18:00 Newcastle

Saturday 23 March 2024

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Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap

Off time: 18:02 | Winning time: 2m 14.05s

(3)

Urban Road^v⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Rowan Scott| T: A D Brown| OR: 65| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Four wins from 15 runs last year. Latest win here in January. Respectable third of 6 in handicap at Southwell (11.1f, 7/2) 7 days ago. Should give a good account of himself.

Form: 219473

(10)

Armoured^t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: L Morris| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 64| C

7/2

Course winner in January. 8/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at this C&D 8 days ago, not knocked about. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 077-137

(4)

Russian Virtue^p⁷⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R Menzies| OR: 64| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Two wins from 3 runs last year. Last of 11 in handicap (9/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 76 days ago. Will need to leave that effort well behind if he's to make an impact.

Form: 74/141-0

(9)

Prince Achille¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: J Garritty| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 62| CD

3/1

13/2, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at this C&D 15 days ago, readily. This 5 lb higher mark looks manageable and he's one for the shortlist.

Form: 2819-61

(1)

Busby^p⁴²

Age: 9| Weight: 9-5| J: Cam Hardie| T: P A Kirby| OR: 61

20/1

Third of 10 in handicap (40/1) at this C&D 42 days ago. 1 lb lower now and he will have a serious chance if able to build on that effort.

Form: 93009-3

(5)

Loom Large^t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: P Mulrennan| T: I Jardine| OR: 61| CD

12/1

C&D winner in October. Last of 12 in handicap (22/1) at this course (8f) 22 days ago. Back up in trip and the percentage call is to look elsewhere.

Form: 5126-80

(8)

Emer Elysees^h¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Sean Kirrane| T: T Davidson| OR: 60

20/1

Thrice-raced maiden on Flat. Last of 8 in maiden at this course (7.1f, 200/1) 15 days ago. Significantly up in trip for this handicap debut.

Form: 0-88

(7)

Hurtle^t⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Loughnane| T: P & O Cole| OR: 58WS

7/2

Seventh of 8 in handicap (18/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 57 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter. Has undergone a wind op.

Form: 50830-7

(2)

Ashkhabad²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 57

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden on Flat. Eighth of 12 in minor event at Kempton (8f, 250/1) 24 days ago. Up in trip for this handicap debut and worth a second look in the betting.

Form: 888

(6)

Humble Spark¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Ben Robinson| T: J S Goldie| OR: 53

9/1

66/1, second of 11 in handicap at this course (12.4f) 16 days ago. Possibilities if able to build on that effort.

Form: 68/8-682

Forecasts

Prince Achille (3/1), Hurtle (7/2), Armoured (7/2), Urban Road (6/1), Humble Spark (9/1), Loom Large (12/1), Russian Virtue (18/1), Busby (20/1), Emer Elysees (20/1), Ashkhabad (28/1)

The vote goes to PRINCE ACHILLE, who resumed winning ways in ready fashion over this C&D recently and a 5 lb rise is by no means the end of the world. Busby took a major step back in the right direction when third here last time and is feared most ahead of Humble Spark and Urban Road.