16:50 Newcastle

Thursday 31 December 2020

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Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 16:56 | Winning time: 1m 12.93s

(8)

Tyche^p¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 57

3/1

Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap (7/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 16 days ago. Can make presence felt in bid for a first win at the tenth attempt.

Form: 458435

(7)

Angels Faces^b1¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 54

25/1

Modest maiden who came in only ninth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 12 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time and needs to bounce back.

Form: 957729

(5)

Rockley Point^b³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Phil Dennis| T: K Scott| OR: 53| CD

3/1

Latest win at Catterick in October but below-form sixth of 11 in handicap at this course (7.1f) 3 days ago. C&D winner so not totally dismissed.

Form: 612326

(10)

Gleaming Arch¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: P Mulrennan| T: F Watson| OR: 53| C

4/1

Course winner but arrives on back of below-form seventh of 13 in handicap at this C&D 10 days ago. Needs more.

Form: 43-2507

(12)

Atrafan²⁹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Rowan Scott| T: A D Brown| OR: 48

22/1

33/1, not disgraced after 31 months off when sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (7.1f) 9 months ago. Fitness remains a concern though so others are more persuasive.

Form: 64599/6

(4)

Perfect Soldier⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Faye McManoman⁽³⁾| T: W Storey| OR: 46

20/1

Twenty nine runs since last win in 2017, and modest ninth of 13 in handicap at this course (7.1f, 7/1) 58 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 636459

(2)

Zuckerberg^p³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Darragh Keenan⁽³⁾| T: I Furtado| OR: 45

10/1

Remains a maiden after 17 runs, and below-par seventh of 11 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 34 days ago. Cheekpieces back on with work to do.

Form: 438367

(6)

Kroy^p¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Paula Muir⁽³⁾| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 45| CD

15/2

C&D winner who got back on track with fourth of 13 in handicap here 10 days ago, running on late. Not taken lightly off 1 lb lower mark.

Form: 0-94904

(3)

Kommander Kirkup¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 8-12| J: Barry McHugh| T: M Herrington| OR: 45| D

25/1

Temperamental sort who arrives on a long losing run. Only ninth of 14 in handicap (50/1) at this C&D 10 days ago so others appeal lot more.

Form: 754009

(11)

Secret Equity¹⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Jason Hart| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 45

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden for Paul George who has been off since ninth of 13 in 6f Yarmouth novice in July. Makes handicap debut now for excellent yard so no forlorn hope and well worth a market check.

Form: 7079

(1)

Ad Vitam^b,t¹³⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 8-12| J: T Eaves| T: Suzzanne France| OR: 45| CD

66/1

C&D winner but sent off 100/1 when only fourteenth of 16 in 7f handicap at Doncaster 138 days ago. Hard to warm to.

Form: 5030-80

(13)

Summer Heights⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Oliver Stammers⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45

80/1

250/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 44 days ago. Poor maiden who is very hard to make a case for.

Form: 599000

Non-Runners

(9)

Quiteacatch¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: D Carroll J: Zak Wheatley

Forecasts

Rockley Point (3/1), Tyche (3/1), Gleaming Arch (4/1), Quiteacatch (9/2), Kroy (15/2), Secret Equity (10/1), Zuckerberg (10/1), Perfect Soldier (20/1), Atrafan (22/1), Angels Faces (25/1), Kommander Kirkup (25/1), Ad Vitam (66/1), Summer Heights (80/1)

Lots of these arrive with question marks agains them so at the likely odds it could be worth siding with the lightly-raced SECRET EQUITY to take a big step forward on her handicap bow now she is under the expert tutelage of Julie Camacho. In-form top-weight Tyche rates a big threat while C&D scorer Kroy is another who needs considering.