19:45 Newcastle

Friday 28 September 2018

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

H. Malone And Sons Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 19:45 | Winning time: 1m 26.62s

(3)

Mudawwan^p,t1¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Josephine Gordon| T: J D Bethell| OR: 70| D

12/1

Won a maiden at Deauville last year and while his seasonal return at Catterick was promising enough, his form has tailed off badly since.

Form: 240500

(12)

Bold Spirit^t¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: D Nolan| T: D Carroll| OR: 69| D

20/1

Returned to turf with a win at Doncaster in April but hasn't been in the same form since. Best AW form by far has come on the fibresand.

Form: 160700

(4)

Muatadel^p¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: T Hamilton| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 69

8/1

Acts on this surface and has gone close the last twice on the turf. Should be involved but an infrequent winner and on a long losing run.

Form: 240622

(11)

Mywayistheonlyway²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 68| D

5/1

Handicapper is relenting but has struggled in his last four runs and had problems at the start the last twice. Others more convincing at present.

Form: 228574

(7)

Rock Warbler^h,t²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 67| CD

7/2

All four wins have come here including two over the C&D and is on a fair mark on a return to this surface. Likely to go close.

Form: 634554

(10)

Black Salt²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Hart| T: T D Barron| OR: 66

7/1

Yet to add to maiden success but handicapper is starting to help and not disgraced the last twice. More required though and well beaten on previous visit here.

Form: 6-86345

(5)

Wediddodontwe^h⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Nathan Evans| T: R C Guest| OR: 65

25/1

Well beaten last four starts and now trying a new trip but it needs to have a major effect, as he appears totally out of form at present. Others readily preferred.

Form: 250000

(8)

Battle Commence²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 67

11/2

Won a Hamilton Novice on his third start but well beaten in three starts since including on both handicap runs. Hard to enthuse about at present.

Form: 5-41565

(1)

Im Dapper Too¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: S H James| T: J J Davies| OR: 63

12/1

Rattled off a turf hat-trick last year and now 2lb below the last of those wins. However likes soft ground and Southwell has proved more preferable as an AW surface.

Form: 30-6683

(9)

Grey Destiny^p²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 63| D

10/1

Running consistently well on his last four starts. Likely to get a good pace to aim at again and should be charging home late.

Form: 605233

(6)

Meandmyshadow^b⁵⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: A D Brown| OR: 62| C| D

33/1

Veteran who took advantage of drop in grade when making all at Redcar. Drawn to make a bold big again but may be vulnerable over a furlong further in a stronger race and off 5lb higher.

Form: 400031

(2)

Hello My Sunshine^p²⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Jamie Gormley⁽³⁾| T: Karen McLintock| OR: 61WS

20/1

Six-race maiden who is having first run since January. Has since been gelded and had a wind operation but needs to find significant improvement.

Form: 74397-5

Forecasts

Rock Warbler (7/2), Mywayistheonlyway (5/1), Battle Commence (11/2), Black Salt (7/1), Muatadel (8/1), Grey Destiny (10/1), Mudawwan (12/1), Im Dapper Too (12/1), Hello My Sunshine (20/1), Bold Spirit (20/1), Wediddodontwe (25/1), Meandmyshadow (33/1)

Meandmyshadow should ensure a decent pace which will suit Grey Destiny who has to be considered in his current form. ROCK WARBLER is racing well enough and can be expected to improve for a return to his much favoured surface. He gets the pick off 6lb lower than when winning this race last year. In a tricky race Muatadel can go well again.