18:20 Newcastle

Friday 29 June 2018

All17:4518:2018:5519:3020:0520:4021:10

A V Dawson Handicap

Off time: 18:25 | Winning time: 1m 12.92s

(14)

Uncle Charlie¹¹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: P Mulrennan| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 66| D

4/1

Has collected back to back races at Carlisle and remains attractively weighted despite a penalty. Hard to say he underperformed on only previous AW start, but he does meet several track specialists here.

Form: 474-311

(1)

Katheefa¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: J Garritty| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 70| CD

12/1

Settled off the pace when having a head to spare over Kingofmerrows when scoring here last month. Down to the same mark but may see too much daylight from stall one.

Form: 501065

(12)

Eastern Racer^p⁵⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 70| D

15/2

Triple winner in 2016 is down to a career low mark. Recent form gives the handicapper just cause, but a big run cannot be ruled out with the stable's horses running a lot better recently .

Form: 50/06-08

(5)

Loujain^p1²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: N Mackay| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 70

11/1

Out of sorts lately and neither headgear or an AW debut have made any difference. Different aids applied this time and he is beginning to look tricky.

Form: 3/42-080

(3)

Circuit Judge⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Rodriguez⁽³⁾| T: M Herrington| OR: 70

20/1

Ran much better than the form figure suggests on handicap debut at Newcastle (6f, AW) recently. Entitled to be fitter for it and, from the same mark, needs to be on any shortlist.

Form: 565-7

(4)

Sea Shack^v³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: G Mosse| T: W J Knight| OR: 69

11/1

Goodwood winner in 2016 but has not looked ready to take advantage of a dropping mark. Two of his better runs have come on AW tracks and that would be worth bearing in mind if supported in the market.

Form: 646-940

(6)

Royal Mezyan¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: P Hanagan| T: H Spiller| OR: 69| C| D

14/1

Without a win since November 2016 but has been shaping as though needing this trip lately. Has won here previously and down to an attractive mark.

Form: 07-8953

(13)

Poppy In The Wind^v¹¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: T Eaves| T: A D Brown| OR: 69| C| D

33/1

Has won over 5f around here in the past, most recent success over this trip at Wolverhampton in December. Competitive off current rating but perhaps settles for place money at best.

Form: 61-6338

(10)

Letmestopyouthere¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Sara Del Fabbro⁽⁷⁾| T: M L W Bell| OR: 68| C

11/2

Record of 2-40 is unimpressive, but one of those victories came here and he was a neck second on his other visit. Stepped up on stable debut and looks to have sound each-way credentials.

Form: 363523

(2)

Nuns Walk⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 67| BF| C| D

6/1

Landed back to back races last autumn including one here. This track clearly suits as she has been second on her two other visits and last week's Hamilton run confirms she is competitively weighted.

Form: 2-53222

(9)

Duke Cosimo⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: P J McDonald| T: M Herrington| OR: 67| CD

14/1

Goes well here and jockey booking has appeal. Behind Katheefa and Kingofmerrows here in May. The pace would not have been ideal so no surprise if he turned things around.

Form: 253050

(7)

Guardia Svizzera¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: T Hamilton| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 66

10/1

Wore plenty of headgear when opening his account in Ireland (7f), but the aids were dispensed with on latest start when looking ready to bounce back. Stable have had four winners this week and he rates a danger if close to his best.

Form: 100-005

Non-Runners

(8)

Kingofmerrows¹⁵

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: K Tutty J: Gemma Tutty

(11)

Amaranth³⁶

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: M Scudamore J: K Stott

Forecasts

Uncle Charlie (4/1), Letmestopyouthere (11/2), Nuns Walk (6/1), Eastern Racer (15/2), Guardia Svizzera (10/1), Loujain (11/1), Sea Shack (11/1), Katheefa (12/1), Duke Cosimo (14/1), Royal Mezyan (14/1), Circuit Judge (20/1), Amaranth (25/1), Kingofmerrows (25/1), Poppy In The Wind (33/1)

Uncle Charlie switches to the AW in his hat-trick bid and faces some potentially well-treated horses who go well here. Duke Cosimo and Kingofmerrows are two who fall into that category, whilst Nuns Walk is another and brings the better current form. Letmestopyouthere has saved two of his best performances for this venue but is hard to win with and has an inexperienced rider on board. ROYAL MEZYAN appeared to have found a mark he can compete from at Sandown last time. The extra furlong helps and he has won here in the past.