Hout Bay, teamed-up with the 'head waiter' Jamie Spencer, is napped to give punters with nerves of steel a deserved triumph at Newcastle tomorrow.

Trained at Middleham by Jedd O'Keefe, the sprinter is a difficult horse to catch right as he needs holding-up and producing late. But he has the right man on board in Spencer to execute those tactics to a nicety.

A sound third-placed effort at Kempton last month should have primed Hout Bay for a winning performance in the Saltwell Signs Handicap.

TOMORROW'S NAP.

Newcastle

2-55 Hout Bay (NAP)

Updated: 11:15 Monday, April 21, 2003