19:45 Newcastle

Tuesday 16 March 2021

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Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap

Off time: 19:46 | Winning time: 1m 11.87s

(7)

Save The Spirit³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Gray| T: D O'Meara| OR: 74| CD

14/1

Lightly-raced winner. C&D winner. One win from 2 runs last year. Creditable third of 7 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, AW, 6/1) 31 days ago, slowly away. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 41-273

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(1)

Al Suil Eile¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: S A Harris| OR: 74| D

17/2

Latest win at Kempton in February. Creditable second of 6 in handicap (9/2) at Lingfield (8f, AW) 10 days ago, not ideally placed. Back down in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 163612

(8)

Devil's Angel¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Megan Nicholls| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 74| CD

3/1

Matched best form when winning 9-runner handicap over C&D 11 days ago. Just 2 lb higher now and warrants respect.

Form: 0328-31

(11)

Good Night Mr Tom⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: T Eaves| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 72| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in December. Below form eighth of 13 in handicap (15/2) at this C&D 78 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 296018-

(6)

Zulu Zander¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Darragh Keenan| T: P D Evans| OR: 72

28/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in January. Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f, 15/2) 15 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 34-7124

(5)

Hart Stopper⁸⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: P J McDonald| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 72| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2020. Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap (16/1) at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 87 days ago, left poorly placed. Others make more appeal.

Form: 840505-

(4)

Athollblair Boy¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: Faye McManoman⁽³⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 69| BF| CD

9/2

4-time C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2020. 18/5, respectable 1½ lengths fifth of 9 to Devil's Angel in handicap at this C&D 11 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 00-4745

(3)

Mutanaaseq¹⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 66

25/1

Twelfth of 13 in handicap (9/1) at this C&D. Off 151 days. Work to do on return.

Form: 0/03630-

(9)

Egrecio^h1²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: F Norton| T: M Wigham| OR: 63

50/1

20/1, last of 11 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 20 days ago. Hooded for 1st time. Hard to fancy.

Form: 82270-0

(2)

Kilconquhar^h¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Cieren Fallon| T: A C Whillans| OR: 59| CD

11/1

Fine second over C&D last month. Not in same form behind Absolute Dream since but must enter calculations nonetheless.

Form: 1299-28

(10)

Absolute Dream^v¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Sean Davis| T: R A Fahey| OR: 56| CD

6/1

Back on scoreboard when taking 12-runner handicap over C&D 11 days ago. 4 lb rise fair and bold follow-up bid anticipated.

Form: 83-6231

Forecasts

Devil's Angel (3/1), Athollblair Boy (9/2), Hart Stopper (11/2), Absolute Dream (6/1), Al Suil Eile (17/2), Good Night Mr Tom (10/1), Kilconquhar (11/1), Save The Spirit (14/1), Mutanaaseq (25/1), Zulu Zander (28/1), Egrecio (50/1)

ABSOLUTE DREAM stepped up on previous efforts this winter when scoring over C&D last time and still looks fairly treated on old form. He can follow up. Kilconquhar and Devil's Angel should also go well.