PHILIP Hobbs feels conditions at Newbury today should be ideal for Fingal Bay as the exciting youngster puts his unbeaten record on the line in the Bathwick Tyres Challow Novices’ Hurdle.

It was a day of slightly mixed results for trainer Nick Williams at Newbury yesterday as victory for Reve De Sivola was followed by stablemate Diamond Harry being put in his place by Big Buck’s.

This afternoon’s meeting at Wincanton, featuring the Bathwick Tyres Kingwell Hurdle, has been given the green light after the track passed a second inspection.

Straw Bear appeared right back to his best when posting an authoritative victory in the Bathwick Tyres Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton - but trainer Nick Gifford immediately played down his charge's Cheltenham Festival hopes.