Newsboy fancies his nap, Roe And Co, to win at Leicester and also hopes Special John can score at Wincanton and complete his Daily Double

ROE AND CO (1.00, Nap) is fancied to complete a hat-trick when he takes on five rivals in the 2m6f Novices’ Handicap Chase at Leicester on Thursday. The seven-year-old, trained by the in-form Jamie Snowden, won a handicap over 3m at Market Rasen last time, winning by three-quarters of a length from Paddy O’Mahler.

And he was worth more than the winning margin suggested as the former Point-to-Point winner idled towards the finish when in front. Previous to that, my selection easily won a conditional jockeys’ chase by seven lengths from Let’s Sail Away over 2m7f at Chepstow. In his current form, the son of Malinas could prove hard to beat in the hands

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