18:30 Newcastle

Friday 29 September 2023

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Join The Vickers.Bet Racing Club Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 18:31 | Winning time: 1m 27.56s

(8)

Blame The Farrier³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Sean Kirrane| T: D Thompson| OR: 56

18/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap (50/1) at Redcar (6f, good to firm) 34 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 863690

(1)

Angel Amadea^t⁹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: P Mulrennan| T: R Menzies| OR: 55

9/2

16/1, tenth of 13 in handicap at this course (6f). Off 91 days. Tongue strap back on. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 318880

(2)

Coral Reef^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson| OR: 55

15/2

11/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 15 days ago. Cheekpieces back on but others more persuasive.

Form: 726240

(5)

Sea Girt^h⁹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 55

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 40/1 and hooded for 1st time, last of 4 in maiden at Musselburgh (7.2f, good), slowly away. Off 98 days. Makes handicap debut with more required.

Form: 584

(9)

Elettaria^p²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: J S Wainwright| OR: 50| D

6/1

Winner at Carlisle in August. Only tenth of 12 in handicap (20/1) there since but the sort to bounce back.

Form: 649410

(7)

Merry Secret^t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 48| C| D

9/2

Course winner. 7/1, respectable fifth of 14 in handicap at Carlisle (5.8f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Back up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Lawrence Mullaney. Unreliable type.

Form: 602735

(3)

Highland Queen³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 48

5/1

Shaped well when runner-up at Carlisle in August and run best ignored (stumbled badly early) when sixth of 9 in minor event at Catterick (7f) 30 days ago. Remains one to be interested in off a handy-looking mark.

Form: 095026

(4)

Final Frontier³²

Age: 10| Weight: 9-0| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 45| D

9/2

Eighteen runs since his last win in 2021 and below form seventh of 12 in handicap (16/1) at Southwell (6.1f) 32 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 805547

(6)

Pink Sky At Night²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Joanna Mason| T: Samantha & Jacqueline Coward| OR: 45

9/1

Ninth of 14 in handicap at Ripon (40/1) 24 days ago when finding 6f an inadequate test. No forlorn hope on her tapeta debut back up in trip.

Form: 070-979

Forecasts

Angel Amadea (9/2), Merry Secret (9/2), Final Frontier (9/2), Highland Queen (5/1), Elettaria (6/1), Coral Reef (15/2), Pink Sky At Night (9/1), Blame The Farrier (18/1), Sea Girt (33/1)

Lots of these arrive with a question mark against them so HIGHLAND QUEEN, who didn't enjoy the rub of the green when sixth at Catterick last time, is well worth siding with to capitalise on a reduced mark. Elettaria could emerge as the main danger if shrugging off a lesser effort at Carlisle, while Pink Sky At Night is not without a chance either now back up in trip.