Bay bids for glory in Challow

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.

The five-year-old was a brilliant winner of his bumper at Exeter in February and he has continued to impress since taking to obstacles, winning impressively at Chepstow, Cheltenham and Sandown in Grade Two company.

He tests the water at Grade One level for the first time this weekend but with the soft ground in his favour, Hobbs is confident his charge can continue his excellent run.