19:00 Newcastle

Solitary Trees impressed again winning at Kempton last time but given how he won at Chelmsford before that he is hardly screaming for another drop back in trip. I think 7f might just catch him out and given how keen he races that would have to be a worry too. However you break this down I think he is too short in the betting so I’m going to oppose. There are a couple of options to take him on with and the one I like is SLIPPIN JIMMY for Richard Fahey. This Kodi Bear colt was down the field on handicap debut at Haydock but I still think he was learning his trade that day. Back down to 6f we saw a big run here last time and the way he stayed on suggests the step back up a furlong in trip will prove ideal. He will be held up and in a race where they could go hard it could end up panning out perfectly for him in the closing stages.