Baltazar D’Allier and Born Survivor among Newbury New Year’s Eve tips

Born Survivor worth a bet

Born Survivor has shaped with stacks of promise in two run this season and looks decent value to get back to winning ways in the 2m 4f handicap hurdle (15.00).

The gelding joined trainer Dan Skelton following an impressive success on his sole start in an Irish point and got off the mark at the first time of asking for his new handler when scoring comfortably by two lengths at Warwick.

Born Survivor was then far from disgraced when stepped up into Grade 2 company and finishing fourth at the same venue before going on to round off the campaign with a facile all the way eight length success at Wetherby.

It was a most pleasing end to a first season over the obstacles as Skelton always maintained that Born Survivor was far from the finished article needed time to strengthen-up.

Cracking reappearance run

That view was confirmed when the five-year-old posted a cracking effort to finish a five length second of 15 to Massini’s Trap at Aintree on return to action in October when travelling strongly until being unable to find any extra late on as lack of race fitness took it’s toll.

It was an effort which suggested Born Survivor should be well up to winning races of his current mark of 141 and the son of King’s Theatre also ran well over course and distance last time out when fourth of 11 to Onefitzall in a hot handicap.

With those two runs under his belt he should now be spot on to do himself justice.

Newbury tips for Saturday, December 31

12.10: Percy Street
12.40: Aurillac
13.15: Yanmare
13.50: Baltazar D’Allier (NAP)
14.25: Romain De Senam
15.00: Born Survivor (NB)
15.35: William Henry

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