16:45 Newcastle

Tuesday 22 January 2019

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Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 1m 40.65s

(6)

Trevithick²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 87| CD

5/2

Boasts an impressive record over this C&D (1,2,2,1) and was always doing enough to see off My Target by ½L at the first Newcastle fixture of the calendar year (Jan 2nd); holds every chance of following up off just 2lb higher.

Form: 72728-1

(2)

Brittanic^p1¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: S Donohoe| T: D M Simcock| OR: 82| CD

8/1

Looked the real deal earlier in his career when recording back-to-back course wins (7f-1m) in late 2016/early 2017; has had a few problems which have presumably thwarted his progress; falling in the weights with cheekpieces now applied.

Form: 35020-4

(1)

Rey Loopy¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 79| CD

9/2

Newcastle regular; notched a fourth course win when beating Harvest Day by 2¼L over 7f here in early January; has no issues whatsoever with this longer trip-finished second to Paparazzi (third has won since) over C&D latest; another 1lb higher here.

Form: 2752-12

(7)

Blame Culture¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: P J McDonald| T: G G Margarson| OR: 77

9/4

Finally off the mark at the 11th attempt when overcoming a wide draw to land the odds in a 7f Wolverhampton novice 15-days ago; fine over 1m (and also stays further); handicap mark left untouched ahead of his first Newcastle start.

Form: 86346-1

(3)

Mont Kinabalu¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: D C Costello| T: K A Ryan| OR: 76| D

16/1

Three-time winner on turf (7f-1m) who remains open to a degree of further improvement on the AW after only a couple of attempts so far; that said, is theoretically held by Rey Loopy based upon the evidence of his most recent start.

Form: 16666-5

(4)

Testa Rossa^b³⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-0| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 75| CD

13/2

Six-time C&D winner; remains 6lb higher than when beating Christopher Wood by a neck here in September and the suspicion is that this race won't necessarily be run to suit; better fancied stablemate of Rioja Day.

Form: 172420-

(5)

Rioja Day^p⁵⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 8-7| J: Corey Madden⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45| D

150/1

Landed a gamble (20/1 to 15/2) when winning over hurdles at Musselburgh in November but he's looked a modest performer on the AW so far (0-5); simply can't be the solution here from well outside of the weights; stablemate of Testa Rossa.

Form: 990607-

Forecasts

Blame Culture (9/4), Trevithick (5/2), Rey Loopy (9/2), Testa Rossa (13/2), Brittanic (8/1), Mont Kinabalu (16/1), Rioja Day (150/1)

REY LOOPY sits 5lb above his last winning mark, yet continues to improve on Tapeta so can potentially make the most of the 8lb that he receives from fellow in-form course specialist Trevithick. The selection is unusually versatile between 7f to 1m, and has already seen his most recent course form-line (holds Mont Kinabalu) franked by Glory Of Paris - a determined winner here last week. Of the remainder, a case can be made for the eased in the weights Brittanic assuming that the newly-applied cheekpieces serve to revitalise.