14:45 Newcastle

Thursday 16 February 2023

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quinnbet.com Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 4m 9.30s

Antey^t⁴⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 12-1| J: S Mulqueen| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 111| D

28/1

Useful dual hurdles/chase winner for Willie Mulins earlier in career but essentially looked regressive for Patrick Griffin and has continued to offer little now for this yard,

Form: 5P-4357

Lake Takapuna^p¹⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 12-1| J: B S Hughes| T: J Ewart| OR: 111| D

5/1

Took advantage of much-reduced mark to score in 9-runner handicap chase at Ayr (16.5f, soft) 15 days ago. Remains well treated from 5 lb higher mark on his best form, though consistency has never been a strong point.

Form: 5/2-5541

Whodini^t1⁸⁶

5/4

£60,000 purchase who made the frame both starts in bumpers. Not at that level in pair of starts over hurdles, below expectations when odds-on at Sedgefield last time and is clearly thought capable of better now making chase debut after wind-op.

Form: R43-44

Relkadam^b,t²²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-6| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: T D Easterby| OR: 88

17/2

Won at Catterick in January 2022 but has been more miss than hit since, again failing to fire when attempting to win the same Catterick event this around. Blinkers now applied.

Form: 8-65635

Six One Nine^p⁵²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Danny McMenamin| T: C Grant| OR: 86| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Runner-up both starts over fences this winter, including in 10-runner event over C&D (soft, 18/1) 52 days ago. Can give a good account but probably needs a couple to falter here in a stronger event than he usually contests.

Form: F7F262

Fourth Of July^t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Thomas Dowson| T: R M Smith| OR: 81

8/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2021 and hasn't been at his best yet this term, including when seventh of 11 in handicap chase at this C&D (good to soft, 7/1) 16 days ago. Opposable again from out of handicap.

Form: 623357

Non-Runners

Treshnish⁸

Weight: 11-13| Age: 10

T: J Parkinson & S Smith J: Ross Chapman

Blue Hawaii¹⁸

Weight: 11-11| Age: 8

T: T Collier J: Sean Quinlan

The Jad Factor⁴⁵

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: R M Smith J: Ryan Mania

Contre Ordre⁵²

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: Micky Hammond J: C O'Farrell

Forecasts

Whodini (5/4), Six One Nine (3/1), Blue Hawaii (4/1), Lake Takapuna (5/1), Fourth Of July (8/1), Relkadam (17/2), Treshnish (10/1), The Jad Factor (10/1), Antey (28/1), Contre Ordre (33/1)

BLUE HAWAII has been runner-up on 2 of her 3 starts over fences and is fancied to notch a deserved first win in this sphere. Lake Takapuna scored at Ayr last time and will be a major threat if able to continue in form, while the suspicion remains that we've not yet seen the best of chase newcomer Whodini.