Nap of the Day: Beau a beautiful bet on a stunning Saturday

Well done if you secured Best Odds Guaranteed about Friday's selection, Mambonumberfive, before his victory at Newbury. What a price he was in the end.

That's two wins in a row for the Nap of the Day - how about completing the hat-trick on Saturday?

A big day for the Skeltons up in Newcastle can get off to the perfect start courtesy of LE BEAU MADRIK in the opener.

The four-year-old son of Beaumec De Houelle is a strong fancy in this maiden hurdle over 2m1f.

If Dan and Harry weren't in the North East with The New Lion in the Fighting Fifth, I'd expect to see the selection in, with all due respect, a stronger race at a Newbury, Ascot or something like.

He's evidently got a fair bit of ability. He bumped into title-chasing Willie Mullins' odds-on shot Emerald Poet on racecourse debut in a bumper at Plumpton back in April, going down by exactly a length after doing plenty wrong in running. He was, as they say, green as grass.

Over 180 days later, he reappeared at Cheltenham's Showcase Meeting for another spin on the level, settling for the number two spot again - this time behind Fergal O'Brien's Chicker. The latter returned to course and distance, at Listed level, for the recent November Meeting and certainly did the form no harm in finishing sixth of 13.

Hurdling is now on the agenda for Le Beau Madrik, who has been called a "smart horse" by his trainer in a recent stable tour with Sporting Life.

I will be extremely disappointed if he can't prove better than his six rivals at Gosforth Park.

Ballyeaston is our main danger according to the betting, but I'm unconvinced by the form he brings to the table. He needs to improve to run to the level I expect the selection to perform to here.

I'm more concerned about Gaelic Rover for Ruth Jefferson. He fell in two good contests between the flags and sold for over £60k before his hurdling debut at Ayr. Progression is needed, but he could be capable.

Party In The Park and Night Ride Home, for Nicky Henderson and Nico de Boinville in the same colours Constitution Hill will carry, hopefully to victory, in the Fighting Fifth later on the card, aren't ruled out, but I repeat: I'll be very disappointed if Le Beau Madrik is beaten.

Unfortunately, he's already been found in the market and is odds-on, but he deserves to be. He's still a good bet to me.

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