18:30 Newcastle

Friday 4 October 2024

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Elite Venue Selection Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 18:31 | Winning time: 1m 27.44s

(8)

Smalleytime^p¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Jason Hart| T: B Haslam| OR: 54| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Respectable fifth of 13 over C&D 10 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 395865

(6)

Urban Dandy¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: D C Costello| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 53| C

17/2

Course winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2023. Sixth of 9 in handicap at Pontefract (6f, good to firm, 50/1) 15 days ago.

Form: 422696

(1)

Drakeholes¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: P Mulrennan| T: Mrs A C Hamilton| OR: 52| CD

4/1

C&D winner in March. 7/1, good second of 13 over C&D 10 days ago, keeping on after not enjoying the clearest of runs. Player.

Form: 213992

(9)

Portoro^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Darragh Keenan| T: Martin Dunne| OR: 51

7/1

33/1, creditable second of 12 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 9 days ago. Enters the reckoning from the same mark.

Form: 8-96822

(5)

Polly The Rocket^p¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: William Pyle⁽³⁾| T: Craig Lidster| OR: 52| CD

18/1

C&D winner. 8/1, creditable fourth of 11 here 10 days ago.

Form: 850304

(7)

Barossa^p¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Faye McManoman| T: N Tinkler| OR: 50| BF| CD

4/1

C&D winner in July and good second back here on both outings since. Leading claims.

Form: 207122

(3)

Asadjumeirah^v¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 48| C

11/1

Course winner. Forty three runs since last win in 2022. Creditable fourth of 13 over C&D 10 days ago.

Form: 545464

(10)

Cage Rattler^p¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Rhys Elliott⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss S E Forster| OR: 47| D

50/1

Unreliable individual. 10/1, twelfth of 13 over C&D 10 days ago. Hard to fancy after that.

Form: 004560

(2)

Mr Stanley^p³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Kaiya Fraser⁽³⁾| T: P A Kirby| OR: 46

11/2

Remains a maiden after 21 Flat starts. 8/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at this course (6f) 31 days ago.

Form: 690650

(4)

Filey Beach¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: J F Egan| T: J Ward| OR: 46

7/1

18/1, creditable second of 14 in handicap at Beverley (8.4f, good to firm) 16 days ago. Shouldn't be inconvenienced by the drop back to 7f.

Form: 80-0542

Forecasts

Drakeholes (4/1), Barossa (4/1), Mr Stanley (11/2), Filey Beach (7/1), Portoro (7/1), Urban Dandy (17/2), Smalleytime (9/1), Asadjumeirah (11/1), Polly The Rocket (18/1), Cage Rattler (50/1)

BAROSSA and Drakeholes boast solid C&D form this year and might be the pair to focus on, with the former taken to gain compensation for last week's near miss. Portoro and Filey Beach are others who should have a say.