19:15 Newcastle

Wednesday 5 December 2018

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Off time: 19:18 | Winning time: 1m 25.98s

(3)

Fake News¹⁶⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D C Costello| T: T D Barron| OR: 84| D

16/1

Dual winner including over this trip at Wolverhampton in March. Well beaten in two subsequent starts however and is returning from a break.

Form: 019-197

(9)

Tathmeen¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 80

66/1

Winner over 6f on soft ground at Newbury as a two-year-old. Well beaten over this trip on debut for this stable last time out and probably best watched at present.

Form: 1030-66

(4)

Deansgate³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: G Lee| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 79| CD

5/1

Recorded a third career victory when winning over C&D last time out. Raised 3lb for that victory and looks likely to run well once more.

Form: 030621

(1)

Dirchill⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: D Thompson| OR: 78

40/1

Winner over 6f at Redcar (good-to-firm) on final start for previous stable. Stepping up in distance following three mid-division finishes in sprints since joining this yard.

Form: 631888

(2)

Nick Vedder^b⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: F Norton| T: M Wigham| OR: 78| C| D

5/4

Followed up a good 6f victory here by finishing a short-head second over the same C&D last week. Step up in distance no issue and likely to run well once more.

Form: 318512

(5)

Final Frontier¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 78

28/1

Dual winner on turf and ran well on return from a break when finishing third over this trip at Wolverhampton last month. Worth a check in the market.

Form: 98/78-63

(7)

Equiano Springs³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: A Mullen| T: T P Tate| OR: 76| CD

6/1

Winner of two of his four AW starts but could finish only sixth over this C&D just over a month ago. Races off a mark 1lb higher than when winning at this venue 12 months ago.

Form: 708366

(10)

Pickett's Charge^p⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 75| CD

11/2

Three time AW winner this year including twice at this venue. Decent 5L fourth over 7f at Southwell last time out and can go well once more.

Form: 112354

(8)

Thello³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Jamie Gormley⁽³⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 72| C

10/1

Placed twice over 6f here prior to finishing fifth over this trip here last time out. Remains on a mark 4lb higher than for his most recent success.

Form: 903325

Non-Runners

(6)

Rey Loopy²⁸

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: B Haslam J: Nathan Evans

(11)

Mudawwan⁷

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: J D Bethell J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Nick Vedder (5/4), Deansgate (5/1), Pickett's Charge (11/2), Equiano Springs (6/1), Thello (10/1), Rey Loopy (10/1), Fake News (16/1), Mudawwan (16/1), Final Frontier (28/1), Dirchill (40/1), Tathmeen (66/1)

The return of the tongue tie combined with the drop back in distance can see MUDAWWAN record a second C&D victory of the season in this competitive looking 7f handicap. The selection races off a mark 3lb higher than for his latest victory and can get the better of Pickett's Charge who was a C&D winner in August while third place can go to Nick Vedder who has been running well over 6f here in recent starts.