16:40 Newcastle

Wednesday 7 October 2020

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Off time: 16:42 | Winning time: 1m 43.08s

(14)

Newmarket Warrior^p¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: Jamie Gormley| T: I Jardine| OR: 60| CD

17/2

3-time C&D winner. Twenty one runs since last win in 2018. Creditable second of 9 in handicap at this C&D (8/1) 15 days ago. Solid claims again.

Form: 9-40802

(4)

Kingson¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey| OR: 58| D

22/1

33/1, fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Beverley (8.4f, good) 15 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: 8-00000

(12)

Rogue Tide^p¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 60

6/1

Creditable second of 13 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 12/1) 14 days ago, no match for winner. Merits consideration.

Form: 650792

(13)

Blazing Dreams^p¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: P Mulrennan| T: B Haslam| OR: 57| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Creditable third of 9 in handicap at this C&D (5/1) 15 days ago, conceding first run. Below last winning mark and caught the eye last time, so makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 620003

(7)

Athabasca¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 60

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 50/1, eleventh of 12 in minor event at this course (6f) 12 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Could do better.

Form: 95-0

(3)

Jungle Book¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Hart| T: L Bailey| OR: 56

18/1

66/1, bit below form sixth of 13 in handicap at Ayr (8f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 3-08856

(11)

Verdigris⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: T Eaves| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 51| D

18/1

16/1, twelfth of 16 in handicap at Redcar (7f, good to firm) 72 days ago, slowly away. Last run best excused and she's becoming well handicapped.

Form: 905-990

(2)

Lukoutoldmakezebak⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: K Stott| T: D Thompson| OR: 50| BF| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. 4/1, respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at this C&D 5 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 076546

(6)

Jungle Rock²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Aiden Smithies⁽⁷⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 53

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 9 in handicap at Pontefract (6f, good, 66/1) 20 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes tapeta debut. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 073-09

(5)

Hunters Step^t²¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Faye McManoman⁽⁵⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 49| BF| CD

11/1

C&D winner. Bit below form fourth of 8 in handicap (5/2) at this C&D. Off 7 months. Likely to need this first run back, so best watched.

Form: 7-13444

(8)

False Id^b⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-8| J: Phil Dennis| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 47| C

10/1

Course winner. First run since leaving Colin Teague when bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap (18/1) at this C&D 5 days ago, never nearer. Hard to make a solid case for.

Form: 525767

(10)

Splash Of Verve^p⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: D Thompson| OR: 45| C

7/1

Course winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2019. Respectable fourth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (16/1) 5 days ago. Better over further.

Form: 622444

(9)

Buzz Lightyere^p⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: G Lee| T: J S Wainwright| OR: 45| D

66/1

Temperamental sort. Nineteen runs since last win in 2018. Ninth of 13 in handicap (100/1) at this C&D 5 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 960009

(1)

Katsonis²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁵⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 47

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 10 in minor event at Redcar (6f, good to firm, 50/1) 22 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 787

Forecasts

Blazing Dreams (7/2), Lukoutoldmakezebak (7/2), Rogue Tide (6/1), Splash Of Verve (7/1), Newmarket Warrior (17/2), False Id (10/1), Hunters Step (11/1), Verdigris (18/1), Athabasca (18/1), Jungle Book (18/1), Kingson (22/1), Katsonis (33/1), Buzz Lightyere (66/1), Jungle Rock (125/1)

BLAZING DREAMS is 1 lb below the mark he scored off over C&D earlier in the year and, having finished well from too far back here recently, he looks ready to strike if more goes his way. Newmarket Warrior returned to form last time and is respected along with Rogue Tide.