20:37 Newcastle

Friday 20 August 2021

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Off time: 20:39 | Winning time: 1m 27.88s

(4)

Oriental Lilly^p¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Harry Russell⁽³⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 55| C| D

5/1

5-time course winner. Latest win at Ayr in July. Eleventh of 12 in handicap at Ayr (7.2f, good to soft, 22/1) 11 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 431770

(1)

The Mackem Torpedo^b,t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Phil Dennis| T: K Scott| OR: 55| C

9/1

Course winner. 40/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, tenth of 13 in handicap at this course (8f) 27 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 18-U390

(6)

Dubai Elegance^p¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Jamie Gormley| T: D Shaw| OR: 54| D

40/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2020. 50/1, last of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 11 days ago.

Form: 25-4898

(10)

Sobriquet¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽⁵⁾| T: E De Giles| OR: 54

10/1

Last of 8 in handicap at Nottingham (8.3f, good, 10/1) 17 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: 72/8558

(5)

Cock A Hoop^h,t²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: J Garritty| T: T Collier| OR: 50

33/1

66/1 and hooded for 1st time tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving Paul Midgley when tenth of 12 in handicap at Redcar (6f, good) 23 days ago. Easily passed over.

Form: 47700-0

(9)

Magnificia^h,t⁸⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: William Pyle⁽⁷⁾| T: Kenny Johnson| OR: 49| DWS

80/1

First run since leaving Phillip Makin when last of 20 in handicap at Redcar (8f, good, 100/1) 80 days ago. Makes no appeal.

Form: 518-460

(12)

Favourite Niece^b¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: S A Gray| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 53

9/2

9/1 and blinkered for 1st time, bit below form fourth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 11 days ago. No totally discounted in a weak race.

Form: 4-38004

(8)

Crocodile Power²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: O McSweeney⁽⁷⁾| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 52

9/4

Creditable third of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 11/2) 21 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 067-023

(14)

Under Your Breath^p1¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: T Hamilton| T: T J FitzGerald| OR: 45

5/1

Creditable fourth of 14 in handicap at this C&D (20/1) 18 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Not totally discounted, though she'll need to improve.

Form: 007064

(7)

Straffan^h³²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: T J FitzGerald| OR: 45

25/1

Remains a maiden after 29 Flat runs. Creditable third of 11 in handicap (40/1) at Beverley (7.4f, good to firm) 32 days ago. Hard to fancy for win purposes.

Form: 00-5883

(11)

Sugarpiehoneybunch³²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: A Elliott| T: S G West| OR: 50

50/1

18/1, first run since leaving John Quinn when tenth of 12 in handicap at Beverley (7.4f, good to firm) 32 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Others preferred.

Form: 848370

(13)

Loweswater³²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 49

20/1

Below form sixth of 11 in handicap (16/1) at Beverley (7.4f, good to firm) 32 days ago. Set for another struggle.

Form: 68-7486

(2)

Deira Champion⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Smart| OR: 46WS

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, first run since leaving Tristan Davidson when last of 16 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, good to firm) 67 days ago. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 065-0

(3)

Rose Of Lancashire¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Jonny Peate⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 45

80/1

33/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at Carlisle (7.8f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 060969

Forecasts

Crocodile Power (9/4), Favourite Niece (9/2), Oriental Lilly (5/1), Under Your Breath (5/1), The Mackem Torpedo (9/1), Sobriquet (10/1), Loweswater (20/1), Deira Champion (22/1), Straffan (25/1), Cock A Hoop (33/1), Dubai Elegance (40/1), Sugarpiehoneybunch (50/1), Rose Of Lancashire (80/1), Magnificia (80/1)

CROCODILE POWER is unexposed, has placed the last twice, and has a promising claimer taking over in a decidedly weak contest, so he's a straightforward choice to open his account. Most of the others are hard to warm to, although Under Your Breath at least ran with credit last time and Oriental Lilly is a 5-time course winner, so they could pose a threat to the selection.