17:10 Newcastle

Tuesday 26 October 2021

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Betway Handicap

Off time: 17:10 | Winning time: 2m 9.73s

(6)

Celtic Art³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Mohammed Tabti⁽⁷⁾| T: P & O Cole| OR: 86

10/3

Creditable second of 8 in handicap (6/1) at Newmarket (9f, good to firm) 32 days ago. Races off same mark and should go well again.

Form: 952642

(5)

Highwaygrey³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 85| BF| D

13/2

85/40, second of 4 in handicap at Pontefract (10f, good) 33 days ago, no match for winner. Others more persuasive.

Form: 577352

(3)

Society Red¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 82| CD

33/1

C&D winner. Last of 18 in handicap (100/1) at York (10.2f, soft) 17 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 140760

(4)

Purple Ribbon^h⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Tom Marquand| T: C Fellowes| OR: 85| BF

9/4

Built on debut success when second of 5 in minor event at Chelmsford City (8f, 9/4) 44 days ago, running on. Up in trip. Remains open to improvement on handicap debut.

Form: 12

(2)

Ms Gandhi²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: David Egan| T: R Varian| OR: 84| D

4/1

Winner at Ripon in August. Below form sixth of 14 in handicap at Newmarket (10f, good to soft, 8/1) 24 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Work to do on tapeta debut.

Form: 43-2136

(7)

Gal Wonder³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 82

7/2

Winner at Newmarket in June. Found improvement when close second of 6 in handicap at same venue (10f, good) 38 days ago, keeping on well. Makes tapeta debut. Likely more to come yet. Big player.

Form: 31462

(1)

Cote d'Azur⁹³

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: R Winston| T: J L Eyre| OR: 72| D

50/1

Latest win at Haydock in June. Fifth of 6 in handicap (13/2) at Pontefract (10f, good). Off 93 days. Others preferred.

Form: 221435

Forecasts

Purple Ribbon (9/4), Celtic Art (10/3), Gal Wonder (7/2), Ms Gandhi (4/1), Highwaygrey (13/2), Society Red (33/1), Cote d'Azur (50/1)

Preference is for GAL WONDER, who posted her best effort yet when runner-up at Newmarket last month and remains open to improvement. Purple Ribbon and Celtic Art are feared most.