Stoneham hasn’t run on the
Flat since October, but ran the race of his life over hurdles when
stepped up to 3 miles 2 furlongs at Musselburgh earlier this month
and doesn’t look impossibly handicapped on the pick of his Flat
form. Despite completing a hat-trick in the summer, his current
rating of 67 means that he just sneaks into this Class 6 contest,
albeit with the welter burden of 10 stone, and he looks a decent bet
to resume winning ways. He’s won a couple of times on the Tapeta
surface at Wolverhampton, so there appears no reason why he shouldn’t
run his race. Apprentice Lewis Edmunds has been in cracking form
recently, with six winners from his last 18 rides, and his 5lb claim
will come in handy.
Selection: Newcastle 2.40
Stoneham to win
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