13:45 Newcastle

Tuesday 9 March 2021

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QuinnBet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 5m 9.15s

Benny's Oscar²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

5/6

Point winner at fourth attempt in December and made a successful transition to hurdling at Warwick last month (21f). Form nothing flash and carries a penalty, but still demands respect.

Form: 5-5311

Gibberwell⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Fergus Gregory⁽³⁾| T: J Coulson| OR: 117| D

20/1

Ex-Irish hurdler who landed 20f novice at Wexford 65 days ago on final run for Brian Jordan. Never really a factor at Kelso in December and has work to do under his penalty.

Form: 66214

All Shook Up²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: David England| T: D Skelton

40/1

€105,000 Fame And Glory gelding but failed to meet expectations in a couple of bumpers. Stablemate of Benny's Oscar.

Form: 60

Balkalin^t¹⁰¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Ross Chapman| T: M A Barnes

200/1

Lightly raced and failed to match bumper form over hurdles in Ireland.

Form: 335490/

Economic Editor²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Craig Nichol| T: A Nicol

250/1

£5,000 4-y-o half-brother to 4 winners, including useful chaser General Principle (2m-29f winner including Irish Grand National). Limited impact in points and well held on Rules debut. Up in trip.

Form: U4PB9

Jinkaman¹⁸³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Quinlan| T: C Grant

250/1

Best effort in bumpers when modest sixth of 8 at Perth in August. Makes hurdles debut up in trip.

Form: 0-63

Moonlight Beam¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Oakley Brown⁽⁷⁾| T: Justin Landy

5/1

Placed in Irish points and on 2 of his 3 outings in bumpers. The form no better than fair but shaped like a stayer when third on hurdles debut recently and now goes up in distance.

Form: 3P-3523

Mr Melda¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: B S Hughes| T: T Lacey

33/1

€88,000 3-y-o, Fame And Glory gelding. Dam of no account on Flat. Heavy defeat on debut a fortnight ago.

Form: P

Oh So Sensible^t⁷¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: S Waugh

250/1

Poor maiden on Flat for Tracey Collins, last run in that sphere back in 2018. Third on point debut last time (Mar 2019).

Form: 3/

Otello Moor⁸⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 101

80/1

Bred to need time and distance and has shaped in kind so far. Looks one for the longer term.

Form: 4730

Pride Park⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Henry Brooke| T: P Atkinson

100/1

€8,000 3-y-o, Yeats gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 21f) Cavite Beta. Yard boasts a good strike rate in bumpers but this one showed little here in January.

Form: 0

Ripper Roo³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy| OR: 118| BF| D

6/4

Has shown plenty in finishing placed all 3 starts, an AW bumper and a brace of maiden hurdles at up to 19.3f. Likely has a bigger effort in him.

Form: 1-223

Waiting Forever⁴⁹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Ryan Mania| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

66/1

€5,500 3-y-o, Witness Box gelding. Dam unraced. Off the bridle a long way out in a Carlisle bumper back in 2019.

Form: 0-

Angelsea Lace⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Harry Reed| T: T Reed

250/1

Little promise both starts for P. M. Cloke in Ireland. Did manage to win a point but well held back under Rules last week.

Form: 03U12/0

Grey Tikkana¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: K Scott

250/1

Looks very limited on early evidence.

Form: 7808

Forecasts

Benny's Oscar (5/6), Ripper Roo (6/4), Moonlight Beam (5/1), Gibberwell (20/1), Mr Melda (33/1), All Shook Up (40/1), Waiting Forever (66/1), Otello Moor (80/1), Pride Park (100/1), Balkalin (200/1), Angelsea Lace (250/1), Economic Editor (250/1), Oh So Sensible (250/1), Jinkaman (250/1), Grey Tikkana (250/1)

RIPPER ROO cemented a positive start to his career with another placed effort at Catterick a month ago and the 6 lb he receives from Warwick-winner Benny's Oscar may prove to be decisive. Moonlight Beam should relish this step up in trip and looks best of the rest.