19:45 Newcastle
Friday 28 February 2020
All17:1017:4518:1518:4519:1519:45
Betway Handicap
- 3YO plus | Class 7 | 6f | Standard | 13 Runners | Allweather | Weighed In
- Off time: 19:56 | Winning time: 1m 13.35s
Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1-19, having scored here over 5f in 2018. Has been placed numerous times since then, and from higher marks than this, over both 6f and 7f. If you can forgive his latest effort, he could be a big player here.
C&D winner when 9lb higher in November 2018. That was the most recent of six successes. Showed when going close from 4lb higher at Wolverhampton in September, that he has the ability at this level, but plenty to prove after his last two runs.
Turf and Tapeta winner who has been back in better form lately, running well over 5f at Wolverhampton on his penultimate start, and then being beaten just ½L over C&D last time. Likely contender.
16-race maiden. Has run respectably here in the past, and was back to better form at Southwell last time, but he remains vulnerable.
Triple turf and Polytrack winner over 5f/6f. Held over 7f on each of his last two starts, and this drop in trip is not obviously going to get him back into the winners' enclosure.
Well held on his only run in Ireland for Kevin Prendergast, and beaten 27L in both starts for this trainer. Makes handicap debut from a lowly mark, but only of interest if market vibes are strong.
Dual winner here (C&D and 7f). Now on a nine-race losing run since the latter, in late 2018. Slight step back in the right direction when dropped to this level here last time, but hard to fancy.
6f/7f AW winner on Fibresand and Polytrack. 11-race losing run dates back to last March. Could give her a big chance based on her C&D run when close fourth last month, but held elsewhere since, so has a bit to prove.
Triple 5f course winner. Nowhere near as good as he once was, but enough recent evidence on his CV to give him an each-way chance here at the very least.
1-21 on AW, having won at Kempton in 2018. Can glean some encouragment from the last time she dropped to this level, when third at Chelmsford last May, but little else to get excited about since.
Multiple AW winner from 6f-1m1½f, including over C&D, but none since 2016. Back on AW for first time in over a year, but others look better placed to be winning this.
Didn't show much in three starts last winter for David O'Meara. Has since changed hands, and looks best watched on stable debut after over a year off.
0-8, but has shown herself probably capable of winning on more than one occasion. However, she hasn't really done so in her last four runs since joining this trainer. May have needed recent return from a break, but still plenty to prove.
Non-Runners
6
(13)
Crash Helmet13
Weight: 9-7| Age: 5
T: Micky Hammond J: G Lee
NR
Forecasts
Sharrabang (4/1), The Bull (4/1), Lord Of The Glen (5/1), Poppy May (7/1), Ghost Buy (15/2), Kroy (8/1), Roaring Rory (10/1), Crash Helmet (12/1), Motawaazy (14/1), Navarra Princess (18/1), Milton Road (20/1), Ad Vitam (50/1), Chillon Castle (50/1), It's Not My Fault (66/1)
Modest fayre and the suggestion is to forgive his latest effort and side with THE BULL for a second career success. Sharrabang should be thereabouts, while money for Crash Helmet in first-time headgear would be of interest. Lord Of The Glen could be the biggest danger to the selection.
- The Bull
- Lord Of The Glen
- Sharrabang
Prize Money
1st: £2,523.002nd: £751.003rd: £375.004th: £188.00
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