19:45 Newcastle

Friday 9 March 2018

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32Red.com Handicap

Off time: 19:45 | Winning time: 1m 28.50s

(10)

Zadorra¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: P J McDonald| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 62

4/1

Much better at Wolverhampton latest when finishing 3¼L fourth to Fabianski (7f). Should be suited by the switch to handicapping, but with the slight caveat that she's raced far too keenly on a couple of occasions.

Form: 604

(3)

Foxy Lady^p1²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR: 61

11/2

Has shown her best form over C&D, most notably when beaten ½L from a 2lb lower mark by Crown Of Cortez in mid September. Cheek-pieces applied as she seeks those extra few inches of improvement.

Form: 4264-53

(1)

G Eye Joe³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Barry McHugh| T: J G Given| OR: 61| BF

10/3

The market suggested that plenty was expected of him on his handicap debut at Wolverhampton last month (6f) despite a trio of previous moderate efforts. Whilst he ran okay to finish third, he ideally needs to learn to break on terms.

Form: 740-3

(5)

Elysee Star¹⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: P Mulrennan| T: B Haslam| OR: 61

20/1

Shown promise on turf (6f to 7f), but posted a woeful AW debut over C&D in October and hasn't been seen since. Cheek-pieces discarded and a leading rider booked on a recovery mission.

Form: 23340-

(4)

Leahcar⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Liam Keniry| T: J Ewart| OR: 60

20/1

Slowly getting the hang of things, despite a slight setback latest. No stranger to Tapeta (trained on the surface at home), and unexposed as such in this grade.

Form: 074-6

(7)

Mabo^b1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 57

11/1

Truthfully hasn't shown an awful lot of ability in nine career starts, and you'd imagine he's fast running out of chances for this trainer. Blinkers need to bring about some improvement, or else the crown jewels might be next to disappear.

Form: 77730-6

(6)

Darkest Light¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J Fanning| T: J A Osborne| OR: 56| D

5/2

A winner over 7f at Chelmsford last month, and that success coincided with his handicap debut and also his first start since wind surgery. Thereabouts (fourth) off this mark at Lingfield four days later, so looks one for the shortlist.

Form: 9-7614

(2)

Revenge^b¹⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Rachel Richardson⁽³⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 55

16/1

Shown some ability on synthetics, placed on his sole try at this trip at Kempton in September. On a fair mark, but not seen in competitive action for five months.

Form: 485360-

(8)

Westfield Wonder^p²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: G Lee| T: Ronald Thompson| OR: 52

16/1

Cheek-pieces made little improvement to his form when soundly beaten in a weak Wolverhampton seller latest (7f), so therefore he makes little appeal as he seeks to avoid becoming a ten race maiden.

Form: 3065-53

Non-Runners

(9)

Miss Mollie²⁸

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: J G Given J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Darkest Light (5/2), G Eye Joe (10/3), Zadorra (4/1), Foxy Lady (11/2), Mabo (11/1), Revenge (16/1), Westfield Wonder (16/1), Miss Mollie (16/1), Elysee Star (20/1), Leahcar (20/1)

One of five Class 6 contests on tonight's Newcastle card, so it's fair to say that the racecourse executive really need to be doing far better than this on a Friday Evening. However, we seek the winner nonetheless, and ZADORRA rates as a worthy contender. She appears to be slowly learning to settle, and that led to an improved showing at Wolverhampton latest (novice stakes). She makes her handicap debut in a much weaker contest, with recent Chelmsford scorer Darkest Light and the first time cheek-pieced Foxy Lady the most interesting of the remainder.