17:45 Newcastle

Tuesday 15 March 2022

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Play Coral Racing-Super-Series For Free Handicap

Off time: 17:47 | Winning time: 2m 15.83s

(7)

Nikhi¹⁸⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: J Garritty| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 76

10/1

Thrice-raced winner. Won 12-runner minor event at Lingfield (8f, AW, 15/2) when last seen in September, kept up to work. Up in trip for this handicap debut and good deal more will be needed.

Form: 731-

(8)

Love Mystery⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jason Watson| T: A M Balding| OR: 73

6/4

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 12 in maiden (11/1) at Kempton (8f) 45 days ago. Improvement may well be forthcoming now faced with a stiffer test on this handicap bow and he's one to consider.

Form: 2-63

(3)

Alphonse Le Grande^p⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Hollie Doyle| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 72| BF

5/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in December. 11/8, fourth of 5 in nursery at Lingfield (10f, AW) 74 days ago. Can give a good account, but he lacks the scope of some of these and will probably come up short.

Form: 257314-

(5)

Carnival Girl²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: A J Farragher⁽⁵⁾| T: C Appleby| OR: 72| BF

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 85/40, sixth of 10 in minor event at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 29 days ago. Appeals as the type to do better now handicapping, but Show Light appears to be the stable No 1.

Form: 43-6

(6)

Show Lights^b1²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J Mitchell| T: C Appleby| OR: 69

16/5

Thrice-raced maiden. 9/2, second of 10 in minor event at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 29 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time for this handicap debut and she is high on the shortlist.

Form: 02-2

(2)

Vaynor²¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: K Shoemark| T: C Hills| OR: 66

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 15/2, fifth of 7 in nursery at Ffos Las (7.4f, good). Off 7 months (gelded in the interim) and significantly up in trip now switched to tapeta. Needs to raise his game.

Form: 4575-

(1)

Methinks²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Rowan Scott| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 60

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in handicap (22/1) at Southwell (7.1f) 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip here and he looks set for another struggle.

Form: 669-7

Non-Runners

(4)

Sea Formula¹⁸

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: W J Haggas J: Tom Marquand

Forecasts

Love Mystery (6/4), Show Lights (16/5), Vaynor (9/2), Alphonse Le Grande (5/1), Sea Formula (6/1), Nikhi (10/1), Carnival Girl (18/1), Methinks (150/1)

There should be better to come from SHOW LIGHTS now that she ventures down the handicap route in first-time blinkers off an appealing opening mark. The Godolphin filly earns the vote ahead of Love Mystery, who has also shown a fair level of ability in three qualifying runs. Sea Formula performed below expectations last time but she was runner-up twice prior to that and also enters calculations.