17:20 Newcastle

Tuesday 28 December 2021

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Off time: 17:24 | Winning time: 1m 42.13s

(1)

Broctune Red¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Oliver Stammers⁽⁵⁾| T: G Boanas| OR: 68| CD

5/1

5-time C&D winner. 5 wins from 17 runs this year. Latest win here in November. Creditable third of 12 in handicap at this course (7.1f, 9/1) 17 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 136163

(2)

Collaborating^t⁷²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Hart| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 68

40/1

66/1 and hood on for 1st time in this code, eighth of 12 in novice hurdle at Sedgefield 72 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. First run for yard after leaving Patrick Neville. Worth a market check.

Form: 5-85754

(7)

Nushafreen^b²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Marco Ghiani| T: M Botti| OR: 69

12/1

Ninth of 9 in handicap (40/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 22 days ago, slowly away (third past the post but subsequently disqualified). Not totally discounted.

Form: 53460D

(5)

Plastic Paddy³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Frederick Larson⁽⁷⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 68| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in October. 13/2, tenth of 13 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW) 38 days ago, slowly away. Warrants respect back on tapeta with useful claimer taking over.

Form: 312160

(10)

Local Bay¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 66| BF| CD

15/8

C&D winner. Winner here in December. 10/11, not ideally placed third of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 17 days ago, not ideally placed. Shortlist material.

Form: 063013

(4)

Going Underground^h¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Joanna Mason⁽³⁾| T: W Storey| OR: 64

40/1

Hooded for 1st time, last of 12 in handicap at this course (7.1f, 50/1) 17 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 730940

(9)

Pop Favorite^b¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 64| CD

28/1

Latest win here in October. 11/1, first run since leaving David Brown when bit below form fourth of 8 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 11 days ago. Claims if he can get back on track.

Form: 316814

(3)

Emjaytwentythree^p²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 61

20/1

Winner at Leicester in October. 12/1, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 24 days ago, never nearer. Should give another good account but needs things to drop right.

Form: 619425

(6)

Tefnut⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 57

10/3

Good second of 13 in handicap (4/1) at this C&D 49 days ago, finishing well.

Form: 675522

(8)

Zarina Grande³⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Barry McHugh| T: R A Fahey| OR: 56

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Third of 5 in handicap (11/2) at Southwell (8.1f). Off 11 months. Difficult ask from what still appears to be a rather stiff mark.

Form: 7376-3

Forecasts

Local Bay (15/8), Tefnut (10/3), Plastic Paddy (5/1), Broctune Red (5/1), Nushafreen (12/1), Emjaytwentythree (20/1), Zarina Grande (22/1), Pop Favorite (28/1), Going Underground (40/1), Collaborating (40/1)

LOCAL BAY was impressive over C&D earlier in the month and had excuses (not ideally placed and lost a shoe) at Wolverhampton next time, so he's worth a chance to get back to winning ways. In-form pair Tefnut and Broctune Red are suited by this track, so they'll likely ensure it's not all plain sailing for the selection.