18:00 Newcastle

Friday 22 October 2021

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Off time: 18:02 | Winning time: 1m 38.81s

(10)

Daniel Deronda¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 75| C

7/2

Latest win at Leicester in July. Not disgraced when tenth of 20 in handicap (12/1) at York (7f, soft) 14 days ago and he's not discounted having run well here all 4 starts last year.

Form: 130260

(3)

Sandret^p1³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 74| C

11/2

Course winner. 11/2, creditable third of 8 in handicap at Redcar (10f) 30 days ago, staying on final 1f. On a workable mark on balance of his form and worth a second look in first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 356433

(8)

Midnite Bride³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR: 74

12/1

Ended last season with victories at Catterick/Redcar and completed hat-trick on return at Ayr (7.2f) in April. Consistency hard to knock since, and each-way player back on all-weather.

Form: 132474

(2)

Three Platoon¹⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Ray Dawson| T: R Varian| OR: 76

11/4

Lightly-raced 3-y-o who showed promise all 3 starts minor/maiden events at around 1m. Heavy ground a plausible excuse on handicap bow at Ripon in May and he remains with potential moving forward.

Form: 3-235

(11)

Whatwouldyouknow¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Rowan Scott| T: N Tinkler| OR: 73

8/1

Enjoyed a productive season, adding third success to his tally at Wolverhampton (8.6f) in August. Good third in a C&D handicap 10 days ago and he should give another good account.

Form: 159153

(1)

Perfect Swiss²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 72| CD

9/2

3-time C&D winner. Latest win at Pontefract in September. Respectable fourth of 12 in handicap (18/1) at Redcar (8f, good to firm) 20 days ago, not ideally placed. Remains on a workable mark.

Form: 752414

(6)

Abrag^b1,t¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Ryan Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 73| D

14/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, respectable fifth of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford (10f) 13 days ago, fading final 1f. Return to 1m may help now with first-time blinkers now reached for.

Form: 217355

(7)

Badlands^b1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: R Kingscote| T: D Loughnane| OR: 73

40/1

Landed a Newbury novice (7f) for Archie Watson in May but not kicked on subsequently, well held all 3 starts for new yard. Good deal to prove here with blinkers now enlisted.

Form: 314470

(5)

Fashion Free^h¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Mark Crehan⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 64| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Nottingham in August. 6/1, respectable fourth of 10 in handicap at Yarmouth (8f, good to soft) 11 days ago. However, slow starts always a concern.

Form: 416654

(9)

Big Muddy¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Cam Hardie| T: S Spencer| OR: 57

125/1

Ninth of 10 in handicap (80/1) at Pontefract (8f, heavy) 18 days ago, never on terms. Has essentially gone the wrong way this year and others arrive with much more pressing claims.

Form: 4-27079

Non-Runners

(4)

Tacitus⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: B J Meehan J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Three Platoon (11/4), Daniel Deronda (7/2), Perfect Swiss (9/2), Sandret (11/2), Whatwouldyouknow (8/1), Midnite Bride (12/1), Fashion Free (12/1), Tacitus (12/1), Abrag (14/1), Badlands (40/1), Big Muddy (125/1)

An open-looking handicap in which it may pay to side with SANDRET. His losing run is beginning to mount up, yet he went close from a higher mark over C&D last winter and, having highlighted he's in good heart of late, it would come as no surprise to see him go close back at 1m. 3-y-o Three Platoon had excuses at Ripon in May and is interesting back from a break, along with Daniel Deronda.