18:30 Newcastle

Tuesday 5 November 2024

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Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap

Off time: 18:31 | Winning time: 1m 27.00s

(4)

Tickets¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam| OR: 57| CD

9/4

2/1, improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner handicap at this C&D 14 days ago, finding extra. Needs considering.

Form: 960371

(7)

Al Shabab^p1¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Rob Hornby| T: Ian Williams| OR: 57

5/2

10/3, good second of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 12 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 089902

(3)

Drakeholes²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: P Mulrennan| T: Mrs A C Hamilton| OR: 55| BF| CD

4/1

3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in October. Below form fourth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (5/4) 21 days ago.

Form: 399214

(1)

Ben Asker^p,t³⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Shane Gray| T: Paul Robson| OR: 54| D

50/1

First run since leaving Katie Scott when last of 14 in handicap (22/1) at Ayr (8f, heavy). Off 13 months. Makes tapeta debut.

Form: 33114/0-

(6)

Jannas Journey³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: O J Orr| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 55

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 80/1, third of 6 in novice at this course (6f) 35 days ago, needing stiffer test. Makes handicap debut. Difficult ask.

Form: 453

(8)

Marcello Si¹⁸⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: C Lee| T: M Dods| OR: 53| CD

8/1

3 wins from 7 runs this year. Didn't need to improve to win 9-runner handicap at this C&D (7/2), slowly away. Off 6 months. Player if ready to go.

Form: 416241

(2)

Yaahobby^p,t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 52| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in October. Bit below form third of 8 in handicap (11/1) at this C&D 8 days ago.

Form: 811643

(5)

Kapparis Kid³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: William Carson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 53

7/1

Temperamental sort. Tenth of 13 in handicap at Bath (8f, soft, 33/1) 35 days ago. Potentially well treated back on AW.

Form: 575770

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Miss Billie⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Darragh Keenan| T: M Wigham| OR: 45

25/1

12/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 47 days ago.

Form: 046757

Forecasts

Tickets (9/4), Al Shabab (5/2), Drakeholes (4/1), Kapparis Kid (7/1), Marcello Si (8/1), Yaahobby (16/1), Miss Billie (25/1), Jannas Journey (50/1), Ben Asker (50/1)

It could be worth chancing KAPPARIS KID, who has dropped a long way in the weights ahead of his return to AW. Tickets turned in his best effort of the season when a narrow winner over C&D 2 weeks ago so is feared most ahead of Al Shabab, who was a good second at Wolverhampton last time and remains unexposed on AW.