Newton AbbotMon, October 02, 2023

Only three runners. ICEO (1) returns from a five month break. The Paul Nicholls trained gelding gained his third hurdling win from seven runs landing a G3 at Sandown in March and could prove too good for his two rivals if able to transfer that form over to the larger obstacles. Stable debutant and dual hurdle winner TIMEFORATUNE (2) is reappearing from an even longer absence and any moves in the market are to be noted first-up. MOUNT TEMPEST (3) had wind surgery since last in action and with two hurdle wins is respected on chase debut.