19:45 Newcastle

Saturday 9 December 2023

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Off time: 19:46 | Winning time: 1m 15.11s

(1)

Pride Of Spain^p1²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Mr Taylor Fisher⁽³⁾| T: A Watson| OR: 65

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 8/1, last of 10 in handicap at this course (8f) 24 days ago. Back down in trip and cheekpieces on 1st time. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 63350

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(6)

Noteable²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: William Pyle⁽⁵⁾| T: Craig Lidster| OR: 64| CD

8/1

C&D winner in October. 9/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 22 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 522100

(5)

Dercol²²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Josephine Gordon| T: K Frost| OR: 63

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 13/2, last of 9 in handicap at Bath (5.7f, soft). Off 7 months ahead of this debut for new yard and it's probably best to look elsewhere.

Form: 8629

(11)

Rainbow Rain^v²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: T Eaves| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 63| CD

10/3

C&D winner. 3 wins from 11 runs this year. Creditable third of 12 in handicap (5/1) at this C&D 20 days ago. Solid chance.

Form: 221153

(7)

Athollblair Boy^p²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: Alex Jary⁽⁵⁾| T: N Tinkler| OR: 62| CD

9/1

Sevem-time C&D winner. Eighth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (10/1) 20 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and this 10-y-o is dangerous to discount having slipped to an attractive mark.

Form: 159068

(10)

Holbache¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mullen| T: A W Carroll| OR: 62| D

14/1

Seventh of 11 in handicap (6/1) at Lingfield (6f, AW) 14 days ago. Chance on old form, but opposable based on recent evidence.

Form: 1-70487

(3)

Carlton And Co³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 62| C

9/2

Course winner in August. 10/3, creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at this C&D 39 days ago. Likely to be on the premises once more.

Form: 175544

(2)

The Princes Poet¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: I W McInnes| OR: 62| D

66/1

28/1, first run since leaving Eve Johnson Houghton when eighth of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (6f) 18 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 477368

(4)

Ignac Lamar³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: J S Goldie| OR: 61| D

10/1

Eighth of 12 in handicap (25/1) at this C&D 39 days ago. Hard to warm to.

Form: 573008

(12)

Lezardrieux²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: P J McDonald| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 61| CD

11/2

Won 12-runner handicap (6/1) at this C&D 25 days ago, kept up to work. 4 lb rise tolerable and likely to give another good account.

Form: 000421

(9)

Warminster²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Phil Dennis| T: K Scott| OR: 60| D

14/1

First run since leaving Robert Cowell when tenth of 11 in handicap (28/1) at this C&D 24 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 024830

(8)

Rory^p³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Mark Winn⁽³⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 59| C

7/1

Unreliable type. Course winner. Twenty-three runs since last win in 2022. Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap (5/1) at this C&D 37 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and not without an each-way chance.

Form: 627984

Forecasts

Rainbow Rain (10/3), Carlton And Co (9/2), Lezardrieux (11/2), Rory (7/1), Noteable (8/1), Athollblair Boy (9/1), Ignac Lamar (10/1), Warminster (14/1), Holbache (14/1), Pride Of Spain (16/1), Dercol (50/1), The Princes Poet (66/1)

The consistent RAINBOW RAIN put in another good shift when hitting the crossbar over C&D and he could take some pegging back off the same mark. Athollblair Boy is 2 lb lower than for this success here during the spring and is feared on the back of an encouraging effort last time. Lezardrieux has been in good heart since returned to the all-weather and is also considered, along with Carlton And Co.