GORGEOUS PROSPECT

GORGEOUS TOM (2.55) looks good at a top price of 16-1 in the £250,000 Coral Gold Cup Handicap Chase at Newbury.

- By The Scout (Melissa Jones)

Henry de Bromhead’s chaser is making his handicap debut over fences while taking a jump up in distance to 3m 2f-

He has only run over a staying trip twice, when tackling Grade One events at the Cheltenham and Punchestown festivals.

De Bromhead (right) must believe it is worth exploring again, as Gorgeous Tom is closely related to a point-topoint winner and his dam is a half-sister to the 2013 Grand National runner-up Cappa Bleu.

Fifteen of the last 23 winners had a prep run, a box my selection ticks, and he is in the ideal ratings bracket on 151 with Darragh O'Keeffe riding.