18:00 Newcastle

Thursday 6 March 2025

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Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap

Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 1m 29.45s

(7)

American Star^p¹⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 60| D

18/1

Out of sorts when last seen in the autumn. Feasibly handicapped but a watching brief is the percentage call after 143 days off.

Form: 704807-

(3)

Kalganov^p⁴⁵

12/1

C&D winner. Last of 8 in handicap (22/1) at Wolverhampton (7f) 45 days ago. Needs a subsequent wind operation to help spark a revival.

Form: 8090-88

(5)

Sir Maxi^b1³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Warren Fentiman⁽⁷⁾| T: S England| OR: 59| CD

11/2

C&D winner in January. Respectable fifth of 9 over C&D (25/1) 30 days ago. Blinkers on first time. Enters the reckoning with Fentiman taking 7 lb off.

Form: 84-2175

(2)

Pallas Lord^t²^{(ex 4)}

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Jason Hart| T: D W Whillans| OR: 57| CD

9/4

Gained course win number 8 when edging out Odd Socks Havana over 1m on Tuesday. Should be very competitive under a 4 lb penalty.

Form: 8-74241

(9)

Rory¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: P Mulrennan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 57| C| D

4/1

Unreliable individual. Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Respectable fifth of 9 over C&D 19 days ago.

Form: 080355

(4)

Drakeholes³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: D Nolan| T: Mrs A C Hamilton| OR: 56| CD

10/1

Four-time C&D winner, including twice in the autumn. His 2 runs this year have been a little disappointing, though.

Form: 4137-06

(8)

Concert Boy^b¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Darragh Keenan| T: K Scott| OR: 55| BF| CD

4/1

Two course wins this year, latterly over this trip. Remained in form with placed efforts here since and has to be high on the shortlist.

Form: 512123

(6)

Keep Me Stable¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Tommie Jakes⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 53| CD

16/1

Three-time C&D winner but hasn't threatened to add to his tally the last twice.

Form: 9293-69

Non-Runners

(1)

Odd Socks Havana²

Weight: 9-1| Age: 7

T: R Menzies J: Kaiya Fraser

Forecasts

Pallas Lord (9/4), Concert Boy (4/1), Rory (4/1), Odd Socks Havana (4/1), Sir Maxi (11/2), Drakeholes (10/1), Kalganov (12/1), Keep Me Stable (16/1), American Star (18/1)

ODD SOCKS HAVANA is 4 lb better off with Pallas Lord for a narrow defeat over 1m here on Tuesday and that could be enough for the Rebecca Menzies-trained 7-y-o to get the better of the argument this time. Concert Boy is another with a good course record and looks best of the rest.