17:30 Newcastle
Thursday 6 February 2020
All16:3017:0017:3018:0018:3019:0019:3020:00
Ladbrokes Where The Nation Plays Novice Stakes
- 3YO only | Class 5 | 7f 14y | Standard / Slow | 7 Runners | Allweather | Weighed In
- Off time: 17:32 | Winning time: 1m 30.08s
Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
Exceed And Excel colt (110,000gns vendor juvenile); clearly knew his job when making a winning debut here (5f) at the 2019 Northumberland Plate Festival; off since (for 222 days) and reappears under a penalty for a different trainer.
New Approach colt (€90,000 juvenile); stepped up on his debut form when readily justifying favouritism over C&D four weeks ago (fifth-placed Golden Sandbanks has run a blinder in defeat since); sets the form benchmark.
Unraced Brazen Beau gelding (£32,000 yearling); sixth foal from a 7f winner (Maziona); half-brother to the winning miler Icart Point; looks to be the pick of the newcomers'.
Hasn't shown a great deal of obvious promise in two starts to date (here, 6f) and is seemingly the type to do better once introduced to handicapping; isn't one for tonight.
Isn't the most straightforward from the gates (unseated rider on his second start); overcame a tardy start when a clear second best to the winning favourite Longsider at Wolverhampton (1m½f) three weeks ago; Luke Morris is a positive jockey booking.
Unraced Dragon Pulse filly out of a Henrythenavigator mare (Texas Ruby); her Borders based trainer wouldn't be a regular source of runners or winners in novice events.
Unraced Pioneer of The Nile filly out of a Mineshaft mare (Miner's Secret); sports a tongue-tie; others are preferred.
Forecasts
Union (4/9), Hurcle (5/2), Superior Moment (9/1), Mossbawn (22/1), Special Lady (50/1), Nellie French (100/1), On Display (150/1)
Mossbawn appears to be the pick of the newcomers', but it'll come as a major surprise if this doesn't prove to be a straightforward match between the penalised course winners Hurcle and UNION. The former returns to action from a 222-day absence for Richard Fahey (previously with Archie Watson). However, a strong preference is for the Roger Varian-trained runner who has the benefit of a more recent run, with that C&D winning form taking a major boost courtesy of a fine effort from fifth-placed Golden Sandbanks here last week.
- Union
- Hurcle
- Superior Moment
Prize Money
1st: £3,429.002nd: £1,020.003rd: £510.004th: £255.00
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