16:20 Newcastle

Thursday 2 March 2023

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Spreadex Sports Get 40 In Bonuses Handicap

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 1m 29.29s

(1)

The Gatekeeper⁶²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: C Johnston| OR: 85

9/1

Fairly useful juvenile 5f winner but not seen out for 20 months (gelded). Makes handicap debut and can't be ruled out on his AW debut.

Form: 12540/

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(3)

Abolish¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 83| D

5/1

7/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at this C&D 12 days ago, but badly hampered and no surprise to see him get back on track here.

Form: 540-357

(5)

Swiss Ace¹⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: P Mulrennan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 82| CD

11/4

C&D winner. 8/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f). Off 152 days. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort after his break.

Form: U55760-

(7)

Plastic Paddy^p²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Frederick Larson⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 81| C

9/4

Improved on recent efforts to cosily win 6-runner handicap (5/2) at this course (8f) 12 days ago. 8/1, creditable third of 8 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 2 days ago. Likely to go well again.

Form: 494-513

(6)

Starshiba^v¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 79| D

8/1

Latest win at Lingfield in January. 8/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 13 days ago, left with lot to do. Big run could be on the way.

Form: 3-13276

(2)

Abnaa^b¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Mark Winn⁽⁵⁾| T: A Brittain| OR: 77| CD

13/2

3-time C&D winner. Career best when winning 11-runner handicap at this C&D (4/1) 16 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 581191

(4)

Kapono¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-5| J: L Morris| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 67| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Redcar in October. 16/1, last of 11 to Abnaa in handicap at this C&D 16 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 31047-0

Non-Runners

(8)

Brazen Bolt¹⁶

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: J & S Quinn J: Jonny Peate

Forecasts

Plastic Paddy (9/4), Swiss Ace (11/4), Abolish (5/1), Brazen Bolt (5/1), Abnaa (13/2), Starshiba (8/1), The Gatekeeper (9/1), Kapono (40/1)

PLASTIC PADDY still looks ahead of his mark and looks the way to go after another decent effort at Southwell on Tuesday night. Starshiba didn't enjoy the rub of the green when sixth at Lingfield last time and is next on the list, with 3-time C&D winner Abnaa appealing as the pick of the remainder for minor honours.