Five dogs show notable composite score improvements heading into tonight's Newcastle card, and three of them are worth adding to your kennel tracker before the evening racing starts.
Winhaw Tam leads the list with a 32-point composite jump, moving from 25 to 57. That is a substantial shift and puts him in competitive territory for the 20:54 Open grade 480-metre race from trap 4. A composite improvement of that size typically reflects better recent form across multiple dimensions — speed, performance, and suitability scores all trending upward at once rather than a single fluke run. He runs in a race with trainer B Fairbairn in particularly strong form right now, which adds further context.
Niosfearrnabolt has moved from 34 to 60 (+26) and runs in the 20:01 OR over 290 metres from trap 1. A 60 composite puts him among the day's genuinely rated contenders. The 290-metre trip at Newcastle is a different challenge to standard distances and rewards sharp-breaking dogs; trap 1 over the short course is a very different structural proposition to trap 1 over 480 metres.
Grouchos Hawk (25 to 43, +18) and Skye The Boss (26 to 42, +16) also appear on the rise, running in the 21:28 A3 and 20:19 OR respectively. Neither is at elite composite territory yet, but both have moved out of the range where the model effectively writes them off as no-hopers.
Use the Dog Selector to track these runners and monitor them across their season.