Horse racing tips: Betting expert Dave Nevison marks your card for Thursday

Trainer Jeremy Scott is fresh from Grade One success with Dashel Drasher and, at a lower level, looks to have found another winning opportunity here for consistent chaser Native Robin.

After winning at Wincanton in good style in November he ran an excellent race in second behind a rapidly-improving Venetia Williams chaser last time out.

As an 11-year-old with top-weight, I would normally be looking lower down in a race such as this for a horse that might be improving off a lower mark. But most of these are at least equally expose,d while some of the younger runners have jumping issues. Native Robin has shown that a flat right-handed track on heavy ground is ideal and he can go in again.

He certainly looks the most interesting runner here on handicap hurdle debut and might be set for improvement.

He was consistent on the Flat in France, winning a maiden and two claimers and generally running OK in handicaps off marks in the mid-70s. He has since run promising races in two soft ground novice hurdles for Gary Moore, very much looking as though handicaps were the plan. He had a break over Christmas but returned recently in a ‘Jumpers’ Bumper’ and ran an excellent race to be second.

He starts handicapping off a very reasonable mark and might be a horse to be with for a while.

She has only one recent blemish on her record, but that below-par effort at Lingfield was probably explained by the fact that she broke through the stalls before the start.

She won the other three of her last four runs in very good style and her winning streak began with victory at Southwell, so there are no fears about the Fibresand here.

Her success last week came in an apprentice handicap, so she escapes a penalty and is arguably even more favourably treated with very promising apprentice Marco Ghiani claiming 3lb. If in the same form, it is difficult to see why she won’t win again.