17:05 Newcastle

Tuesday 26 March 2024

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QuinnBet Acca Bonus Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 6m 59.83s

Phil De Pail^b1²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 105

9/1

Fair bumper performer and similar form over hurdles without tasting success during 2021/22 season. Beaten a fair way on return/first run following a wind op at Bangor (23.2f, heavy) but he's entitled to come on a good deal for that (first run for best of 2 years) and now tried in blinkers.

Form: 52P23/3

Rivers Corner²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Harry Atkins⁽⁷⁾| T: S Hosie| OR: 103| D

10/11

Seemingly well suited by moving up in trip when scoring by 23 lengths over 3m at Wincanton (heavy) last month. Proved that that was no flash in the pan when following up off 10 lb higher ar Taunton 12 days later and, though up another 10 lb, he has to be feared in his hat-trick bid.

Form: 8-68411

Askmore²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Ross Chapman| T: R Menzies| OR: 100| D

9/1

Successful in points and fair second on hurdles debut at Carlisle (19.3f, heavy) in December. Little impact in 2 subsequent starts but pedigree suggests that this stiffer test will be in his favour and may do better now pitched into a handicap.

Form: 1-6289V

Adveram²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Callum Bewley| T: I A Duncan| OR: 95

12/1

Stepped up on when he showed in bumpers and initially in this sphere when second in a 7-runner Ayr maiden (19.5f, heavy) last month. That wasn't a deep race by any means but this 5-y-o looks open to improvement now faced with a stiffer test on this handicap debut.

Form: 73-7792

Clovis Boy^p1,t¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 95| BF

16/1

Stepped up on encouraging reappearance/handicap debut when opening his account over 2½m at Hexham in November. Proved he stays this far when fourth of 10 off this mark at Wetherby on penultimate start but needs to bounce back following a tame effort at Ayr 17 days ago. Cheekpieces applied.

Form: 7-41F4P

Scalloway Bay^t²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Bruce Lynn⁽³⁾| T: N W Alexander| OR: 91

10/1

Better efforts switched to handicaps here the last twice, latterly coming home in fourth in an 11-runner contest upped to 2¾m (heavy). Needs to sharpen up in the jumping department but he still has low mileage and is one to consider off a 1 lb lower mark.

Form: 8/U034V

Glory Hights²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Danny McMenamin| T: C Grant| OR: 84

9/2

Upped his game switched to handicap company at this course in January, going close over 20.2f prior to finishing a decent third tried over 2¾m next time (re-opposing Scalloway Bay 10 lengths back in fourth). Mark unchanged and should make his presence felt.

Form: 65-523V

Cave Hill²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: C O'Farrell| T: I A Duncan| OR: 84

40/1

First sign of ability when third in the Ayr mauden won by Bleu D'enfer last month, finishing 12 lengths adrift of the re-opposing runner-up Adveram. 11 lb better off with his stablemate on this handicap debut but couldn't be sure that this step up in trip is what he wants.

Form: 5-00P03

Non-Runners

Kian Calling³⁷

Weight: 10-2| Age: 8

T: N G Richards J: Sean Quinlan

Forecasts

Rivers Corner (10/11), Glory Hights (9/2), Phil De Pail (9/1), Askmore (9/1), Scalloway Bay (10/1), Adveram (12/1), Clovis Boy (16/1), Kian Calling (25/1), Cave Hill (40/1)

Now upped in trip and switched to handicap company, ADVERAM could be about to sprout wings having shown more encouraging signs when chasing home an odds-on shot in a maiden at Ayr. Scalloway Bay was behind Glory Hights here at the end of January but he did well under the circumstances that day and may well emerge as the main danger to Adveram now faced with an even stiffer test. The hat-trick seeking Rivers Corner has to enter calculations, too.