19:45 Newcastle

Friday 24 November 2017

All17:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:4521:15

Sunbets Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 19:45 | Winning time: 1m 38.83s

(7)

Malaspina^p1⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: P Makin| T: I Furtado| OR: 77| D

9/2

Winner of 10 races (last three were claimers) in France including one on an AW surface. Suited to forcing tactics and debuts for new yard with cheekpieces replacing blinkers. Like many for this yard, the market should be informative.

Form: 155131

(6)

Always Thankful^p²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S Donohoe| T: I Mohammed & J Santos| OR: 75| D

16/1

Has had a good year with two wins and an excellent second at Sandown in better grade. Suited by give in the ground and unplaced on both previous AW starts.

Form: 811028

(8)

Clock Chimes³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: A Mullen| T: D H Brown| OR: 74

3/1

Landed a maiden at Southwell (7f) in March and returned from seven months off with a third here. That form has worked out well enough to earn consideration, but he will need to settle better than he did on his first attempt at this trip.

Form: 2138

(2)

Town Charter^t⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: D C Costello| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 73

33/1

Winner of a maiden for Mark Johnston and joined new handler for £10,000 in September. Races off a new career low after a string of disappointing efforts and drops to this grade for the first time since his sole success.

Form: 464680

(3)

Off Art^p²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 70| D

11/1

Ended a four year barren spell when taking the "Legends" race at Doncaster. Respectable efforts since in hotter company than this and makes a belated AW debut tonight.

Form: 563136

(9)

Planetaria¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Jason Hart| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 70| D

28/1

Last of his three victories for Gary Moss came in June 2016 and now down to that same winning mark for the first time since. Recent form does not suggest a turnaround is imminent.

Form: 82-9700

(1)

Thello³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 69| C| D

4/1

Record of 4-12 on AW tracks including two successes here over 1m2f. Equally effective at this trip and signalled a return to form last time. Looks interesting.

Form: 124562

(4)

Gun Case^v¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: A C Whillans| OR: 67| BF| C

10/3

Took advantage of an attractive mark to score in lower grade here last month. Narrowly beaten under a penalty and remains attractively weighted on his best form. Yet to win beyond 7f, but a C&D third to Qaffaal suggests he could.

Form: 402412

(10)

Teomaria²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: G Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 67| D

12/1

Got up by a short-head to land a minor race at Nottingham to finally fulfil juvenile promise. Meets better rivals here off a less attractive mark and only previous AW run saw her finish last of thirteen.

Form: 553081

Non-Runners

(5)

Muqarred¹⁴

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: R Fell & S Murray J: T Hamilton

Forecasts

Clock Chimes (3/1), Gun Case (10/3), Thello (4/1), Malaspina (9/2), Off Art (11/1), Teomaria (12/1), Always Thankful (16/1), Muqarred (20/1), Planetaria (28/1), Town Charter (33/1)

French import Malaspina teases punters with an attractive wins to runs ratio in France. She has won on an AW surface and the market will be a useful guide to her prospects. Always Thankful and Off Art have been in good form and drop in class but both have to prove their effectiveness on this surface. Thello has a good record on AW tracks and produced a promising effort last time. Marginal preference is for GUN CASE who looks worth following having dropped to an attractive mark before landing a 7f race here in a first time visor. He remains on a good mark and although he is yet to win over a mile, there is enough evidence to prove he stays.