18:00 Newcastle

Monday 20 February 2023

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Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 1m 1.12s

(9)

Level Up^v⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Oisin Murphy| T: P D Evans| OR: 72| D

7/4

Latest win at Southwell in February and finished clear of the remainder when second of 8 in handicap behind progressive rival there (5f) 8 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 4213-12

(8)

Melody King¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 71| D

7/1

Latest win at Beverley in August. Showed plenty of speed before tiring into seventh of 10 in handicap at this C&D 11 days ago. Should be sharper now and is entitled to go closer.

Form: 61277-7

(4)

Shabaaby^p³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: O J Orr| T: J F Levins| OR: 68| D

7/1

Latest win at Dundalk in January but failed to back that form up when only tenth of 14 in handicap there (5f) on Friday. Claims on best form but has recent poor effort and quick turnaround to overcome.

Form: 0670-10

(3)

Araifjan¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 67| D

14/1

Largely conistent this winter, winning at Chelmsford City in December. 7/1, bit below form sixth of 14 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 10 days ago but no surprise to see him back in the mix here.

Form: 1224-26

(7)

Sir Benedict¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: S A Gray| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 63| D

28/1

Runner-up at Nottingham (5f, soft) final start last year. Failed to beat a rival home on return here earlier in the month but should strip fitter now.

Form: 24362-8

(6)

Primo's Comet¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: P Mulrennan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 63| CD

20/1

C&D winner. 66/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at this C&D 11 days ago. Seems to his lost his form this winter and is hard to fancy on recent efforts.

Form: 084-778

(5)

Phoenix Star^v¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 60| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Ran creditably on return at Southwell but was below form when 4½ lengths eighth of 12 to Level Up in handicap (15/2) at there (5f) 10 days ago. Visor back on. Now below last winning mark.

Form: 4657-38

(2)

Yaahobby^t¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 60| D

20/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in November. Shaped as if still in form when 2½ lengths fourth of 12 to Level Up in handicap at Southwell (5f) 10 days ago but it's possible he'll prove most effective over further nowadays.

Form: 773-534

(10)

Enraged^p²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 59| BF| D

4/1

Two wins from 4 runs last year. 3/1, good second of 9 in handicap at this C&D 25 days ago, collared only near line. Can give a good account again.

Form: 8511-22

(1)

Kraken Power¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Joanna Mason| T: J S Goldie| OR: 58| CD

12/1

Won back-to-back C&D events in the space of just over 24 hours win back in January but found run of form coming to halt in similar race 17 days ago. Frame claims if back on track.

Form: 23-5116

Forecasts

Level Up (7/4), Enraged (4/1), Melody King (7/1), Shabaaby (7/1), Phoenix Star (10/1), Kraken Power (12/1), Araifjan (14/1), Primo's Comet (20/1), Yaahobby (20/1), Sir Benedict (28/1)

The most interesting group are all drawn high, with LEVEL UP, who went close to making it back-to-back successes at Southwell last time, fancied to regain the winning thread. Enraged ran a fine race in defeat over C&D on her latest start, whilst Melody King is perhaps interesting after weakening only late on his return.