17:10 Newcastle

Tuesday 2 January 2018

All15:3516:1016:4017:1017:4018:1018:40

Betway Conditions Stakes (Qualifier)

Off time: 17:13 | Winning time: 57.9s

(4)

Caspian Prince^h,t⁴⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 111| D

12/1

Highly tried in the main since winning a valuable 5f handicap at Epsom (good) in June. Ran well to finish fifth in a 6f Listed event at Lingfield on his AW return in November and he is one to note in this contest.

Form: 41405

(6)

Final Venture^h¹¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: P Mulrennan| T: P T Midgley| OR: 108| BF| D

25/1

Beaten 1L in a Listed event over this trip at Beverley (good-to-firm) and returns to the AW following a break having finished fourth as favourite on soft ground at Doncaster over this trip in September.

Form: 27724

(5)

Atletico⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian| OR: 97| CD

4/1

Unbeaten in two starts on the AW with the most recent of those coming when successful over C&D last time out. Returning to form on that occasion and an interesting runner today.

Form: 08671

(1)

Blue De Vega⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Oisin Murphy| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 105

4/1

Group 3 winner as a two-year-old but lightly raced in 2017. Good effort in finishing a neck second over 6f at Kempton on debut for this yard in October and drops to this trip for the first time today.

Form: 2362

(2)

Doctor Sardonicus¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: T Eaves| T: D M Simcock| OR: 105| D

16/1

Victorious twice over this distance at Chelmsford last year and put up a satisfactory performance when finishing fourth on his return from a break at Wolverhampton over this trip last time. Interesting to see how he fares in this contest.

Form: 71014

(7)

Gracious John¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Fran Berry| T: P D Evans| OR: 105| D

3/1

Bidding to complete a hat-trick following victories at Lingfield and Wolverhampton in handicap company. Clearly in good heart at present and looks likely to put up a bold show once more.

Form: 51511

(3)

Intisaab^p⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: S A Gray| T: D O'Meara| OR: 105

7/4

Winning for the first time in five AW starts when taking a 6f conditions contest at Wolverhampton last week. Worth a check in the market on this occasion.

Form: 64421

Forecasts

Intisaab (7/4), Gracious John (3/1), Atletico (4/1), Blue De Vega (4/1), Caspian Prince (12/1), Doctor Sardonicus (16/1), Final Venture (25/1)

CASPIAN PRINCE has been contesting better races than this of late and he can concede weight to his rivals having won a Group 2 on turf last summer. The selection has won four times on the AW already and can make all the running on this occasion. Gracious John has won his last two AW starts and having finished fourth in this contest last can he can finish runner-up this time around. Atletico has won over C&D in the past and can claim third today.