Maiden Hurdle. - Press Association

SELECTIONS:

FONTWELL: Race 1 - 16.20 Gaelic Pride, Race 2 - 16.50 POTTERS CHARM (NAP), Race 3 - 17.20 Bollin Thou, Race 4 - 17.50 Atlantic Power, Race 5 - 18.20 The Boss Bear, Race 6 - 18.50 Cheap Sandwiches.

HEREFORD: Race 1 - 16.10 Apollon Forlonge, Race 2 - 16.40 Penn Avenue, Race 3 - 17.10 Not Sure, Race 4 - 17.40 Tommy Pickles, Race 5 - 18.10 On The Go, Race 6 - 18.40 Imperial Bede, Race 7 - 19.10 Berkshire Woody.

NAAS: Race 1 - 16.00 Star Of The Week, Race 2 - 16.30 Majolique, Race 3 - 17.00 Fierce Handay, Race 4 - 17.30 Ontheropes, Race 5 - 18.00 State Pension, Race 6 - 18.30 Blood Destiny, Race 7 - 19.00 Kish Bank.