Newsboy fancies his nap, Wee Alki, to win at Hexham and also hopes Kicour La can score at Leciester and complete his Daily Double

WEE ALKI is fancied to build on a red-letter day over course and distance last month by landing the Robert & Helen Carr-Smith Wedding Anniversary Handicap Hurdle (2.25) at Hexham on Wednesday. Having made the podium on four of his six starts in handicap hurdles, the Sue Corbett-trained six-year-old underwent wind surgery during the summer

There was promise in Wee Alki’s fourth to Robert D’Ores over Hexham’s extended two miles and seven furlongs at the start of October – his first outing since coming off the operating table. And Wee Alki duly built on that effort over the same course and distance 33 days ago, hitting the front at the final flight under Conor

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