16:30 Newcastle

Thursday 23 January 2020

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Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 16:32 | Winning time: 1m 43.14s

(3)

Blazing Dreams⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 61| CD

6/4

Badly hampered when bidding to defy a 5lb penalty over C&D last week; 3lb higher than when beating High Fort by ¾L on his penultimate start; must enter the reckoning on the back of three course wins (7f-1m).

Form: 8745-19

(10)

Al Ozzdi¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: J P Sullivan| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 60

5/1

Competitively handicapped as a result of failing to produce the goods in recent times; has ground to make up with Blazing Dreams (3½L or so) from their clash here a fortnight ago, but wouldn't necessarily come as a surprise winner.

Form: 10260-6

(6)

Mr Strutter²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: D C Costello| T: Ronald Thompson| OR: 59

4/1

Sole AW win (1-25) came over 6f at Southwell in December 2018 (beat First Excel by 3¼L); finished three places in front of Blazing Dreams when runner-up to High Fort over C&D on his penultimate start; competes off the same mark.

Form: 06352-6

(1)

Lukoutoldmakezebak^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Harrison Shaw⁽³⁾| T: D Thompson| OR: 58| CD

5/1

On a career high mark (58) but is clearly most effective at this track with three wins on his CV (7f-1m); had Strawberryandcream (fourth) and Kodiac Lass (fifth) behind when runner-up to Double Martini a fortnight ago; should hold every chance.

Form: 13919-2

(4)

Kodiac Lass^h¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Phil Dennis| T: K Scott| OR: 55

18/1

Left Marco Botti for 6,000gns at the Newmarket Autumn Sale; was having just her second start for the Galashiels handler Katie Scott when fifth of nine to Double Martini (over C&D) a fortnight ago; has something to find with Lukoutoldmakezebak.

Form: 55930-5

(7)

Warrior's Spirit⁴⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: J Garritty| T: P D Niven| OR: 55| D

8/1

Has left the care of Alan Brown since his last appearance at Redcar (1m, soft) in November 2018; a watching and monitoring brief is advised to see how he copes with this Tapeta surface off a 443-day absence; is considered unlikely.

Form: 718355/

(8)

Jagerbond^b,e/s¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Andrew Breslin⁽⁵⁾| T: A Crook| OR: 45

14/1

22-race maiden; drops back in trip after competing (poorly) over 1m2f here recently; virtually impossible to identify a positive angle; look elsewhere for the solution.

Form: 82498-0

(5)

Rebeljustforkicks^h⁴²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: Paul Collins| OR: 45

100/1

Well beaten at massive odds on all three juvenile starts (6f-7f) in late 2018; sits outside of the handicap proper on return from a 421-day absence; look elsewhere with a high degree of confidence.

Form: 000/

(9)

Sixties Coed^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Izzy Clifton⁽⁷⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 45

50/1

Half-brother to five winners, including the course winner Little Jo (1m); has scarcely beaten a single rival in three starts in novice company (6f-1m) and truthfully looks to be devoid of any ability.

Form: 57-5

Non-Runners

(11)

Poetic Era¹⁸⁰

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: D M Simcock J: Dylan Hogan

(2)

Strawberryandcream¹⁴

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: J D Bethell J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Blazing Dreams (6/4), Mr Strutter (4/1), Poetic Era (9/2), Al Ozzdi (5/1), Lukoutoldmakezebak (5/1), Strawberryandcream (7/1), Warrior's Spirit (8/1), Jagerbond (14/1), Kodiac Lass (18/1), Sixties Coed (50/1), Rebeljustforkicks (100/1)

Unsurprisingly for such low-grade horses there's a strong back-catalogue of previous history. Blazing Dreams was badly hampered when bidding to defy a 5lb penalty here last week and that run is safely ignored. Ben Haslam's charge is one of a number of horses in with a shout, alongside the frustrating Al Ozzdi and the newly-cheekpieced Strawberryandcream. Of the remainder, the reappearing filly Poetic Era needs a basic market check. However, the reliable LUKOUTOLDMAKEZEBAK enjoys his visits to Gosforth Park (a three-time course winner) and the form of his 7f September course win is particularly solid in this Class 6 grade.