17:05 Newcastle

Wednesday 19 December 2018

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Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost Nursery

Off time: 17:06 | Winning time: 1m 12.48s

(6)

Griggy⁴¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Barry McHugh| T: R A Fahey| OR: 65

2/1

30,000gns juvenile; has taken time and remains a work in progress; keeping on from the rear when finishing 5½L third to Uncle Jerry on nursery debut at Chelmsford (6f) in November.

Form: 7683

(8)

Rich Approach²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: Josephine Gordon| T: J D Bethell| OR: 61| D

2/1

42,000gns yearling; kept on strongly from off the pace to score by 1L on nursery debut at Wolverhampton (6f) three weeks ago; stiffer track in his favour and should cope with a subsequent 5lb rise.

Form: 5971

(4)

Darwina^h³²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: A C Whillans| OR: 59| D

14/1

Joined this trainer for 4,000gns after winning a Wolverhampton seller (6f) in October; has plenty of racing experience, yet was slowly away when finishing just over 3L fourth to In The Cove in a 7f Wolverhampton nursery latest.

Form: 482914

(9)

Gunnabedun¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: G Lee| T: I Jardine| OR: 58

16/1

Well out of his depth when finishing fifth to the expensively purchased Almashriq in a 7f novice contest here last month; should appreciate the ease in grade, albeit others are preferred.

Form: 94905

(5)

Tobeeornottobee²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Jason Hart| T: D Carroll| OR: 55| BF

4/1

Peak effort was when winning an Ayr nursery (5f, good) in August, from 2lb lower; has made the frame on both of his recent AW starts, including when beaten just over 1L by Klopp here (5f); slight stamina question marks.

Form: 417933

(3)

Illegitimate Gains⁹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: P Mathers| T: A West| OR: 52

50/1

Low-key in three starts so far (5f-7f); switches to the AW for her nursery debut, but realistically can't be expected to figure with any degree of real prominence; look elsewhere.

Form: 379

(10)

Geography Teacher¹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Cam Hardie| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 51| D

9/1

Closely matched with both Tobeeornottobee and Kemmeridge Bay on recent form (5f), having earlier chased home One One Seven here in October; also declared to race (favourite) at Southwell on Tuesday (3.00pm).

Form: 000251

(7)

Kemmeridge Bay^b²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-6| J: Jane Elliott⁽³⁾| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 50

25/1

Consistent, and ran a solid race in blinkers (retained) when finishing a close-up fourth to Klopp over 5f here latest; return to 6f could potentially suit, yet will probably find one or two of these rivals stronger.

Form: 848744

Non-Runners

(2)

Sister of The Sign²¹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 2

T: J G Given J: P J McDonald

(1)

Melgate Magic¹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 2

T: M & D Easterby J: Nathan Evans

Forecasts

Griggy (2/1), Rich Approach (2/1), Melgate Magic (7/2), Tobeeornottobee (4/1), Sister of The Sign (8/1), Geography Teacher (9/1), Darwina (14/1), Gunnabedun (16/1), Kemmeridge Bay (25/1), Illegitimate Gains (50/1)

A close eye should be kept on the action at Southwell on Tuesday, with both Melgate Magic (2.30pm) and Geography Teacher (3.00pm) favourites for the divided 6f Class 6 Nursery. However, regardless of whether or not either or both horses take up engagements on successive days, the solid option is RICH APPROACH. This 42,000gns yearling scored with plenty of authority on nursery debut at Wolverhampton, and almost certain to be suited by this stiffer track remains reasonably treated despite rising 5lb in the weights.