20:55 Newcastle

Friday 25 June 2021

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Sportvision Stadia & Event Branding Handicap

Off time: 21:07 | Winning time: 1m 27.74s

(10)

The Retriever^p²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Aiden Brookes⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 60| D

14/1

Latest win at Southwell in April. Bit below form fourth of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Catterick (7f, good to firm) 21 days ago. Not totally discounted.

Form: 441604

(8)

Street Poet^p³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 60| D

50/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in April. 11/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 30 days ago.

Form: 311387

(6)

Cmon Cmon^p²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Faye McManoman⁽³⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 60| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Career best when winning 12-runner handicap (8/1) at Yarmouth (7f, good to firm) 24 days ago, pushed out. Can make presence felt.

Form: 662521

(4)

Antagonize^p1⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 58| BF| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Below form ninth of 15 in handicap (7/2) at Beverley (7.4f, good to soft) 53 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Has a solid record at this track, so liable to bounce back.

Form: 79-6249

(5)

Cap D'Antibes^b1²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: M Wigham| OR: 58

13/2

Winner at Chelmsford City in April. Respectable fourth of 9 in handicap (10/3) at Brighton (8f, good to firm) 24 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Unlikely to be far away.

Form: 80-3164

(13)

Inexplicable¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 57| D

12/1

11/2, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 17 days ago. Back up in grade now, but still makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 328791

(7)

Lofty²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR: 57| CD

10/3

Ungenuine type. C&D winner. 13/2, fifth of 7 in handicap at Ayr (8f, good to firm) 23 days ago, finding test too much. Should be suited by return to this trip.

Form: 76-8865

(12)

Martin's Brig^b²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: P Mulrennan| T: D Thompson| OR: 57

7/1

Creditable second of 20 in handicap (8/1) at Redcar (8f, good) 24 days ago, well positioned. Not sure to fully back up that effort.

Form: 30-6932

(2)

Dream Design^t1³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jim Crowley| T: D & C Kubler| OR: 57

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 13 in maiden at Leicester (7f, soft, 100/1) 39 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Makes handicap debut. Needs to up her game.

Form: 045

(3)

Hunters Step^t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: P J McDonald| T: H Spiller| OR: 55| C

16/1

Course winner. 12/1, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 25 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 370435

(9)

Irish Times^b⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Cieren Fallon| T: H Spiller| OR: 55| D

33/1

Latest win at Chelmsford City in January. 12/1, good fifth of 14 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 9 days ago. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 192295

(1)

Billyfairplay^p¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: A Elliott| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 54| C

80/1

Course winner. 40/1, first run since leaving Ronald Thompson when ninth of 12 in handicap at Pontefract (6f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Tough to assess at present.

Form: 57-7709

(14)

Nibras Shadow¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: D C Costello| T: I Mohammed| OR: 54

20/1

Eighth of 12 in handicap at Yarmouth (6f, good to firm, 4/1) 16 days ago. Not discounted with the return to AW likely to suit.

Form: 7804-48

(11)

Stoney Lane^b²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: S Whitaker| OR: 53| D

12/1

14/1, first run since leaving Richard Whitaker when sixteenth of 20 in handicap at Redcar (8f, good) 24 days ago. Blinkers back on. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 96829-0

Forecasts

Lofty (10/3), Antagonize (4/1), Cap D'Antibes (13/2), Cmon Cmon (7/1), Martin's Brig (7/1), Inexplicable (12/1), Stoney Lane (12/1), The Retriever (14/1), Hunters Step (16/1), Nibras Shadow (20/1), Dream Design (28/1), Irish Times (33/1), Street Poet (50/1), Billyfairplay (80/1)

This isn't much of a race but ANTAGONIZE is on a handy mark and should be able to return to form back at this course, so he gets the marginal vote ahead of last-time-out winners Cmon Cmon and Inexplicable. Cap d'Antibes is also a player if things drop right.