NewcastleThu, December 28, 2023

An open-looking event where four-time course winner CUSACK (8) looks like the safest option. He finished a good second over track and trip twelve days ago and must hold huge claims racing off an unchanged rating. COSMOS RAJ (1) continues to run well in similar AW handicaps of late and rates highly on the back of a solid third-place finish over 1m1/2f at Wolverhampton. Others that require consideration are FINN RUSSELL (7), who scored over this distance at Lingfield AW before coming fifth at Wolverhampton and the hat-trick-seeking narrow Chelmsford winner STRUCK GOLD (9).