MRS MILNER is fancied to upstage the home guard to take Newbury’s Ladbrokes Long Distance Hurdle (3.00) back to Ireland for the first time in 25 years.
Paul Nolan’s daughter of Flemensfirth signed off for last season with an emphatic victory in the Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham in March.
And she reappeared with a length-and-a-half margin in a Listed contest for mares at Limerick last month.
There is more to come from Bryan Cooper’s mount, who can give favourite Paisley Park - now in cheekpieces after a laboured third to Indefatigable at Wetherby last month - plenty to think about.
He’s evidently not an easy horse to get to the track, but PHOENIX WAY has an excellent record fresh and has lots going for him as he gets his campaign underway in the Get Your Ladbrokes £1 Free Bet Today Handicap Chase (2.25).
With Nico de Boinville on the sidelines, Phoenix Way’s jockey Aidan Coleman comes in for the mount on JONBON who is expected to make the perfect start to his career over obstacles in the Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football “National Hunt” Maiden Hurdle (1.15).
A step forward from a promising reappearance third at Sandown Park at the beginning of the month should put NIFTY BALL into the mix for the Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Chase (1.50)
The concluding Play Ladbrokes 1-2 Free On Football Handicap Hurdle (3.35) looks open, but EYEOFTHESCORPION has performed with consistency this season and should give another good account.
Friday tips
NEWBURY
12.10 STAGE STAR
12.40 NASSALAM
1.15 JONBON
1.50 FIFTY BALL
2.25 PHOENIX WAY
3.00 MRS MILNER
3.35 EYEOFTHESCORPION
LINGFIELD PARK
11.20 RESUMPTION
11.50 NOTORIOUSLY RISKY
12.20 DOCUMENTING
12.55 ENFRANCHISE
1.30 DUBAI HOPE
2.05 FAUVETTE (NAP)
2.40 DELLA MARE
3.15 LITTLE SUNFLOWER
DONCASTER
12.30 DINO VELVET
1.05 BOB’S BAR
1.40 HUNTSMANS JOG
2.15 GINGER DU VAL
2.50 WHITE WALKER
3.25 BRELAN D’AS
CHELMSFORD CITY
4.15 BUACHAILL
4.45 PASTEL POWER
5.15 SPEYCASTER
5.45 DORS TOYBOY
6.15 LOVE POEMS (NB0
6.45 G’DAAY
7.15 KENTUCKY KINGDOM
