16:25 Newcastle

Tuesday 15 October 2024

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Get Raceday Ready Handicap

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 2m 39.86s

(1)

Val Bassett^t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: R Menzies| OR: 62

12/1

Unreliable sort. Tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 10 in handicap at Hamilton (12.1f, good, 28/1) 23 days ago, slowly away. Makes tapeta debut. Chance on old form.

Form: 648-644

(5)

Berry Edge^b¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Sean Kirrane| T: D Thompson| OR: 62

33/1

Unreliable sort. Latest win at Carlisle in June. 20/1, bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap at Redcar (10f, good to soft) 10 days ago, very slowly away. Back up in trip. Blinkers back on. Others preferred.

Form: 014667

(10)

Punxsutawney Phil³⁰⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Billy Loughnane| T: M Walford| OR: 60| C| D

40/1

66/1, bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap at Southwell (14.1f). Off 10 months. Others make more appeal.

Form: 035687-

(6)

Moonfleet Moment^p1⁴²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Ben Robinson| T: A Nicol| OR: 60

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 11/1, last of 7 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good). Off 14 months. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Harry Eustace. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Has work to do.

Form: 88/67-

(2)

Flying Scotsman^p¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 59| BF| D

25/1

Visored for 1st time, sixth of 7 in handicap (6/5) at Hamilton (12.1f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Not ruled out bearing in mind the weight of support behind him last time.

Form: 00-7546

(4)

Laudable^p⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Kaiya Fraser⁽³⁾| T: T Davidson| OR: 59| D

2/1

3 wins from 12 runs this year. Latest win at Catterick in September. Good second of 10 in handicap at Ayr (13.1f, good, 11/2) 5 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Can make presence felt.

Form: 111242

(8)

Something^p¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: P Mulrennan| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 64

6/4

7/2, good second of 8 in handicap at this C&D 11 days ago, having run of race. Arrives in good order and should put up another solid showing.

Form: 7-45752

(9)

Nancy P¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Sanderson⁽³⁾| T: S Woods| OR: 61| D

20/1

Winner at Lingfield in June. Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap (18/1) at Southwell (12.1f) 19 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Not ruled out.

Form: 415555

(12)

Zenato^h1¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P J McDonald| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 60

11/1

First run since leaving Henry De Bromhead when fifth of 8 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f, 22/1) 16 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 802455

(7)

Jamih^p¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-2| J: Joanna Mason| T: Miss T Jackson| OR: 52| D

16/1

Latest win at Thirsk in August. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (40/1) 11 days ago. Not the most reliable.

Form: 211064

(3)

Blazer Two^b¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Connor Beasley| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 48| D

40/1

22/1 and blinkered for 1st time, eighth of 12 in handicap at this course (10.2f) 14 days ago. Back up in trip. Must improve.

Form: 6338-58

(11)

Meridian Way¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: J Fanning| T: C Johnston| OR: 45

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 11 in novice at Southwell (8.1f, 125/1) 10 days ago. Potential improver upped significantly in trip for handicap debut and is worth taking a chance on.

Form: 808

Forecasts

Something (6/4), Laudable (2/1), Meridian Way (10/1), Zenato (11/1), Val Bassett (12/1), Jamih (16/1), Nancy P (20/1), Flying Scotsman (25/1), Berry Edge (33/1), Punxsutawney Phil (40/1), Blazer Two (40/1), Moonfleet Moment (100/1)

MERIDIAN WAY hasn't shown much to date but he's bred to be much better than a mark of 46 and this much longer trip should be in his favour, so he's worth chancing on handicap debut. Something and Laudable arrive in good form and should be on the premises.