15:55 Newcastle

Monday 26 October 2020

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Play 4 To Win Betway Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 15:56 | Winning time: 2m 11.48s

(11)

Courtside⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara| OR: 65

25/1

14/1, fifteenth of 20 in minor event at Doncaster (8f, good) 47 days ago, hampered. Back up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 7/02-980

(2)

Zabeel Star²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: Jamie Gormley| T: I Jardine| OR: 64| C| D

28/1

Unreliable individual. Course winner. 25/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at Musselburgh (14f, good) 29 days ago, slowly away. Down in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 521584

(5)

George Ridsdale³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: P Mulrennan| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 62| BF| CD

6/5

C&D winner. Evens, good third of 13 in handicap at Ayr (8f, good to soft) 38 days ago, nearest finish. Back up in trip. One to consider back at this venue.

Form: 869-113

(1)

Scofflaw^v⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Hollie Doyle| T: P D Evans| OR: 61| D

12/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. 9/2, fifth of 8 in handicap at Windsor (8.1f, heavy) 58 days ago. Back up in trip. Visor back on. Needs to improve on recent efforts.

Form: 967805

(6)

Thomas Cranmer^p1¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Sophie Ralston⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss T Jackson| OR: 61| D

25/1

Twenty three runs since last win in 2018. Bit below form eighth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (16/1) 10 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Others make more appeal.

Form: 268838

(3)

Clifftop Heaven²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Phil Dennis| T: M Walford| OR: 63| CD

17/2

9/2, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this C&D 28 days ago, well positioned. One to consider again.

Form: 095551

(9)

Armed⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: W Buick| T: Ian Williams| OR: 57

11/2

15/2, good third of 14 in handicap at Windsor (10f, good) 49 days ago. Has good chance on form. The one to beat with Buick riding.

Form: 48-6803

(8)

Sacred Belief²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: D Tudhope| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 61

11/1

Respectable sixth of 12 in handicap (6/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 21 days ago. Still relatively lightly raced and one to consider for each-way purposes.

Form: 056756

(14)

Ghayyar^p,t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: P J McDonald| T: A C Whillans| OR: 56

33/1

Twenty four runs since last win in 2018. Respectable fourth of 8 in handicap (40/1) at this course (12.4f) 13 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 893484

(13)

Sands Chorus⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Gemma Tutty⁽³⁾| T: K Tutty| OR: 56| D

14/1

Thirty two runs since last win in 2017. Creditable fourth of 14 in handicap at this course (8f, 14/1) 6 days ago, sticking to task. Back up in trip. Others have achieved more.

Form: 74U474

(10)

Stand Free^h²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: J P Sullivan| T: Suzzanne France| OR: 57

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good third of 11 in handicap at this C&D (25/1) 28 days ago. Further improvement needed but not ruled out.

Form: 8-5563

(12)

Violette Szabo^p²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Faye McManoman⁽³⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 54

18/1

Creditable 1½ lengths third of 10 to Clifftop Heaven in handicap (17/2) at this C&D 28 days ago, well positioned. One to consider.

Form: 836343

(7)

False Id^b²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-8| J: Barry McHugh| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 47| C| D

50/1

Course winner. Twenty four runs since last win in 2019. Tenth of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f, 16/1) 2 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 767280

Non-Runners

(4)

Black Star Dancing²⁸

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: K Dalgleish J: J Fanning

Forecasts

George Ridsdale (6/5), Armed (11/2), Clifftop Heaven (17/2), Sacred Belief (11/1), Scofflaw (12/1), Sands Chorus (14/1), Violette Szabo (18/1), Black Star Dancing (22/1), Courtside (25/1), Thomas Cranmer (25/1), Zabeel Star (28/1), Ghayyar (33/1), Stand Free (40/1), False Id (50/1)

ARMED returns from a short break after shaping well at Windsor last month. He's looking very well handicapped on some of his older form and may finally get off the mark with Buick in the saddle. George Ridsdale made quite the impression here over C&D last month and shouldn't be far away. Sacred Belief may be able to improve to play a part.