19:45 Newcastle

Friday 26 March 2021

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Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 19:46 | Winning time: 1m 0.29s

(7)

Klopp⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 67| CD

12/1

4-time C&D winner. Three wins from 15 runs last year. Latest win here in December. 9/1 and visored for 1st time, last of 9 in handicap at this C&D 64 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0621-09

(5)

Swiss Connection^h²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 65| CD

3/1

3-time C&D winner. Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at this C&D (5/1) 21 days ago by head from Gleniffer, pushed out. Solid claims again.

Form: 03901-1

(2)

Gleniffer²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Oliver Stammers⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 62

3/1

Head second of 9 to Swiss Connection in handicap at this C&D (13/2) 21 days ago, slowly away. Could go one better if he breaks on terms, so definitely shortlist material.

Form: 6453/82

(4)

Harry's Ridge^p¹⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Jason Hart| T: E J Alston| OR: 56| D

7/2

Career best when winning 12-runner handicap (10/3) at Nottingham (5f, good to soft), always holding on. Off 142 days. Could do better still this year, but he may well need this return.

Form: 231621-

(3)

Sambucca Spirit¹⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Robinson| T: P T Midgley| OR: 56| DWS

22/1

9/2, bit below form third of 12 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, heavy). Off 165 days. Likely to need the run.

Form: 173203-

(1)

Lucky Beggar¹⁵⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 8-9| J: Laura Pearson⁽⁵⁾| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 53| D

25/1

Twenty four runs since last win in 2019. 18/1, bit below form eighth of 13 in handicap at this course (6f). Off 157 days. Others preferred.

Form: 622588-

(9)

Arcavallo^p⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 52| D

15/2

Twenty six runs since last win in 2018. 11/4, eighth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (5f) 47 days ago, finding little. Cheekpieces back on. Type to bounce back quickly but clearly hard to win with.

Form: 3744-28

(8)

Grandma^p1,t¹⁵⁰

18/1

10/3, ninth of 11 in handicap at Catterick (6f, heavy), left poorly placed. Off 150 days. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Returns on a fair mark, so claims if she's ready to go.

Form: 606499-

(6)

Suwaan²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-2| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 45| CD

17/2

Ungenuine type. C&D winner. Two wins from 46 Flat runs. Good length third of 9 to Swiss Connection in handicap at this C&D (8/1) 21 days ago. Not certain to build on that.

Form: 5-80373

Forecasts

Gleniffer (3/1), Swiss Connection (3/1), Harry's Ridge (7/2), Arcavallo (15/2), Suwaan (17/2), Klopp (12/1), Grandma (18/1), Sambucca Spirit (22/1), Lucky Beggar (25/1)

Swiss Connection and GLENIFFER filled the first two positions over C&D last time and may well dominate once more, with the latter taken to turn the tables on his old rival provided he can avoid a sluggish start. Harry's Ridge was on the up when last seen, so he can't be discounted for all race-fitness isn't assured after 142 days off.