19:45 Newcastle

Friday 4 March 2022

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Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap

Off time: 19:46 | Winning time: 1m 13.71s

(8)

Nigel Nott^v⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Frederick Larson⁽⁵⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 87| CD

17/2

C&D winne in January. 12/1, creditable second of 5 to Be Proud in handicap at this course (5f) 9 days ago. Never won off mark this high.

Form: 9-16822

(7)

Shallow Hal⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽³⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 86| CD

10/3

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Good second of 7 in handicap at Southwell (6f, 9/2) 8 days ago, just failing. Can give another good account.

Form: 89-4452

(5)

Dave Dexter²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Mark Crehan⁽³⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 83

16/1

Better effort this winter when fourth of 7 in handicap at Southwell (7f, 66/1) 24 days ago. Need to see more.

Form: 0810-04

(3)

Fortamour¹¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 82| C| D

6/1

Course winner. 16/5, creditable second of 14 in C&D handicap when last seen in November. Much depends on whether he's primed after a short break.

Form: 815072-

(1)

Ballyare^p,t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: P Mulrennan| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 81| C| D

9/4

Course winner in December. 7/1, creditable second of 6 in C&D handicap 22 days ago. Can make presence felt again.

Form: 6317-22

(2)

Ghathanfar¹⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: D Swift| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 81| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Bit below form sixth of 19 in handicap at York (5f, soft, 13/2) when last seen in October. Likely best to look elsewhere after a break.

Form: 373586-

(4)

Spartan Fighter^v¹¹^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Harry Russell⁽³⁾| T: A Brittain| OR: 75| CD

5/1

Fourth C&D win when comfortably seeing off 6 rivals over C&D 11 days ago, keeping on well. Looks well treated under a penalty.

Form: 936741

(6)

Danzart^h¹⁹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Cam Hardie| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 73| D

33/1

Fairly useful turf winner for Mick Channon but not at his best when last seen at the end of the summer. Makes AW/yard debut after 6 months off. Probably best watched this time.

Form: 221745-

Forecasts

Ballyare (9/4), Shallow Hal (10/3), Spartan Fighter (5/1), Fortamour (6/1), Ghathanfar (8/1), Nigel Nott (17/2), Dave Dexter (16/1), Danzart (33/1)

SPARTAN FIGHTER dominated here last week and will take a bit of pegging back under a 5 lb penalty if showing up in similar form. Ballyare has posted 2 good runs here this year and is feared most ahead of Shallow Hal.