15:25 Newcastle
Sunday 2 August 2020
All12:1512:5013:2513:5514:2514:5515:2516:00
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- 3YO plus | Class 2 | 1m 2f 42y | Standard | 9 Runners | Allweather | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:27 | Winning time: 2m 15.64s
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Must give lumps of weight away but back in calmer waters after contesting the Royal Hunt Cup/John Smith's Cup on either start this year. Surprise if he wasn't capable of being a competitive but may be vulnerable to improvers.
Returns to handicap company after finishing in midfield on both starts this season in 'Listed' company. Has to be considered given she has only had two starts over this trip/AW. First time tongue-tie goes on.
Makes UK return after Meydan campaign through the winter. Fitness to prove after five months off but this mark looks stiff enough. However, the yard are going great guns at present (6-17; 35%) so worth a market check.
Produced another commendable effort when fourth in typically competitive renewal of the John Smith's Cup at York (1m2f; good) in his search for a hat-trick last time out. Major player back in calmer waters off an unchanged mark.
Form of his dead-heat second with Cape Cavalli over C&D on his seasonal return to action has since been franked with that horse winning at York since. This is a bit less daunting than subsequent pair of assignments but does need to show more.
Impossible to make a case for after some woeful recent efforts of late including when tailed-off at Haydock (1m; soft) on his first run back from a five-month break. The ground may have been to blame but best watched for the time being.
Drop back in trip looks the right move after he could never get involved when set a stiff task at Ascot (1m4f; good to firm) last week. Unexposed on the AW and over this trip so perhaps not one to fully rule out.
Return to AW looks the right move after he failed to win on turf for a third time at Sandown (1m; good to firm) recently. That was a very competitive event though, and he may be capable of more trying 1m2f for the first time.
This is a slight step-up in grade but he came on from his seasonal reappearance to find just one too good when runner-up to the unexposed Make My Day at York (1m4f; good) last month. Major player on that form & receives weight all-round.
Non-Runners
7
(4)
Archie Perkins15
Weight: 9-2| Age: 5
T: N Tinkler J: Rowan Scott
NR
Forecasts
Prejudice (4/1), Mutasaamy (4/1), Cockalorum (9/2), What's The Story (6/1), Dark Jedi (7/1), Stylehunter (10/1), Audarya (12/1), Sandret (12/1), Archie Perkins (12/1), Greatest Journey (50/1)
He probably achieved more in defeat than he did winning his previous two races when fourth in the John Smith's Cup. Therefore, given he remains unexposed at 1m2f, off an unchanged mark there is no reason why DARK JEDI cannot get back to winning ways. Receiving weight all-round perhaps Prejudice may be able to build upon his recent second to a lightly raced sort in first-time cheekpieces. Mutasaamy looks open to improvement for the step up in trip with the return to the AW a positive, while the class droppers What's The Story & Audarya are respected. Given the form of the yard, Stylehunter is worth a market check after a short-break.
- Dark Jedi
- Prejudice
- What's The Story
Prize Money
1st: £9,704.002nd: £2,888.003rd: £1,443.004th: £722.00
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