16:40 Newcastle

Saturday 23 January 2021

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Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football Handicap

Off time: 16:43 | Winning time: 1m 41.56s

(8)

We Still Believe³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 57

7/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 100/1, seventh of 11 in minor event at this course (6f) 39 days ago. Significantly up in trip for this handicap debut and big step forward required.

Form: 067-

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(5)

Zankala¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Shepherd| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 54

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 150/1 and visored for 1st time, eighth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 17 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 860-8

(3)

Furniture Factors⁷⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: T Eaves| T: Ronald Thompson| OR: 54

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 13 in maiden (400/1) at Doncaster (6f, soft) 77 days ago. Significantly up in trip now pitched into a handicap.

Form: 008-

(2)

Pocketeer¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: J Ryan| OR: 54

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/2, respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 18 days ago. 1 lb lower now and should make her presence felt.

Form: 4094-6

(10)

Ghostly¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 53

12/1

20/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 18 days ago. Not beaten off 3 lb higher mark there on penultimate start, form which makes him of interest from an each-way perspective.

Form: 62694-8

(1)

Kingdom Found¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: D Tudhope| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 53

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/2, seventh of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 18 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Needs to find some improvement, but she's in good hands and is worth considering.

Form: 0066-7

(6)

Princess Elektra^b¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: George Scott| OR: 51

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Blinkered for 1st time, very good seventh of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 40/1) 18 days ago, not ideally placed. Claims if able to build on that here.

Form: 850-7

(7)

Influence Is Power²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 51

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, last of 5 in handicap at this C&D 2 days ago and it's probably best to look elsewhere.

Form: 630-55

(9)

Heatherdown Matron^v¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Dylan Hogan⁽³⁾| T: M L W Bell| OR: 49

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 4/1 and visored for 1st time, creditable third of 9 in minor event at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 18 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. More needed.

Form: 6645-3

(4)

Paquita¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian| OR: 49

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good seventh of 12 in handicap (28/1) at Lingfield (10f, AW) 11 days ago. Not without each-way hope in what looks an open race.

Form: 880-07

(11)

Holy Chalice⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Harrison Shaw| T: B Haslam| OR: 45

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, seventh of 13 in nursery at this course (6f) 53 days ago. Significantly up in trip and, like stablemate We Still Believe, she needs to take a big step forward.

Form: 7067-

Forecasts

Kingdom Found (3/1), Princess Elektra (11/2), Pocketeer (6/1), We Still Believe (7/1), Heatherdown Matron (15/2), Paquita (8/1), Holy Chalice (9/1), Ghostly (12/1), Influence Is Power (14/1), Zankala (25/1), Furniture Factors (50/1)

There were positives to glean from PRINCESS ELEKTRA's handicap debut effort in first-time blinkers (retained here) at Wolverhampton recently, and she is the percentage call in what looks a very open race. Pocketeer was just ahead of the selection on that occasion, but all things considered she may struggle to uphold that form and a bigger threat to Princess Elektra may be posed by Kingdom Found.