20:15 Newcastle

Friday 17 March 2023

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Off time: 20:17 | Winning time: 1m 27.45s

(1)

Abbey's Dream³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Mark Winn⁽⁵⁾| T: A Watson| OR: 72| BF| CD

13/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in February. Fifth of 7 in handicap at Kempton (7f, 3/1) 30 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 22-1215

(5)

Engelbert^t³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Ferguson| OR: 72

1/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 11 in minor event (11/4) at this course (6f) 36 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Should progress and is likely to be on the premises.

Form: 886-53

(3)

Seagrave Fox²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 67| D

6/1

Career best when winning 8-runner handicap (7/4) at Southwell (7.1f) 24 days ago, bit in hand. Improving all the time recently.

Form: 404-311

(7)

Pub Club²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: B A Curtis| T: H Palmer| OR: 66

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, sixth of 10 in minor event at this C&D 23 days ago, slowly away. Makes handicap debut. Should improve.

Form: 986

(6)

The Muffin Man²²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 64

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 9/1, fifth of 7 in maiden at Chelmsford City (8f). Off 7 months. Makes handicap debut. Must improve.

Form: 305-

(4)

Magicdollar²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan| OR: 63| C

10/3

Promising sort. Career best when winning 7-runner handicap (5/4) at this course (8f) 27 days ago, slowly away. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 055-121

(2)

My Roxanne¹²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 59

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, last of 6 in nursery at this course (6f, 10/1). Off 122 days. Others make more appeal.

Form: 0866-

Forecasts

Engelbert (1/1), Magicdollar (10/3), Seagrave Fox (6/1), Abbey's Dream (13/2), Pub Club (10/1), My Roxanne (40/1), The Muffin Man (40/1)

MAGICDOLLAR did well to score here last time and is open to further improvement, so he gets the nod ahead of Engelbert, who is likely to step up now his attentions are turned to handicapping. Seagrave Fox is also a major player having scored with a bit in hand at Southwell last month.