17:20 Newcastle

Friday 31 March 2023

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Off time: 17:22 | Winning time: 2m 18.98s

(3)

Dogged^t¹⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: P J McDonald| T: R Menzies| OR: 62

14/1

Twenty three runs since last win in 2019. 20/1, below form third of 11 in handicap at Redcar (10f, good to soft). Off 6 months. Others more persuasive.

Form: 253003-

(6)

Pallas Lord⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: D W Whillans| OR: 62| BF| C

1/1

Course winner. 9/4, good second of 9 in handicap at this C&D 7 days ago so expected to be bang there off the same mark.

Form: 434532

(5)

Bobby Shaftoe^b¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: P Mulrennan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 61| C

7/2

Course winner in March. Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap (5/1) at Southwell (14.1f) 17 days ago. Back down in trip and not ruled out.

Form: 241116

(1)

Cusack^p²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Sean Kirrane⁽³⁾| T: D Thompson| OR: 59| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 6/1, only sixth of 8 in handicap at this C&D 22 days ago. Cheekpieces back on with more required.

Form: 13293-6

(2)

Soaring Star^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lee| T: P A Kirby| OR: 58| C

7/1

Course winner. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (11/2) at Southwell (12.1f) 17 days ago. Temperamental sort, however.

Form: 8574-74

(4)

Coconut Bay¹⁷²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Phil Dennis| T: T Davidson| OR: 56| D

18/1

5/1, creditable fourth of 14 in handicap at Yarmouth (10.1f, good to soft). Off 172 days. First run for yard after leaving Hughie Morrison. Market can prove a good guide.

Form: 834154-

(7)

Captain St Lucifer^t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: T Eaves| T: Suzzanne France| OR: 52| BF| D

16/1

One win from 27 Flat runs. Good second of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 11/4) 21 days ago, having run of race. Can give another good account.

Form: 665-222

Forecasts

Pallas Lord (1/1), Bobby Shaftoe (7/2), Soaring Star (7/1), Cusack (8/1), Dogged (14/1), Captain St Lucifer (16/1), Coconut Bay (18/1)

PALLAS LORD can boast a course win and is able to race off the same mark as when a good recent C&D second so looks the way to go. Captain St Lucifer's record stands at 1-27 but he is still feared most on the back of his good Wolverhampton second, with course-scorer Bobby Shaftoe another who can have a say in an open handicap.