Star should put on a show at Newbury

Starzand is expected to come out on top in an intriguing Amber River Life Landscaping EBF ‘National Hunt’ Novices’ Hurdle at Newbury tomorrow.

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Connections stumped up £230,000 to secure the Irish point-to-point winner at the Cheltenham Tattersalls sale in January and he has since won a bumper and a maiden hurdle at Ffos Las. The blossoming training partnership of Philip Hobbs and Johnson White have a number of smart performers in this division, so it is notable that the Grade One Challow Hurdle at Newbury over the Christmas period was recently mentioned as a possible destination for Starzand.