NOT for the first time Newcross provided ample evidence of his potential as he produced a display of some quality in the BetVictor-sponsored amateur rider’s conditions race.

This Newtown Anner Stud-owned six-year-old had only won one of his previous nine starts and that came in a Roscommon handicap off a mark of 68 a year ago. However, there had been plenty of promise in a number of his subsequent runs and Tony Martin’s charge laid down a significant future marker this time.