1pt win Eclair Surf @15/2, 1pt win Danilo D'airy @9/1, 15:15 Newcastle, Saturday

4m1½f Vertem Eider Handicap Chase (Class 2) (5yo+)

Unseasonably quick ground looks to be on the cards at Newastle for the marathon four-mile plus Vertem Eider Chase on Saturday afternoon.

Plenty of old-time marathon stayers coming into this, but you can’t keep me away from backing ECLAIR SURF again who fairly hosed up for 2ptw.in backers in the Classic Chase at Warwick six weeks ago over 3m 6f.

That race was run on very soft conditions, and he showed no signs of stopping that day. The slightly quicker ground should help him carry the burden of 11st 11lbs here, but I remain convinced that he is a Graded horse run in a handicap and will take him to defy the 10lbs rise in the weights that came post that demolition job.

The other one to be onside of is bottom weight, DANILO D’AIRY, who has looks hugely progressive after just three chase starts. The larger obstacles have transformed him this season although this extreme trip is a bit of an unknown for him.

Danilo D’airy looks like he can take it in his stride, but there is a slight risk that he fails to get home. However odds of 9/1 more than compensate for that risk and with a featherweight of 10st 2lbs, there is a good chance that he can progress again from his mark of 120 here.

1pt win Eclair Surf @15/2, 15:15 Newcastle, Saturday
1pt win Danilo D’airy @9/1, 15:15 Newcastle, Saturday

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