13:40 Newcastle

Friday 15 January 2021

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Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 13:42 | Winning time: 2m 14.45s

(1)

Termonator^b¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 62| C

2/1

Course winner. Latest win here in December. Creditable third of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 6/1) 11 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 4/5861-3

(2)

Idilico¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Phil Dennis| T: P A Kirby| OR: 60| D

10/1

Fair winner at 16f over hurdles. 50/1, first run since leaving Ian Williams when ninth of 11 in handicap at this course (12.4f) 18 days ago. More needed.

Form: 12/0069-

(3)

Al Ozzdi⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Hart| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 59| C

11/2

Course winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2020. Seventh of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 8/1) 8 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 04304-7

(10)

Monash^h⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: P Mulrennan| T: R Menzies| OR: 59

16/1

Maiden. Hooded for 1st time, eighth of 9 in bumper (20/1) at this course (16.2f, standard to slow) 7 days ago. Fair on the Flat.

Form: 687756-

(4)

Pallas Dancer^p²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Cam Hardie| T: B Ellison| OR: 57

4/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, career best when winning 12-runner handicap (40/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 20 days ago, keeping on well. Should go close in search of the double.

Form: 754671-

(9)

Autonomy¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: P A Kirby| OR: 54

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, first run since leaving Sir Mark Prescott Bt when last of 11 in handicap at this course (12.4f) 18 days ago. Best watched.

Form: 977/0-

(8)

Sweet Marmalade^p⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: G Lee| T: D Brooke| OR: 53

20/1

50/1, first run since leaving Brian Ellison when ninth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (12.1f) 61 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces back on. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 00/2369-

(13)

Zealous^p³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: P J McDonald| T: A C Whillans| OR: 52

9/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. Twelfth of 13 in handicap (12/1) at this course (8f) 31 days ago. Back up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 347430-

(5)

Archippos^p⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 51| D

25/1

Sixth of 7 in handicap at Southwell (14.1f, 10/1) 7 days ago. Back down in trip. Cheekpieces back on. Others make more appeal.

Form: 92096-6

(11)

Don't Be Surprised¹⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Barry McHugh| T: S Spencer| OR: 47

11/1

Seventh of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 10/1). Off 168 days. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0/22377-

(6)

Scottish Blade^p³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: S A Gray| T: P Morris| OR: 45

16/1

11/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 34 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0/90825-

(7)

Amber^p1¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: J P Sullivan| T: P D Niven| OR: 45

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden on Flat. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Catterick (15.7f, soft, 150/1) on NH debut 18 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Poor on last Flat outing. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 095/

(12)

Just Jean³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Aiden Brookes⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 45

40/1

150/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap at this course (12.4f) 31 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 505600-

Forecasts

Termonator (2/1), Pallas Dancer (4/1), Al Ozzdi (11/2), Zealous (9/1), Idilico (10/1), Don't Be Surprised (11/1), Monash (16/1), Scottish Blade (16/1), Sweet Marmalade (20/1), Archippos (25/1), Just Jean (40/1), Autonomy (50/1), Amber (150/1)

PALLAS DANCER may be able to follow up his Wolverhampton win off a 3 lb higher mark. He's still relatively lightly raced and should be able to build upon that success. Termonator is in good form at the moment and looks to be the biggest danger. Al Ozzdi is another worth considering for each-way purposes.