19:00 Newcastle

Tuesday 14 December 2021

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Betway Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 19:02 | Winning time: 1m 12.86s

(7)

Dabirstar³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 67| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Winner here in October. Last of 14 in handicap at this course (7.1f, 22/1) 35 days ago, reportedly lame.

Form: 22-4P10

(2)

Good Night Mr Tom¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: D Swift| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 65| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 33/1, last of 13 in handicap at this course (5f) 14 days ago. Risky proposition at present.

Form: 18-5790

(6)

Somewhere Secret^b⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Laura Coughlan⁽⁵⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 64| D

5/1

Unreliable sort. Latest win at Redcar in October. Creditable sixth of 14 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f, 22/1) 7 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 009176

(9)

Absolute Dream⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 62| CD

3/1

Four wins from 18 runs this year. Improved on recent efforts to win 13-runner handicap at this C&D (7/2) 42 days ago, all out. Looks competitive on form up just 2 lb.

Form: 132101

(8)

Zamjar^p⁶⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Jonny Peate⁽⁷⁾| T: P Morris| OR: 60| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. 16/1, bit below form sixth of 10 in handicap at this C&D 67 days ago.

Form: 504306

(3)

Oriental Lilly^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Amie Waugh⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 56| BF| CD

7/2

Six-time course winner. Latest win here in November. Really good second of 13 in handicap at this course (5f, 4/1) 14 days ago, nearest finish having been hampered. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 530212

(4)

Ratafia^p¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 54

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form eighth of 13 in handicap (100/1) at this course (8f) 11 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 04608

(1)

The Grey Bay¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: Cieren Fallon| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 49| CD

17/2

C&D winner. Winner here in November. Twelfth of 14 in handicap (9/1) at this C&D 14 days ago.

Form: 340140

(5)

Suntory Star¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: A Mullen| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 45

80/1

66/1, first run since leaving Ben Haslam when last of 14 in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 074000

(10)

Charlemaine³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-2| J: K T O'Neill| T: N Mechie| OR: 45

12/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. 22/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap at this C&D 35 days ago.

Form: 046380

Non-Runners

(11)

Power Point³

Weight: 8-2| Age: 4

T: J S Wainwright J: J P Sullivan

Forecasts

Absolute Dream (3/1), Oriental Lilly (7/2), Somewhere Secret (5/1), Good Night Mr Tom (13/2), Zamjar (15/2), The Grey Bay (17/2), Dabirstar (10/1), Charlemaine (12/1), Power Point (16/1), Ratafia (28/1), Suntory Star (80/1)

Course-regular ORIENTAL LILLY was probably an unlucky loser over 5f a fortnight ago give she was hampered at the start and, now back over 6f, she has to be of major interest in a weak-looking race for the grade. Absolute Dream is the obvious danger following a productive second half to 2021.