16:00 Newbury

Wednesday 15 January 2020

All12:4513:1513:4514:2014:5015:2516:00

Premier Food Courts Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 4m 2.0s

Calgary Tiger³¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: W T Kennedy| T: W De Best-Turner

200/1

Tailed off at huge prices all three starts and needs massive improvement from somewhere, or it'll be another dose of the same here.

Form: 008-

Calvario⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: G Sheehan| T: W Greatrex

20/1

Falco half-brother to 1m-9.5f winner Alberobello, but quite weak in the market for Ascot debut and finished well beaten. Yard do well in bumpers, but this one may need more time.

Form: 0

Daranova²²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: P J Brennan| T: D Loughnane

33/1

Hadn't shown an awful lot in point-to-points but belied his 50-1 price tag by finishing second in a Stratford bumper last May. Not seen since though, so might need the run.

Form: F433-U2

Fantastikas⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

10/1

Davidoff gelding that is related to plenty of French jump winners, and made a good debut himself at Southwell last month when staying on nicely under hand riding to finish second. Big player on that here.

Form: 2

Flinteur Sacre

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: B J Geraghty| T: N J Henderson

2/1

Much-awaited debut for this brother to champion chaser Sprinter Sacre, cost €125,000 as a 2yo and clearly bred in the purple; yard have a 20% strike rate with their bumper runners here.

Form:

Getaway Withit

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Adam Wedge| T: Miss R Curtis

16/1

€20,000 as a 3yo, half-brother to chase/hurdles winner Hangover, and 2m hurdles winner Paradise Valley; yard 0-13 in bumpers here, which tempers confidence.

Form:

Jay Bee Why⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King

4/1

Cost £68,000 at Cheltenham sales last November after winning only point-to-point start the month before; plenty in the family stay well, and yard have a 12% strike rate in bumpers here.

Form: 1

Party Fuzz⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

9/1

€70,000 three-year-old by Great Pretender, staying chasing is going to be his game based on his pedigree but runner-up on debut at Hereford in November and if this turns into a staying contest, he'll have his say.

Form: 2

Prince Escalus⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill

14/1

Cost £42,000 as a 3yo, easy winner of only point-to-point start in November and looks a useful prospect for the future; some real staying sorts in the family and yard have an excellent 29% strike rate in bumpers here.

Form: 1

Your Darling

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: N de Boinville| T: B Pauling

9/2

Shirocco gelding, second foal, dam a bumper winner and a half-sister to three other winners; yard not renowned for bumper winners but are 2-11 here.

Form:

Lightning Gold³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Ella Pickard

16/1

Black Sam Bellamy filly that is bred to stay much further than this; yard don't have bumper winners but she ran with great credit on her debut when runner-up at Uttoxeter, and has e/w chances on that.

Form: 2

Sheldon

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Kevin Jones⁽³⁾| T: J W Mullins

50/1

Shantou gelding that cost just €12,000 as a 3yo; pedigree has some winners in it but yard tend to let theirs find their feet in these events, and he's best watched today.

Form:

The Topp Notes⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: M Goldstein| T: Miss S West

150/1

Sixties Icon gelding that finished well beaten on debut at Wincanton last month, and needs plenty of improvement on that if he's to get involved here.

Form: 9

Non-Runners

Real Stone

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: D Skelton J: Jack Andrews

Ballycallan Fame⁷³

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: D Skelton J: Bridget Andrews

Forecasts

Flinteur Sacre (2/1), Jay Bee Why (4/1), Your Darling (9/2), Party Fuzz (9/1), Fantastikas (10/1), Prince Escalus (14/1), Getaway Withit (16/1), Lightning Gold (16/1), Ballycallan Fame (16/1), Calvario (20/1), Daranova (33/1), Real Stone (33/1), Sheldon (50/1), The Topp Notes (150/1), Calgary Tiger (200/1)

This is likely to revolve around Flinteur Sacre, who, if he has half the ability of his more illustrious brother Sprinter Sacre, is likely to prove a tough nut to crack, but equally there must be a chance he will get overbet and represent little in the way of value. FANTASTIKAS has experience under his belt after a good second at Southwell on his debut and can put that to good use here. If it turns into a slog, Party Fuzz, bred to stay well, might have a say. Jay Bee Why and Prince Escalus both make some appeal on paper too.