18:30 Newcastle

Tuesday 21 October 2025

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Midnite: Built For 2025 Not 2005 Handicap

Off time: 18:32 | Winning time: 1m 0.71s

(5)

Uncle Sam²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: O J Orr| T: D Thompson| OR: 55| C

9/2

Course winner. Respectable third of 9 in handicap (10/1) at this course (7.1f) 25 days ago. Down in trip. Needs considering.

Form: 41-2373

(2)

Masterclass^b¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Barry McHugh| T: P T Midgley| OR: 54| D

15/2

Good second of 12 in handicap at Southwell (5f, 5/1) 14 days ago, running on. Ought to be thereabouts.

Form: 726372

(11)

Newyorkstateofmind^v1¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 54| BF| CD

13/2

C&D winner. Twenty runs since last win in 2024. Drawn wide when fifth of 12 in handicap at Southwell (5f, 7/2) 14 days ago. Visor replaces usual blinkers. Weighted to go close.

Form: 265255

(13)

Invincible Annice^p1¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Amie Waugh⁽³⁾| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 54| D

25/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Ninth of 10 in handicap (40/1) at this course (6f) 12 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 366489

(4)

Cavalier Approach^b⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Cieren Fallon| T: Maurice Ahern| OR: 54| CD

15/2

C&D winner. 80/1, last of 15 in handicap at Galway (7f, good to soft) 80 days ago. Back down in trip. Blinkers back on.

Form: 770-090

(1)

Conquest Of Power¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: P J McDonald| T: M D I Usher| OR: 53| C| D

25/1

Course winner. Had a wind op before coming in last of 14 in handicap at Leicester (6f, good) 14 days ago, slowly away. Hard to warm to.

Form: 116790

(7)

Wee Mary^h⁸¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: P Mulrennan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 53

12/1

13/2, sixth of 9 in handicap at this C&D 81 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Rebecca Menzies. Can give a good account if ready to go for new trainer.

Form: 222486

(9)

Garifullina⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Sean Kirrane| T: J J Davies| OR: 53

28/1

Off 10 months before an encouraging second of 6 in handicap at Catterick (5f, good to firm) 77 days ago. Can make presence felt with relatively few miles still on the clock.

Form: 51128-2

(6)

Soul Seeker^p,t²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Hart| T: P A Kirby| OR: 51| D

18/1

Below form third of 6 in handicap (7/1) at Musselburgh (5f, soft) 20 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 660873

(8)

Pockley^b³³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: D Allan| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 50| CD

18/5

5-time C&D winner. 66/1, thirteenth of 18 in handicap at Ayr (5f, good to soft) 33 days ago, left poorly placed. Blinkers back on. Can give a good account.

Form: 575770

(12)

Desert Master^b⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 48| CD

17/2

C&D winner. Only sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (6f, 5/1) 7 days ago. Can make his presence felt if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 927456

(10)

Shatin Venture²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Kaiya Fraser| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 47| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Seventh of 9 in handicap (14/1) at this C&D 25 days ago so needs to bounce back.

Form: 241507

(14)

A Lady Forever⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Rowan Scott| T: W G Harrison| OR: 46| C

11/1

Course winner. Creditable third of 14 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, good, 9/1) 8 days ago. In the picture.

Form: 134373

Non-Runners

(3)

Gustav Graves¹⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 7

T: D Shaw J: Joanna Mason

Forecasts

Pockley (18/5), Uncle Sam (9/2), Newyorkstateofmind (13/2), Cavalier Approach (15/2), Masterclass (15/2), Desert Master (17/2), Shatin Venture (9/1), A Lady Forever (11/1), Wee Mary (12/1), Gustav Graves (12/1), Soul Seeker (18/1), Invincible Annice (25/1), Conquest Of Power (25/1), Garifullina (28/1)

A tight-knit handicap in which marginal preference is for NEWYORKSTATEOFMIND who hasn't enjoyed the rub of the green of late and can now capitalise on a reduced mark. Catterick runner-up Garifullina could emerge as the chief threat to Ruth Carr's C&D scorer with Pockley, Wee Mary and Masterclass all in the picture too.