Runners over the New year period

Some pretty awful weather around but it looks to be more settled - coldish but less wind - for Ayr (Thursday), Newcastle (Thursday) and Musselburgh Friday.
As you may have gleamed from occasional media discussions, Dodlands Steading is getting back into the swing of things after being hit by a cold virus that ran through the complete yard.
On the upside, several of the horses were scoped a few days ago and given the thumbs up to race again.
But, you can never be sure just what lingering effect the virus may have had, so we go into the first few days of the New Year very much on a watching brief.

Declared runners on Thursday and a probable Friday runner are listed below, but the usual in-depth form analysis (lol) does not accompany each runner. Lets just hope they (especially the jumpers) complete the race and are well over the following days.

So Many Roads  : Ayr 2nd January : 1.40 pm 2m 4½f 0-100 Handicap Hurdle (Class 5)

Both Barrels  : Ayr 2nd January : 3.25 pm 3m½f 0-130 Handicap Hurdle (Class 3)

Palace Lord : Newcastle 2nd January : 4.40 pm 7f 0-68 Handicap (Class 5)

Nights In Venice  : Musselburgh 3rd January 12.27 pm 2m 7½f 0-100 Handicap Chase

Best of luck to all connections, and a Happy New Year to all readers.

One of our runners over the next couple of days : So Many Roads