16:20 Newcastle

Wednesday 23 February 2022

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Play Coral Racing-Super-Series For Free Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:24 | Winning time: 1m 34.85s

(6)

Anthem National¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: J Mitchell| T: S & E Crisford

5/6

Promising individual. Third of 7 in minor event at this course (6f, 8/1) on debut 19 days ago. Open to improvement and he's high on the shortlist.

Form: 3

(2)

Ashtead¹⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: P Mulrennan| T: Ollie Pears

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. Last of 14 in minor event (80/1) at this C&D. Off 103 days and it's best to look elsewhere.

Form: 70-

(8)

Microburst

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan

5/1

£75,000 yearling, Night of Thunder colt. Dam 6f winner (including at 2 yrs). Ticks plenty of the right boxes on paper and interesting to see what the market has to say.

Form:

(5)

Murbih³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain

7/2

Promising sort. 33/1, third of 9 in minor event at Southwell (6.1f) on debut 30 days ago. Likely to improve now moving up in trip and he should be involved in the finish, at the very least.

Form: 3

(7)

Ribtide^h1

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Barry McHugh| T: Adrian Nicholls

40/1

21,000 gns yearling, 40,000 gns 2-y-o, Ribchester gelding. Dam, 5f/6f winner, half-sister to useful 2-y-o 5f winner Hoyam. Hooded for this debut and probably best watched on this occasion.

Form:

(4)

Run Teddy Run

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽³⁾| T: K R Burke

9/1

€25,000 foal, £47,000 yearling, Mayson gelding. Dam 1m winner. Yard can ready a newcomer and it will look significant if the market speaks in his favour.

Form:

(1)

Show Maker^p1,t1²⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: I Mohammed

11/1

Once-raced maiden. Last of 6 in minor event (50/1) at Kempton (6f) on debut. Off 8 months and now tried in cheekpieces and a tongue strap.

Form: 6-

(3)

Rose's Girl¹²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Cieren Fallon| T: E A L Dunlop

40/1

Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 16 in minor event (66/1) at Yarmouth (8f, good to soft) on debut. Off 127 days. Probably more one for handicaps further down the line.

Form: 0-

Forecasts

Anthem National (5/6), Murbih (7/2), Microburst (5/1), Run Teddy Run (9/1), Show Maker (11/1), Rose's Girl (40/1), Ribtide (40/1), Ashtead (125/1)

MURBIH was a cheap purchase as a 2-y-o, but he made a promising start to his career when third behind rivals with the benefit of previous experience over 6f at Southwell. That form was given a boost by the easy subsequent success of the runner-up and this step up in trip should help unlock improvement. Anthem National is the clear main danger ahead of newcomers Microburst and Run Teddy Run.