UK Horse Racing Tips: Huntingdon

Poker Master is a four-time course winner who shaped nicely on his recent reappearance, but this is very much unknown territory trip-wise for him and he's maybe best taken on with MASTERDREAM. Neil Mulholland's charge proved his stamina for this trip with a convincing victory at Hereford earlier this month and he wasn't too far off on softer ground than ideal at Market Rasen last time. Oceans Red, a three-time chase winner, looks potentially well treated back over hurdles and is also worth considering.
Prediction : 1st Masterdream 2nd Poker Master 3rd Oceans Red

Zain Nights, an 89-rated Flat handicapper for Roger Charlton, looks an interesting recruit to hurdling for Lucy Wadham, but it's still hard to look beyond expensive point-to-point winner TELLHERTHENAME, who produced a performance full of promise to push the highly-regarded Jango Baie close at Ascot on his recent hurdles debut. It's still early days for Jour D'evasion and Lucky Place but both have already shown enough to merit some consideration in an event like this.
Prediction : 1st Tellherthename 2nd Jour Devasion 3rd Lucky Place

SASHENKA was the pick of these over hurdles and this looks an ideal starting point for her chasing debut, particularly in light of the unconvincing, error-strewn effort from her principal ratings rival, Holly Hartingo, on her own fencing bow here last month. Impression Chic has shown up well in some minor handicap chases but faces a stiffer task conceding weight to better-rated rivals in this event.
Prediction : 1st Sashenka 2nd Impression Chic 3rd Holly Hartingo

MUMFORD'S MAGIC has progressed with each start over hurdles and the five-year-old appears to have been found an excellent opportunity to shed the maiden tag following his recent second at Hexham. Transmission sports cheekpieces for the first time on his UK debut following an underwhelming chase debut at Kilbeggan in the summer. Ideal De Romay and Hey Brother appeal as the types who can leave their recent efforts behind them.
Prediction : 1st Mumfords Magic 2nd Transmission 3rd Ideal De Romay

WELSH CHARGER is yet to finish out of the first two in four outings over timber, with both of his victories coming at Ludlow, and the five-year-old makes plenty of appeal on his handicap bow. Hidden Beauty won on her penultimate outing at Doncaster and is another strong contender, while Black Hawk Eagle is of considerable interest making his first start for Kerry Lee.
Prediction : 1st Welsh Charger 2nd Hidden Beauty 3rd Black Hawk Eagle

The hat-trick chasing TOM CREEN is going from strength-to-strength over fences and, given he ran a blinder when second on his only previous run over this course and distance, the gelding has a live chance off just 5lb higher than for his most recent Sedgefield victory. William Cody won over C&D last December and is feared most despite an 11lb higher mark, while chasing/stable debutant Maclaine is notable given he was low mileage over hurdles and has scope to do better in this discipline.
Prediction : 1st Tom Creen 2nd William Cody 3rd Maclaine

Dodger Long has bumper experience and is a notable contender on his first run for Syd Hosie. However, several of the newcomers appeal on paper, with the Flat-bred COMPOSITE capturing the imagination on his debut run for George Boughey. A half-brother to Cameraman, a winner over 1m6f in the UAE, the selection is introduced at a modest level and could have an edge in a race where the emphasis will be on speed. Dirty Den and Reteti are also considered.
Prediction : 1st Composite 2nd Dodger Long 3rd Dirty Den