13:10 Newcastle

Friday 15 January 2021

All12:4013:1013:4014:1014:4015:1015:4016:10

Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 13:11 | Winning time: 2m 13.07s

(7)

International Law³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 62| C

7/1

Course winner. 22/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at this course (12.4f) 31 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 537659-

(9)

Antagonize²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 60| C

15/2

Course winner. 17/2, ninth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 29 days ago. Significantly up in trip. More needed.

Form: 646979-

(3)

Corrida De Toros⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽⁷⁾| T: E De Giles| OR: 59

10/1

Bit below form fifth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 11/2) 46 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Up in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 5607/65-

(10)

Utopian Lad¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Phil Dennis| T: D Loughnane| OR: 60

7/2

5/1, creditable second of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 10 days ago. Looks to be on a dangerous mark and expected to be bang there.

Form: 43005-2

(12)

The Game Of Life¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 58

16/1

33/1, third of 13 in handicap at this course (8f) 15 days ago, never nearer. One to consider up in trip.

Form: 940083-

(4)

Melgate Majeure¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: J P Sullivan| T: D Brooke| OR: 55| CD

20/1

C&D winner. 50/1, respectable eighth of 13 in handicap at this course (8f) 15 days ago. Up in trip. Becoming well treated.

Form: 68/8508-

(2)

Travel Lightly^p⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: P Mulrennan| T: R Menzies| OR: 55

40/1

16/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Sedgefield (21.2f, good to soft) 71 days ago. Back up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Tim Easterby. Risky proposition at present.

Form: 641190-

(1)

Ad Libitum¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Hart| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 53| C

7/1

Course winner. 25/1, creditable sixth of 11 in handicap at this course (12.4f) 18 days ago.

Form: 9/00056-

(6)

Splash Of Verve^p²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 8-13| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: D Thompson| OR: 52| C| D

17/2

Course winner. Latest win at Chelmsford City in December. 12/1, good sixth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 20 days ago. Solids each-way claims.

Form: 453216-

(13)

Man Of Verve¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-8| J: Andrew Breslin⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Kirby| OR: 47| BF| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. Eighth of 12 in minor event at Southwell (11.1f, 4/1) 12 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Merits consideration.

Form: 09015-8

(11)

Vertice¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Shane Gray| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 48

15/2

Creditable sixth of 13 in handicap (20/1) at this course (8f) 15 days ago. Back up in trip. More needed.

Form: 970566-

(5)

The Brora Pobbles²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: Barry McHugh| T: A C Whillans| OR: 45

12/1

Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap at this course (8f, 50/1) 25 days ago. Back up in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 73/8575-

(8)

Dorset Blue^v⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: A Mullen| T: M Walford| OR: 46

50/1

20/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 52 days ago. Visor back on. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 6/70050-

Forecasts

Utopian Lad (7/2), Ad Libitum (7/1), International Law (7/1), Vertice (15/2), Antagonize (15/2), Splash Of Verve (17/2), Man Of Verve (10/1), Corrida De Toros (10/1), The Brora Pobbles (12/1), The Game Of Life (16/1), Melgate Majeure (20/1), Travel Lightly (40/1), Dorset Blue (50/1)

UTOPIAN LAD has returned from a break in decent heart this winter and was only just touched off on this surface at Wolverhampton. Off the same mark today, he should take all the beating. Splash of Verve has been running creditably and holds solid each-way claims. The Game of Life is another with hopes of making the frame.