19:00 Newcastle

Friday 25 September 2020

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Off time: 19:01 | Winning time: 1m 26.55s

(6)

Seas Of Elzaam¹²^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 69| D

7/2

5/1, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 12 days ago, keeping on well. One to consider under a penalty having first go on tapeta.

Form: 485241

(5)

Northgate Lad^p,t1²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 70| CD

33/1

C&D winner. 125/1, last of 15 in handicap at Haydock (8.2f, soft) 20 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 04/6000

(7)

Castle Quarter^b²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: K Stott| T: S Spencer| OR: 69| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Sixth of 9 in handicap (11/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 23 days ago. Should be fully up to speed now and handicapper has given him a bit of a chance.

Form: 8313-06

(11)

Antagonize⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 69| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 10/1, creditable sixth of 10 in handicap at Beverley (5f, good) 63 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Looks summed up by mark.

Form: 05-5646

(9)

Caballero¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 69| D

17/2

Eighth of 11 in handicap at Musselburgh (8f, good, 11/1) 13 days ago. Struggling for form at present.

Form: 094068

(2)

Nordic Fire⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Paula Muir⁽³⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 68

33/1

20/1, first run since leaving David O'Meara when sixth of 9 in handicap at Pontefract (6f, good) 8 days ago. On a lenient mark if he can build on that.

Form: 900-806

(8)

Thaayer⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: P Mulrennan| T: M Herrington| OR: 68| CD

5/1

Improved on recent efforts to win 14-runner handicap at this C&D (5/1) 54 days ago. Had the run of things last time, so not an obvious one for the follow up.

Form: 833601

(4)

Finery⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: B A Curtis| T: M Appleby| OR: 70| DWS

12/1

Lightly-raced winner. Below form fourth of 10 in handicap (13/2) at Hamilton (8.3f, good to soft) 75 days ago. First run for yard after leaving K. R. Burke.

Form: 21-54

(13)

Ghathanfar¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: T Eaves| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 66| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Musselburgh in June. Eighth of 11 in handicap (9/1) at Musselburgh (7.2f, good) 19 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 362158

(10)

Insurplus²²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: P Mathers| T: J S Goldie| OR: 66| CD

10/1

3-time C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Tenth of 14 in handicap at this course (10.2f, 16/1) 22 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 274920

(14)

Big Storm Coming¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 9-4| J: D Allan| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 66| D

20/1

Tenth of 20 in minor event at Doncaster (8f, good, 50/1) 16 days ago. Hard to make a solid case for.

Form: 64-0000

(3)

Etikaal²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 66| CD

11/1

C&D winner. 11/2, good second of 13 in handicap at this C&D 22 days ago, running on. Can make presence felt.

Form: 309862

(1)

Sea Storm²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: S A Gray| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 65

12/1

Promising sort. First run since leaving Martyn Meade when third of 13 in handicap (50/1) at this C&D 22 days ago. Lightly raced and bred to be better than a mark of 65, so one to note.

Form: 43-3

(12)

De Bruyne Horse¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 64| D

28/1

Latest win at Southwell in March. Good fourth of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, good to firm, 11/1) 18 days ago. Needs to back that up now.

Form: 150074

Forecasts

Seas Of Elzaam (7/2), Thaayer (5/1), Castle Quarter (6/1), Caballero (17/2), Insurplus (10/1), Ghathanfar (10/1), Etikaal (11/1), Sea Storm (12/1), Finery (12/1), Antagonize (16/1), Big Storm Coming (20/1), De Bruyne Horse (28/1), Nordic Fire (33/1), Northgate Lad (33/1)

ETIKAAL is just a couple of pounds higher than his last winning mark and looked back in top form when runner-up over C&D 22 days ago, so he's taken to go one better in a wide-open race. Last-time=out winner Seas of Elzaam is an obvious danger and the lightly raced Sea Storm warrants a mention with improvement on the cards.