17:15 Newcastle

Monday 1 January 2024

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Off time: 17:16 | Winning time: 1m 11.42s

(13)

Tacarib Bay¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Alec Voikhansky⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 106| CD

15/2

C&D winner in listed event in November. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f, 12/1) 18 days ago. Back down in trip. Lofty mark.

Form: 660516-

(8)

Summerghand^v¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara| OR: 100| D

25/1

Dead-heated with Albasheer at York in August. Fourth of 6 in handicap at Kempton (6f, 10/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 140074-

(12)

Albasheer^b⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson| OR: 99| D

9/4

Dead-heated with Summerghand in valuable handicap at York in August. Respectable 2½ lengths third of 9 to Tacarib Bay in listed race (7/1) at this C&D 51 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 818453-

(1)

Exalted Angel¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Brandon Wilkie⁽⁵⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 97| D

50/1

Twenty three runs since last win in 2021. Sixth of 7 in handicap (13/2) at Southwell (5f) 11 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 660536-

(6)

Brewing⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: A J Farragher| T: W J Haggas| OR: 94| CD

7/2

Promising type who is 4-5, posting career best when winning 10-runner C&D handicap (10/3) 51 days ago with a bit in hand. Unbeaten under this rider, will go on improving and leading claims.

Form: 111/41-

(14)

Pendleton⁴⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 94| CD

14/1

Two wins from 3 runs last year. Won 9-runner handicap at this C&D (13/2) 48 days ago. Unexposed on AW and can go well again up 3 lb.

Form: 200/181-

(3)

Fivethousandtoone^v1³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: P J McDonald| T: A M Balding| OR: 93| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Creditable second of 7 in handicap (7/1) at Lingfield (7f, AW) 37 days ago, running on. Visor on 1st time.

Form: 0/36362-

(5)

Batal Dubai⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: C Lee| T: Harry Charlton| OR: 92| CD

15/2

C&D winner. 2/1, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (6f) 74 days ago, kept up to work. This is tougher up 5 lb.

Form: 107341-

(9)

Gisburn⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon| OR: 91| D

5/1

Latest win at Goodwood in October. 5/1, creditable 1¼ lengths third of 10 to Brewing in handicap at this C&D 51 days ago, conceding first run. Merits consideration.

Form: 400123-

(11)

Way To Dubai¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Harry Davies| T: C Fellowes| OR: 90

14/1

Second of 11 in handicap (9/1) at Lingfield (6f, AW) 19 days ago, caught further back than ideal. Unexposed over 6f and one to be interested in.

Form: 316942-

(7)

Kitai⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Mark Winn⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 88| D

50/1

Latest win at Pontefract in July. Eighth of 9 in handicap at Musselburgh (7.2f, good to soft, 17/2) 77 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. First run for yard after leaving Charlie Johnston. Could be interesting for new yard.

Form: 110668-

(10)

Admiral D¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Cam Hardie| T: R A Fahey| OR: 88| D

22/1

Ungenuine type. Scored at Kempton in November. 6/1, creditable third of 6 in handicap at this C&D 16 days ago, left poorly placed. Remains handicapped to win more races this winter if he can apply himself fully.

Form: 633713-

(2)

The Turpinator⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-5| J: J Fanning| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 85| C

20/1

Latest win here in December. 5/1, respectable fifth of 10 in handicap at this course (7.1f) 4 days ago.

Form: 133915-

Non-Runners

(4)

Rousing Encore²

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: R A Fahey J: D Fentiman

Forecasts

Albasheer (9/4), Brewing (7/2), Gisburn (5/1), Batal Dubai (15/2), Tacarib Bay (15/2), Pendleton (14/1), Way To Dubai (14/1), Rousing Encore (14/1), Fivethousandtoone (18/1), The Turpinator (20/1), Admiral D (22/1), Summerghand (25/1), Exalted Angel (50/1), Kitai (50/1)

BREWING looks better than a handicapper and is hard to get away from for all this is a hot sprint. Albasheer, Pendleton and Gisburn are just three of the potential threats.