11:50 Newcastle

Saturday 4 January 2020

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EBF/Parklands Mini Golf Mares' Standard NH Flat Race (Conditional Jockeys And Amateur Riders)

Off time: 11:50 | Winning time: 4m 0.10s

Alpha Carinae²⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Fergus Gregory⁽³⁾| T: O Murphy

10/3

Robin Des Champs mare; 9-4f when winning a 3m mares' maiden at Stowlin (good) in May; has since joined Olly Murphy for £62,000; trainer 20-86 (23%) with his NHF runners.

Form: 1

Bold Pearl⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr J Dunne⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell

6/1

Experienced with three starts in bumpers to compliment a couple of earlier efforts in point-to-points; dead-heated for third behind the Lucinda Russell-trained Order Of Thistle at Sedgefield (2m1f, soft) in October.

Form: 56839

Convivial³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Emma Smith-Chaston⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond

28/1

Sister to the bumper winner Mountain Path; well beaten on both Market Rasen starts (spread over a period of 14 months); needs to raise her game massively.

Form: 6-9

Feetronie De Kervi^h³⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: J Ewart

100/1

French-bred; half-sister to four winners including the bumper scorer Westport Lady; down the field behind Conchita at Wetherby in December 2018; absent since (for 392 days).

Form: 8-

Headscarf Lil³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Danny McMenamin⁽⁵⁾| T: N G Richards| BF

6/4

Getaway mare; has made the frame on both starts and that makes her a live contender in this very winnable mares' bumper; no match for a pair of subsequent winners (Clondaw Caitlin and Meep Meep Mag) at Wetherby (2m, soft) 38 days ago.

Form: 23

Movin'on Up²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Peter Coleman⁽⁷⁾| T: K Dalgleish

33/1

Milan mare; point winner (Loughanmore) who left Denis Paul Murphy for £50,000 in May 2019; 9-2 when making a low-key debut for Keith Dalgleish at Carlisle (2m1f, soft) three weeks ago; capable of better?

Form: 16

Shantou Street⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Amie Waugh⁽⁵⁾| T: S Waugh

50/1

Sold unraced for £1,500 in August 2018; made a reasonably encouraging start (third) in an Ayr bumper (2m, soft) in October; failed to build positively on that at Catterick next time.

Form: 30

Timetoroe⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Miss Brodie Hampson⁽³⁾| T: A Watson

7/1

Vinnie Roe mare; half-sister to a couple of winners; bitterly disappointing in the mud at Ffos Las (2m, soft) latest; there's every possibility that run simply came too soon on the back of her Ayr third to She's A Rocca; chance.

Form: P71-239

Two Thirty Yeat³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr Henry Newcombe⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Kirby

80/1

Yeats mare (cost €2,200 as a foal); hasn't shown any real ability to date, finishing a tailed-off last of 13 to Clondaw Caitlin (Headscarf Lil third) at Wetherby (2m, soft) 38 days ago; stablemate of Red Dragoness.

Form: 70

Fleetwood Black

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁷⁾| T: G Boanas

25/1

Black Sam Bellamy filly (cost £5,000 as a 3yo); fifth foal from a modest dam; others appeal as more likely candidates.

Form:

Grey Expectations¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Dale Irving⁽³⁾| T: S Corbett

100/1

Half-sister to the talented Flat/bumper scorer Turbo Linn; 33-1 when a tailed-off fifth of seven to Let Me Be here (1m6f, soft) before Christmas; needs to do much better, although could prove suited by the switch to Tapeta.

Form: 5

Red Dragoness²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: R Patrick⁽³⁾| T: P A Kirby

6/1

Dragon Pulse filly; took a step forward when finishing runner-up (beaten 2¾L) to Teasing Georgia at Wetherby (1m4½f, soft); has stamina to prove at 2m, albeit with Richard Patrick an eye-catching jockey booking; stablemate of Two Thirty Yeat.

Form: 62

Forecasts

Headscarf Lil (6/4), Alpha Carinae (10/3), Red Dragoness (6/1), Bold Pearl (6/1), Timetoroe (7/1), Fleetwood Black (25/1), Convivial (28/1), Movin'on Up (33/1), Shantou Street (50/1), Two Thirty Yeat (80/1), Grey Expectations (100/1), Feetronie De Kervi (100/1)

A winnable mares' bumper on Tapeta (All-Weather) to kick start the first of 60 fixtures (12 jumps) at Gosforth Park in 2020. Alpha Carinae is potentially an interesting rules newcomer for Olly Murphy (cost £62,000 out of the Irish point-to-point scene), while the likes of Timetoroe (Archie Watson) and Red Dragoness (Phil Kirby) have both shown ability in bumpers. However, the selection is the Nicky Richards-trained HEADSCARF LIL who with the benefit of hindsight faced a very stiff task indeed behind the subsequent winners Clondaw Caitlin (Wetherby) and Meep Meep Mag (Sedgefield) at Wetherby 38 days ago.