Key views and insight as Straight Right bids for victory

3.10 NewcastleBombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Handicap | 7f | 4yo+ | SKY

The Bangkok team have one fancy all-weather prize in their sights on Saturday with the classy four-year-old earmarked for Lingfield's Betway Winter Derby, but their focus on Wednesday will be on Newcastle's £45,000 feature with the likeable Straight Right.

A winner of six of his 22 starts, the six-year-old will be partnered by King Power Racing's retained rider Silvestre de Sousa.

Straight Right is trained by Andrew Balding, who said: "He seems in good form and won last time out at Kempton, while he's also a course-and-distance winner, giving plenty of weight away that day.

"I hope he'll be competitive and he did win well last time."

Straight Right receives 9lb from Librisa Breeze, the Group 1-winning sprinter who claimed the scalps of Caravaggio, Harry Angel and The Tin Man when striking in Ascot's Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes in 2017.

Librisa Breeze (grey): finest hour came at Ascot in 2017Credit: Mark Cranham

The eight-year-old, who runs in the Cheltenham Festival-winning colours of Penhill owner and Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club chairman Tony Bloom, has not won since and suffered defeats in recent handicaps at Chelmsford and Lingfield, although the latter effort was a useful run.

While he is rated only 1lb superior to the smart Oh This Is Us, the Mount Nelson gelding concedes 24lb to bottom-weight Papa Stour.

Aljari is another who benefits from a handy weight.

Watch a replay of Aljari's last run

His trainer Marco Botti said: "He ran his best race when second at Newcastle last time, which I thought was a good effort. He was going to go to Dubai, but there's been a change of plan, so we freshened him up and kept him for this.

"He's in very good order and is still lightly raced. He's run only five times and is still progressing, so there's more to come.

"It's a valuable race and they are never easy to win, but we've got him in good order and he's carrying a low weight, so we're hoping for a good run."

Chris Dixon: part-owner optimisticCredit: Edward Whitaker

The Mick Appleby-trained Kasbaan, who has won twice for his relatively new connections, could also be in the mix for the shrewd Horse Watchers partnership.

That group includes Racing TV pundit Chris Dixon, who said: "He'd just gone a bit flat after a busy spell when we upped him to Listed company last time but Mick seems very happy with him again now.

"His previous form is solid and though it's a drop back in trip to the shortest he's ever tackled, he didn't look short of pace when racing over a mile previously and it's worth a go for a valuable prize."

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