15:00 Newcastle
Tuesday 30 January 2024
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- 4YO plus | Class 4 | 2m 4f 62y | Heavy | 12 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 5m 35.41s
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Made a winning start to hurdles career in a Kelso junior event (16.2f, heavy) last January but, following a 12-month absence, he didn't show much on his recent return to action over the same C&D. One of 3 representing the Rebecca Menzies yard.
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Third both starts in small-field bumpers but beaten a fair way on each occasion and sizeable step forward needed now switched to hurdles.
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Placed all 4 completed starts in points and didn't shape badly when third of 6 on sole start under Rules to date in a Fairyhouse bumper in November 2022. However, will likely come on for the run on this hurdles debut for new connections.
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Didn't shape with a great deal of immediate promise when sixth in an 8-runner bumper on debut here last March.
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Winning start to his career in a Carlisle bumper in October and wasn't disgraced when mid-field in a listed event at Cheltenham next time. Also made a promising introduction to hurdles when runner-up in a Catterick maiden (19.3f, soft) last month and he's open to improvement.
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€70,000 3-y-o, £30,000 5-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Off the mark in Irish points (dead-heated) at the third attempt in November and is worth a market check for yard whose newcomers are often fancied.
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Black Sam Bellamy gelding. Half-brother to useful 19f/25f hurdle winner Ree Okka. Dam unraced half-sister to high-class hurdler/smart chaser (winner up to 25f) Identity Thief. Probably best watched on debut.
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Hard to make a case for based on what he's achieved thus far, both under Rules and between the flags.
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£30,000 buy after making a successful sole start in points last spring. Showed plenty to work on when third in a Catterick bumper (15.7f, good to soft) on Rules debut and this stiffer test will be in his favour now sent hurdling. Hood applied.
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Wide-margin winner of sole start between the flags but hasn't shown much in a handful of appearances under Rules, including on debut for this yard here earlier this month. Tigga Time is the stable No 1.
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Posted best effort from 4 starts in bumpers for Michael Appleby when third in an 8-runner contest at Stratford (16.3f, good) in August 2022 (gelded since). Subsequent absence is naturally a concern ahead of this hurdles/yard debut.
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Half-sister to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Advantage Point, stayed 2½m, and bumper winner/21f/23f chase winner Bushmans Pass. Winner of a maiden point on sole start to date back in November 2022 and the market should guide in terms of expectations of this mare on her Rules debut.
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Non-Runners
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Florida Dreams35
Weight: 11-12| Age: 6
T: N G Richards J: Danny McMenamin
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Forecasts
Hazy Glen (7/4), Florida Dreams (7/4), Moon Over Mexico (9/4), Tigga Time (11/4), From The Clouds (15/2), Red Sam (10/1), Whosmydaddy (33/1), Pinot Rouge (40/1), Court Case (50/1), Zuul (66/1), Point Franklin (150/1), Happy County (150/1), Samillier (250/1)
This step up in trip appears to be just what FLORIDA DREAMS needs and he is taken to resume winning ways having failed to land a blow in Grade 1 company last time. Tigga Time shaped well in a Catterick bumper and he is marginally preferred to Hazy Glen and point winner Moon Over Mexico for forecast purposes.
- Tigga Time11/4
- Hazy Glen7/4
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £4,193.002nd: £1,932.003rd: £966.004th: £484.00
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