15:10 Newcastle

Thursday 24 June 2021

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William Hill Seaton Delaval Handicap

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 1m 46.50s

(4)

Orbaan^t1⁸⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara| OR: 102| DWS

9/2

Respectable fifth of 18 in handicap (40/1) at Doncaster (8f, good) 89 days ago, running on. Makes tapeta debut. Tongue strap on 1st time. Others preferred. Had wind operation.

Form: 47740-5

(2)

Hartswood²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 94| D

15/8

Twelfth of 14 in handicap (7/1) at Redcar (10f, good to firm) 24 days ago, not much room. Makes tapeta debut. Can make presence felt.

Form: 264-930

(5)

Eagleway^h⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Jane Elliott| T: I Furtado| OR: 92

7/2

Off mark at the first attempt for this yard in 7f Chantilly claimer in September. Not disgraced at Deauville after and cracking effort when second in the Victoria Cup on return. Shortlisted.

Form: 52150-2

(1)

Crownthorpe³²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: Ray Dawson⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 87| CD

4/1

C&D winner. 14/1, creditable second of 6 in handicap at Nottingham (8.3f, heavy) 32 days ago, no match for winner. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 656382

(6)

Baltic Baron¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: B Ellison| OR: 87| D

12/1

Twenty runs since last win in 2018. Creditable seventh of 16 in handicap (25/1) at York (7f, good) 13 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 7500-77

(3)

Zwayyan^v³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 8-4| J: L Morris| T: A M Balding| OR: 85| D

14/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2019. 25/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at this C&D 30 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 049-096

Non-Runners

(7)

Artistic Rifles⁴²

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: E Bethell J: B A Curtis

(8)

Chichester¹

Weight: 8-9| Age: 4

T: K Dalgleish J: Faye McManoman

Forecasts

Hartswood (15/8), Eagleway (7/2), Crownthorpe (4/1), Orbaan (9/2), Chichester (9/2), Artistic Rifles (8/1), Baltic Baron (12/1), Zwayyan (14/1)

EAGLEWAY ran a cracker in a much deeper contest on his return at Ascot last month and is taken to resume winning ways. Chichester (penalised having won at Carlisle on Wednesday) and Artistic Rifles should also go well.