14:35 Newcastle

Saturday 14 March 2020

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Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 6m 28.8s

Definite Wisdom¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: C O'Farrell| T: R Dobbin| OR: 102

6/1

Has shown improved form since switched to fences (1-2); now rated 5lb higher than when beating Izzy's Champion by 2¼L at Musselburgh (3m, soft) 17 days ago; stablemate of the veteran Purcell's Bridge.

Form: 647-821

Solid Strike^p⁵⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: Paul Collins| OR: 100

20/1

Veteran; won four times in point-to-points before switching codes; his sole win under rules came off this mark at Hexham (2m4f, heavy) in March 2019; was only fifth of nine at Market Rasen (2m5½f, soft) in January.

Form: 12-35P5

Just Georgie⁹³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Cook| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 100

14/1

Easing markedly in the weights, has dropped 12lb since reappearing at Hexham (3m, soft) last October; didn't appear to be over enthusiastic when producing a laboured effort (pulled-up) over C&D three months ago.

Form: 2/58-63P

Rising Marienbard^t⁵⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 97

12/1

Maiden (0-10), albeit has just had a couple of previous attempts over fences and undoubtedly should strip fitter for his comeback run over hurdles here in January; isn't discounted.

Form: 44/233-7

Purcell's Bridge⁶²

Age: 13| Weight: 11-9| J: William Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: R Dobbin| OR: 97| D

50/1

Veteran; stablemate of the more appealing Definite Wisdom; is now rated 8lb lower than when finishing third of five (beaten in excess of 18L) to Horatio Hornblower at Doncaster (3m, good to soft) in December.

Form: 423-435

Robin Deuz Pois^t1⁹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott| OR: 91

4/6

Ex-Paul Webber (often placed from similar marks); joined Gordon Elliott for £17,000 in March 2019; sports a newly applied tongue-tie on her second start for the yard; Jamie Codd is an eye-catching jockey booking; of interest.

Form: 42324-5

Leverock Lass³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Thomas Dowson| T: T Reed| OR: 86

11/1

Sprung a 25-1 surprise when winning a mares' novices' hurdle at Ayr (2m4f+, good to soft) in January 2019; hasn't achieved a great deal since and was ultra cautious at her fences on chasing debut at Leicester (2m4½f, heavy).

Form: 105-473

Sigurd^t,v¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: Miss J E Foster| OR: 85

14/1

Broke his duck over fences when beating the frustrating Hard Knocks by 4½L over C&D (soft) on Boxing Day; ran okay next time (third) before a couple of lacklustre efforts since, including in a visor latest.

Form: 3413P4

Veauce De Sivola^p,t⁴⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 10-5| J: Rachel McDonald⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss S E Forster| OR: 79| D

20/1

Hit a rich vein of form around this time last year (212), scoring with a bit in hand at Musselburgh (3m, good to soft); sits just 2lb higher; better than he demonstrated last time at Sedgefield (was hampered by a mid-race faller).

Form: 4212-35

Younoso^p1³⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Ross Chapman| T: Miss T Jackson| OR: 74| C

33/1

Made all to win unchallenged here (2m4f, good to soft) in January 2019, but has shown little worthwhile form since - pulled-up in two of his last three starts; is difficult to fancy despite the newly-applied cheekpieces.

Form: 314P-7P

Non-Runners

The Horsechesnut¹³

Weight: 11-7| Age: 12

T: J Candlish J: Sean Quinlan

Forecasts

Robin Deuz Pois (4/6), Definite Wisdom (6/1), The Horsechesnut (8/1), Leverock Lass (11/1), Rising Marienbard (12/1), Just Georgie (14/1), Sigurd (14/1), Solid Strike (20/1), Veauce De Sivola (20/1), Younoso (33/1), Purcell's Bridge (50/1)

Definite Wisdom has shown improved form since switched to fences by the Alnwick based trainer Rose Dobbin (also saddles Purcell's Bridge), so he enters the thinking despite the burden of top-weight. However, with Gordon Elliott saddling his first Newcastle runner since Samcro (2018 Fighting Fifth Hurdle) and the talented amateur Jamie Codd also booked to ride (first visit to Newcastle) it's difficult to ignore the presence of the mare ROBIN DEUZ POIS. She remains a maiden (0-14), but this is just her second start for this trainer and she has shown fair form previously for Paul Webber.