20:45 Newcastle

Friday 30 November 2018

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Betway Vegas Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 20:52 | Winning time: 1m 13.03s

(8)

Straightothepoint⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Harry Russell⁽⁷⁾| T: B Smart| OR: 60| D

10/1

Has failed to win since May 2016 (6f, Ripon) and is yet to prove himself on synthetic surfaces (0-3); last seen keeping on for a midfield finish at Catterick (5f, good to firm) two months ago.

Form: 636347

(13)

Dream Ally²¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: J R Weymes| OR: 60| CD

40/1

7-44 on the AW and is a C&D winner; Class 6 scorer on Fibresand at Southwell (6f) in April, but is returning from a 214-day absence tonight (and from a 4lb higher mark).

Form: 057163

(5)

Queen Of Kalahari^t¹²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: J Gelabert Bautista| T: J L Eyre| OR: 59| DWS

33/1

Would hold strong claims from this vastly reduced mark based on the pick of her nursery efforts for previous handler Charles Hills (including on the AW); that said, she is 0-6 for Les Eyre, so wholly reliant on wind surgery being the solution.

Form: 455748

(2)

Roaring Rory¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Jamie Gormley⁽³⁾| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 59

13/2

Produced a reasonable effort off this mark here in September (over 5f) when beaten a mere ½L by Displaying Amber; broadly similar showings since, albeit with obvious questions which need answering over 6f.

Form: 9-36254

(6)

Skyva^p⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 59| BF| D

11/2

Runner-up off a 3lb higher mark over C&D in July (beaten 1L by Lucky Lucky Man), and shaped well when a fast-finishing third at Wolverhampton last week (5f); consistent and should be thereabouts.

Form: 204453

(14)

Kroy^p²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: C J McGovern⁽³⁾| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 56| CD

7/2

Stablemate of Roaring Rory; has raced four-times over 7f at this track since July and was a winner off a 3lb lower mark on his penultimate start (beating Ninepin Bowler by a neck); also handles this 6f trip.

Form: 253813

(4)

French^b⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 55| D

16/1

Remains an AW maiden (0-12), but is a two-time winner on turf (5f-6f); finished fifth of 13, so not entirely disgraced after racing prominently from a wide draw at Wolverhampton (6f) last week.

Form: 009085

(9)

Santafiora¹¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 55| D

7/2

Close to shedding the AW maiden tag (0-6) when held near the finish by Avenue Of Stars over C&D in August; surprisingly off since (113-days) but assuming all is well, a subsequent 3lb rise shouldn't hinder her too much.

Form: 8-56242

(12)

Someone Exciting¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: G Lee| T: D Thompson| OR: 53| D

22/1

Runner-up on a couple of occasions over the past couple of months, including at Redcar (6f, soft); handicap mark on the slide and does handle Tapeta; dwelt and in rear throughout at Southwell (6f) latest.

Form: 280279

(11)

Tadaany^b⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 51| D

10/1

Beat Someone Exciting by 1½L when winning on turf at Hamilton in September (6f, soft), so has proved that he's capable off this mark. However, is now 0-9 on the AW and not the most consistent overall.

Form: 410746

(7)

Ideal Spirit²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Nathan Evans| T: K Tutty| OR: 45

40/1

14-race maiden (0-10 on the AW); had plenty of chances at this track previously (5f-6f), so needs to find some unexpected improvement in order to figure with any degree of prominence at the finish.

Form: 665077

(10)

Mightaswellsmile²³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Andrew Breslin⁽⁵⁾| T: R E Barr| OR: 45

40/1

Her sole win came in a 5f fillies maiden at Nottingham in July 2016 (for James Given) and although broadly unappealing, she's only raced on the AW three-times previously; not beaten all that far (fifth) over 5f here 23-days ago.

Form: 830375

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 5p in the pound

Non-Runners

(1)

Hadley²⁴

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: Miss Tracy Waggott J: Jason Hart

(3)

Campion²

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: P A Kirby J: A Mullen

Forecasts

Kroy (7/2), Santafiora (7/2), Skyva (11/2), Roaring Rory (13/2), Straightothepoint (10/1), Tadaany (10/1), Hadley (14/1), French (16/1), Campion (20/1), Someone Exciting (22/1), Queen Of Kalahari (33/1), Mightaswellsmile (40/1), Ideal Spirit (40/1), Dream Ally (40/1)

Both the dropped in trip Kroy (also effective over 6f) and the returning Santaifora have shown enough at this track previously in order to seriously enter the reckoning in a modest finale. However, the advice is to stick with SKYVA for locally born trainer Brian Ellison. His 3yo is a consistent type who competes from a fair handicap mark (60) and was spotted running on well when finishing a close third to Our Man in Havana over a shorter trip (5f) at Wolverhampton last week.