20:15 Newcastle

Friday 3 March 2023

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Off time: 20:16 | Winning time: 1m 0.1s

(3)

Hit Mac^p1,t²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Oisin Murphy| T: G Boughey| OR: 62| D

4/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in January. Respectable fourth of 8 in handicap (9/1) at Lingfield (6f, AW) 27 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and should have a part to play.

Form: 2-22144

(8)

Palifico²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Jonny Peate⁽⁵⁾| T: P Morris| OR: 60| D

20/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in October. 25/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 21 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 03310-0

(10)

Elzaal¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: G Lee| T: P T Midgley| OR: 60| CD

11/4

Three-time C&D winner. Career best when winning 12-runner handicap (5/2) at this C&D 13 days ago by 1¼ lengths from Nellie French, readily. 5lb rise fair enough and another bold show likely.

Form: 241-131

(5)

Mews House¹²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Charlie Bennett| T: R Menzies| OR: 59| D

50/1

9/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (6f). Off 122 days and the percentage call is to look elsewhere.

Form: 415066-

(7)

Gunnerside³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 57| C| D

5/2

Course winner. Six wins from 23 Flat runs. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 3/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 3 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 07-3433

(2)

Sam's Call^v²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 57| D

7/1

Bit below form fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (6f, 10/3) 22 days ago. Visor back on and needs to raise his game.

Form: 0/55-425

(1)

Nellie French^t⁸^{(ex 5)}

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Phil Dennis| T: K Scott| OR: 52| CD

10/1

Career best when winning 8-runner handicap at this C&D (11/2) 8 days ago by 1¾ lengths from Kraken Power, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. More needed under a penalty.

Form: 321721

(4)

Ruggles⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Harrison Shaw| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 53

12/1

10/1, 2½ lengths fifth of 7 to Kraken Power in handicap at this C&D 50 days ago, slowly away. By no means a forlorn hope off this reduced mark but others preferred all the same.

Form: 64708-5

(9)

Joshua R^p¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: J P Sullivan| T: Helen Cuthbert| OR: 53| CD

14/1

C&D winner in January. 4¼ lengths eighth of 12 to Elzaal in handicap (13/2) at this C&D 13 days ago. Clearly has work to do.

Form: 665-198

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(6)

Kraken Power⁸

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: J S Goldie J: P Mulrennan

Forecasts

Gunnerside (5/2), Elzaal (11/4), Hit Mac (4/1), Kraken Power (5/1), Sam's Call (7/1), Nellie French (10/1), Ruggles (12/1), Joshua R (14/1), Palifico (20/1), Mews House (50/1)

KRAKEN POWER wasn't seen to best effect when succumbing to the late charge of Nellie French over this C&D last week and, now 5 lb better off with that rival, he is taken to emerge on top this time. Nellie French is proving consistent and should give another good account of herself but she was outpointed by Elzaal (second choice) on her penultimate start and is now worse off at the weights with that rival, too. Hit Mac is another with decent claims in a competitive handicap.