20:55 Newcastle

Tuesday 25 May 2021

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Equine Products In Newmarket At Horse Requisites Handicap

Off time: 20:59 | Winning time: 1m 12.71s

(4)

Debawtry¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Harrison Shaw| T: B Smart| OR: 65| C

10/1

Course winner in February who has continued in good nick, sixth of 10 in handicap at Beverley (5f, soft, 5/1) 14 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 8/0-1436

(10)

Qaaraat^v⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 63| C| D

25/1

Course winner. 11/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 5 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 538240

(12)

Royal Prospect^t1,v1¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: B A Curtis| T: L A Mullaney| OR: 63| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 28/1, sixteenth of 20 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, soft) 17 days ago. Visored/tongue strap on with work to do.

Form: 7080-60

(9)

Gigi's Beach^b,t⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: M Dods| OR: 62| C| D

11/4

Course winner in April. 18/1, only sixth of 7 in handicap at Ayr (7.2f, good to firm) 6 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 3-82316

(2)

Star Prize^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Gaia Boni⁽⁷⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 62

50/1

Ninth of 10 in handicap at Beverley (5f, soft, 20/1) 14 days ago. Has questions to answer at present.

Form: 5590-99

(13)

Confrontational^p¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Oisin Murphy| T: J Candlish| OR: 62| BF

3/1

Knocking on the door, and not seen to best effect (raced in unfavoured centre) when fifth of 10 in 6f handicap at Hamilton 11 days ago. Bold showing is on the cards with Oisin Murphy now up.

Form: 484625

(3)

Oakenshield^b²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: T Eaves| T: Mrs L Stubbs| OR: 61| CD

14/1

C&D winner who posted good third of 13 in handicap at this C&D 25 days ago, running on. Blinkers back on and needs considering.

Form: 7-47783

(14)

Hail Sezer³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: S H James| T: G A Harker| OR: 61

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable second of 10 in handicap at Wetherby (5.5f, good, 16/1) 30 days ago, sticking to task. Makes tapeta debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 0902-2

(5)

Kolossus³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Connor Beasley| T: J J Davies| OR: 59| D

8/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2018 but good second of 12 in handicap (9/2) at Thirsk (6f, good to firm) 38 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 64797-2

(1)

Jems Bond^t1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: P J McDonald| T: A D Brown| OR: 58| D

18/1

40/1, fifteenth of 20 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, heavy) 10 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time with work to do.

Form: 421/6-30

(8)

Groupie¹¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-2| J: Jamie Gormley| T: T P Tate| OR: 45| D

33/1

Twenty six runs since last win in 2017, and only tenth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f). Off 112 days. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 6939-50

Non-Runners

(6)

Kodikova²⁰²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: Miss J A Camacho J: Non Runner

(7)

The Mackem Torpedo¹⁴⁵

Weight: 8-13| Age: 5

T: B Ellison J: Ben Robinson

(11)

Dodgy Bob³⁵

Weight: 8-2| Age: 8

T: M Mullineaux J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Gigi's Beach (11/4), Confrontational (3/1), Hail Sezer (9/2), The Mackem Torpedo (7/1), Kolossus (8/1), Debawtry (10/1), Royal Prospect (12/1), Oakenshield (14/1), Kodikova (16/1), Jems Bond (18/1), Dodgy Bob (20/1), Qaaraat (25/1), Groupie (33/1), Star Prize (50/1)

A case can be made for plenty of these but the most persuasive one is for in-form CONFRONTATIONAL who figures on a good mark and has the services of Oisin Murphy for the first time. Debawtry is another who is weighted to have a big say, with Kolossus also worth considering despite arriving on a long losing run.