17:30 Newcastle

Friday 28 June 2019

All17:3018:0018:3519:0519:4020:1520:50

Coopers Marquees Handicap

Off time: 17:32 | Winning time: 1m 40.59s

(6)

Monsieur Jimmy²⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁷⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 77| D

50/1

A six-time Fibresand winner; off the track since finishing a neck second to Redarna at Ayr (7f, good to soft) last October; 7lb above his last winning mark, but certain to have been well prepared for this contest.

Form: 272192-

(4)

Paparazzi²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: K Stott| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 77| CD

13/2

Strongest on the AW, and productive over C&D during January (1,2,1); 6lb higher than when beating Rey Loopy by 1¾L in this grade (Class 4); has been kept ticking over on turf since.

Form: 121778

(10)

Metatron⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 82

16/1

Impressive 7L winner on debut at Wolverhampton (1m½f) last October; steadily regressive in each subsequent start (0-4); can a return to Tapeta at a different track spark a revival?

Form: 13-470

(7)

Elamirr¹⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian| OR: 81

11/4

Exceed And Excel colt; half-brother to five winners; improving with racing and was off the mark at the third attempt on Polytrack at Lingfield (7f) last December (novice); allocated an opening mark of 81 for handicap debut; chance.

Form: 851-

(3)

Pickett's Charge^p¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: B Ellison| OR: 70| CD

28/1

Landed a gamble on the opening day of the 2018 Northumberland Plate Festival (C&D, Class 6); is just about back to his last winning mark following a couple of recent spins on turf at Haydock and York (6f); trainer saddles three runners.

Form: 3544-00

(11)

Najashee¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 70| D

5/1

Joined this trainer for 20,000gns in October 2018 (from Owen Burrows); it's difficult to knock either of his efforts so far this term, including when finishing sixth of 17 at York (1m1f, good to soft) latest; on a fair mark for Tapeta debut.

Form: 8403-46

(9)

Newmarket Warrior^p⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: D Allan| T: I Jardine| OR: 69| CD

17/2

Course regular who ideally needs to be dropped in front on the line (or as near as is possible); 1lb lower than when beaten 2L by Harvest Day over 7f here in January; others preferred.

Form: 2-34244

(2)

Falathaat^p1³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: P Hanagan| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 78

20/1

Placed on both previous AW starts, including when beaten 3¼L by the Listed winner Fox Power (now rated 102) in a Wolverhampton novice last September; her most recent form best ignored (on turf); interesting in newly applied cheekpieces.

Form: 32-0

(5)

Liliofthelamplight¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: P J McDonald| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 76

25/1

Wolverhampton winner (1m+) in April; easy to back and essentially disappointing in her last couple of starts (Brighton and Sandown); appears to be moderately handicapped; plenty of questions to answer for the moment.

Form: 5134

(8)

Testa Rossa^b⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-0| J: Phil Dennis| T: J S Goldie| OR: 63| CD

14/1

A grand old servant to his connections, and like Newmarket Warrior he knows his way up the straight mile here blindfolded (a six-time C&D winner); now rated 8lb lower than when finishing third to Rey Loopy and Trevithick in March.

Form: 935609

(1)

Antico Lady⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 70| BF| D

10/3

Absolutely thriving, and should prove to be the pick of the Brian Ellison trio; followed up a 5L May AW win (Wolverhampton) on turf at Wetherby (1m, good to firm); 1lb higher than when finishing runner up to Akwaan at Newmarket last week.

Form: 532112

Forecasts

Elamirr (11/4), Antico Lady (10/3), Najashee (5/1), Paparazzi (13/2), Newmarket Warrior (17/2), Testa Rossa (14/1), Metatron (16/1), Falathaat (20/1), Liliofthelamplight (25/1), Pickett's Charge (28/1), Monsieur Jimmy (50/1)

A competitive opener, but a race where it'll probably reap dividends to focus upon the three-year-old's. Antico Lady is thriving at present for Brian Ellison (also saddles Monsieur Jimmy and Pickett's Charge), although she does compete from a mark which is 15lb higher than for last month's Wolverhampton AW win. Elamirr is an unexposed Exceed And Excel colt for the bang-in-form Roger Varian, so merits plenty of respect on his handicap/Tapeta debut. However, if electing to simply ignore a poor seasonal reappearance at Redcar, the cheek-pieced filly FALATHAAT would hold very strong claims in this grade on the basis of her earlier juvenile AW form.