19:15 Newcastle

Saturday 9 December 2023

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BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap

Off time: 19:19 | Winning time: 1m 14.02s

(7)

Jump The Gun^p²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: R Havlin| T: I Jardine| OR: 85| CD

20/1

Unreliable individual. C&D winner in November but only eighth of 9 back here since.

Form: 920918

(8)

Secret Guest²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: D Nolan| T: B Smart| OR: 84| D

10/3

Latest win at Redcar in September. 4/1, good second of 9 over C&D 25 days ago, finishing well.

Form: 083142

(11)

Haziym^t²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: T Eaves| T: A W Carroll| OR: 84| D

22/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Good second of 11 in handicap over C&D 24 days ago. Well handicapped if he can build on that.

Form: 7-88002

(3)

Dickieburd¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: William Pyle⁽⁵⁾| T: Craig Lidster| OR: 84| CD

10/1

C&D winner in November. Couple of good placed efforts since. Likely to be in the shake-up again.

Form: 846123

(5)

Venturous²²

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: A J Farragher⁽³⁾| T: T D Barron| OR: 82| CD

33/1

Five-time course winner but it's 22 runs since the latest back in March 2022. 16/1, ninth of 11 in handicap at this course (5f) 22 days ago. Need to see more.

Form: 446909

(1)

Pockley^b²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Jonny Peate⁽³⁾| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 79| CD

18/1

Six-time course winner, including this race last year. Back to winning ways here (5f) in November. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (5f,) 22 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 560R15

(12)

Clipsham La Habana¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J Mitchell| T: K P De Foy| OR: 78| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap (4/1) at Wolverhampton (6f) 14 days ago. Another who could make his presence felt.

Form: 223065

(2)

Illusionist²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: P J McDonald| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 78| D

20/1

Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap over C&D 24 days ago but his losing run goes back a bit.

Form: 483004

(4)

Solray²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Callum Shepherd| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 78| BF| CD

9/4

Just third start and AW debut when winning C&D novice in September. Shaped better than the result when fifth of 9 in C&D handicap since. Big player here with further progress on the cards.

Form: 3215

(9)

Al Ameen^t³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 77| D

18/5

Made a winning return for new yard after a year off at Kempton (6f) in October. Even better form when second of 10 at Lingfield since. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 8522-12

(6)

Installation¹⁸⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Ethan Tindall⁽⁷⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 77

66/1

Won a 5f novice in September 2022. Third in a 6f handicap there in May but off since well held at Nottingham in June. Makes AW debut back from 6 months off.

Form: 341-037

Non-Runners

(10)

Fortamour²⁹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 7

T: B Haslam J: Andrew Breslin

Forecasts

Solray (9/4), Secret Guest (10/3), Al Ameen (18/5), Clipsham La Habana (7/1), Dickieburd (10/1), Fortamour (14/1), Pockley (18/1), Illusionist (20/1), Jump The Gun (20/1), Haziym (22/1), Venturous (33/1), Installation (66/1)

A competitive handicap. Although SOLRAY lacks the experience of his rivals his promising effort on his C&D handicap debut last month suggests this 3-y-o has a race in him from this sort of mark. Fellow Newmarket raider Al Ameen is second choice ahead of Bryan Smart's Secret Guest.