17:05 Newcastle

Monday 28 December 2020

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Bombardier Handicap

Off time: 17:09 | Winning time: 1m 27.23s

(7)

Deolali^p⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Shane Gray| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 56| CD

10/3

3-time C&D winner.Career best when winning 13-runner handicap (6/1) at this course (6f) 7 days ago by length from Rockley Point, missing break. One to consider under a penalty.

Form: 015701

(3)

Strawberryandcream^p⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: J D Bethell| OR: 60| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in October. 15/2, below form 8¼ lengths eighth of 14 to Deolali in handicap at this C&D 52 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 4-42718

(2)

Arlo's Sunshine²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: David Probert| T: L McJannet| OR: 59

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 11 in minor event (8/1) at Chelmsford City (6f) 25 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Makes handicap debut. Something to find on form.

Form: 946

(1)

Castlehill Retreat⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Harrison Shaw| T: B Haslam| OR: 57| CD

40/1

C&D winner. 20/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at this course (6f) 55 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 7-44500

(10)

Captain Corelli⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P Mulrennan| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 57

11/1

Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at this course (8f, 11/1) 59 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 63-6374

(12)

Dramatista¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Hart| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 57

4/1

6/1, good third of 13 in handicap at this course (8f) 13 days ago. Improving all the time recently.

Form: 324073

(5)

Wots The Wifi Code^p⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: D C Costello| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 56

22/1

Creditable third of 6 in handicap (13/2) at Southwell (8.1f) 8 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 232073

(6)

Eldelbar^h⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: S H James| T: G A Harker| OR: 56| BF| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. 5¾ lengths ninth of 13 to Deolali in handicap at this course (6f, 7/2) 7 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 172329

(9)

Billy Wedge²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: T Eaves| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 56| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 100/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at this C&D 24 days ago, slowly away. Difficult to make a case for.

Form: 31-3000

(14)

Absolute Dream^v¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Megan Nicholls| T: R A Fahey| OR: 53

9/2

One win from 25 Flat runs. Seventeen runs since last win in 2018. 7/2, eighth of 12 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 17 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 474548

(4)

Rockley Point^b⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Phil Dennis| T: K Scott| OR: 53| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Catterick in October. Creditable length second of 13 to Deolali in handicap (9/2) at this course (6f) 7 days ago. Very consistent and expected to be bang there.

Form: 961232

Non-Runners

(13)

Inner Circle¹³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 6

T: D M Loughnane J: Elisha Whittington

(11)

Three Card Trick¹⁰

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: Phillip Makin J: Rowan Scott

(8)

Aiden's Reward¹³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: B Haslam J: A Mullen

Forecasts

Deolali (10/3), Dramatista (4/1), Absolute Dream (9/2), Rockley Point (6/1), Three Card Trick (7/1), Eldelbar (9/1), Captain Corelli (11/1), Billy Wedge (16/1), Aiden's Reward (16/1), Arlo's Sunshine (18/1), Strawberryandcream (18/1), Inner Circle (20/1), Wots The Wifi Code (22/1), Castlehill Retreat (40/1)

This is fiercely competitve and ROCKLEY POINT looks the best answer given his consistency and form of late. A C&D winner who rarely runs a bad race at this venue, he shouldn't be far away at the finish. Dramatista is less exposed than several in here and could have more to offer. Deolali is a danger under his penalty too.