Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Thursday’s three meetings, including Newcastle Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Spirit Of Ash, to burn up the track at Newcastle and also hopes Betty's Tiara can score at Hereford and complete his Daily Double

SPIRIT OF ASH (3.37, nap) can turn the heat up on her rivals at Newcastle on Thursday.

The Tristan Davidson-trained five-year-old is proven at the track, with all four of her wins coming at the Gosforth Park all-weather circuit, and will relish going up in trip to two miles for the first time.

Her last victory came in November over a mile and a half when she won a Class 6 handicap by half a length from Lochnaver.

Then last month, over the same course and distance, my selection recovered from a slow start and finished well in second behind Sagauteur.

Now with an extra four furlongs to travel, the daughter of Teofilo should take all the beating in the Class 6 Find More Big Deals At BetUk Handicap.

At Hereford, BETTY'S TIARA (2.28, nb) is fancied to crown a decent start to the season in the PlanetSportBet App Mares' Maiden Hurdle.

The six-year-old half-sister to a bumper winner won her bumper on her debut at Stratford in August for trainer Ben Pauling.

She then ran solidly at Aintree and Cheltenham, finishing fifth and seventh, and is expected to improve switched to hurdling today and up in distance to 2m5f.

THURSDAY'S SELECTIONS

LINGFIELD

1.45 HARD SOLUTION

12.15 HEY HO LET’S GO

12.45 ENPASSANT

1.15 INVINCIBLE SIAM

1.45 HUL AH BAH LOO

2.15 PINK LILY

2.45 SEE THAT STORM

3.15 MR TRICK

3.48 LOUISIANA BAY

HEREFORD

12.58 LIBOR LAD

1.28 MAASAI MARA

1.58 LIGHTENING MAHLER

2.28 BETTY’S TIARA (NB)

2.58 HARDY BOY

3.28 MACTAVISH

3.58 SAMATIAN

NEWCASTLE

3.37 SPIRIT OF ASH (NAP)

4.10 BIG DREAM

4.40 PALLAS LORD

5.10 AUGUST

5.40 BYSTANDER

6.10 LADY IN HAVANA

6.40 TRUE NATION

7.10 NAZCA

7.40 FLASH THE DASH

NEWSBOY'S DOUBLE: SPIRIT OF ASH and BETTY'S TIARA