Stat Selector: Tuesday 23 February

Pic d'Orhy - 14:30 Taunton

Smart Stat: 23% - Harry Cobden's strike rate at Taunton

Harry Cobden operates at an impressive 20% strike rate but that climbs to 23% at Taunton. In the feature handicap hurdle he partners Pic d'Orhy, who has disappointed over fences this term but won the 2020 Betfair Hurdle on his last outing in this sphere. He is certainly not out of contention from just a 4 lb higher mark.

Habit Rouge - 17:40 Newcastle

Smart Stat: £47.35 - Marco Botti's profit to a £1 level stake with horses running after a break

Marco Botti's healthy level-stake profit with horses returning from a break suggests that fitness will not be an issue for Habit Rouge on his first start since November. He struggled on that handicap debut from a stiff-looking opening mark in that nine-and-a-half-furlong event at Wolverhampton, but he had won over this course and distance on his previous start and it is still early days in his career.

Zamaani - 18:10 Newcastle

Smart Stat: £36.26 - Simon & Ed Crisford's profit to a £1 level stake when having one runner at a Flat meeting

Simon and Ed Crisford show a profit when relying on only one runner at a meeting, and they send Zamaani on the long journey north to Newcastle from their Newmarket base. Zamaani tops Timeform's weight-adjusted ratings on the back of a close-up second to Mighty Gurkha at Kempton last month and he is proving admirably consistent. He should launch another bold bid.