14:50 Newcastle

Tuesday 19 October 2021

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Betway Handicap

Off time: 14:52 | Winning time: 1m 12.02s

(12)

Desert Gulf²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: D Tudhope| T: W J Knight| OR: 89| D

15/2

Latest win at Yarmouth in August. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Newmarket (7f, good to firm, 18/1) 24 days ago, never nearer. Considered.

Form: 411394

(2)

City Walk^h1³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Hollie Doyle| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 88| D

9/2

12/1, below par fifth of 6 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, good to soft) 37 days ago. Hooded for tapeta debut with work to do.

Form: 40162-5

(14)

Pagan^p1,t⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas| OR: 87| BF| D

16/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year, latest at Brighton in August. Eleventh of 12 in handicap at York (6f, good, 3/1) 44 days ago, so needs to bounce back in first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 221210

(13)

Kind Review¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: T Eaves| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 86| CD

33/1

5-time course winner but only ninth of 19 in handicap at York (5f, soft) 11 days ago. Sort to bounce back.

Form: 019009

(6)

Silver Samurai^h²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: N Callan| T: M Botti| OR: 86| D

6/1

Latest win at Doncaster in June. Good second of 12 in handicap (18/1) at York (7f, good) 25 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 816372

(11)

Wentworth Falls^p²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-6| J: Connor Beasley| T: G A Harker| OR: 85| D

28/1

Latest win at Doncaster in September. 15/2, creditable third of 6 in handicap at Haydock (6f, firm) 24 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: 565213

(7)

Global Warning¹¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Harry Burns⁽⁵⁾| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 84| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Respectable sixth of 10 to Giogiobbo in handicap at Doncaster (6f, good, 8/1). Off 115 days but can't be ruled out.

Form: 515466

(8)

Fortamour³²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 81| C| D

12/1

Course winner who posted respectable tenth of 22 in handicap (12/1) at Ayr (6f, good to firm) 32 days ago. Ought to be competitive again.

Form: 878150

(3)

Kapono^p¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Jason Hart| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 80| CD

18/1

C&D winner in September. 17/2, only eighth of 12 in handicap at Ayr (6f, soft) 12 days ago, so more is needed.

Form: 325618

(10)

Equiano Springs³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: G Lee| T: T P Tate| OR: 80| CD

18/1

5-time course winner who improved on recent efforts to win 6-runner handicap at Newmarket (6f, good) 31 days ago. Merits serious consideration desite 3 lb rise.

Form: 805561

(9)

Giogiobbo^p⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 77| D

66/1

Three-time winner this year. 15/2, creditable third of 7 in handicap at Doncaster (6f, good to firm) 40 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: 114673

(1)

Abduction^v¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 76| D

10/1

13/2 and visored for 1st time, fifth of 6 in handicap at Chester (7.6f, heavy) 17 days ago, going off too hard. Back down in trip and no forlorn hope.

Form: 000565

(4)

Jordan Electrics⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Cam Hardie| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 73| D

28/1

8/1, respectable fourth of 13 to Captain Vallo in handicap at this C&D 7 days ago. Not discounted off an unchanged mark.

Form: 240544

(5)

Captain Vallo^h⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Rowan Scott| T: Phillip Makin| OR: 73| CD

5/2

Resumed winning ways with career best in 13-runner apprentice handicap over C&D 7 days ago. Escapes a penalty here, so he's expected to be bang there again.

Form: 173421

Forecasts

Captain Vallo (5/2), City Walk (9/2), Silver Samurai (6/1), Desert Gulf (15/2), Abduction (10/1), Fortamour (12/1), Pagan (16/1), Equiano Springs (18/1), Kapono (18/1), Global Warning (22/1), Jordan Electrics (28/1), Wentworth Falls (28/1), Kind Review (33/1), Giogiobbo (66/1)

A competitive sprint, but CAPTAIN VALLO goes unpenalised for his recent C&D success so is hard to look beyond for the in-form Philip Makin team. Multiple course winner Equiano Springs is always to be greatly respected here and is next on the list, with in-form Giogiobbo also well in the mix.