13:08 Newcastle

Thursday 30 October 2025

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Off time: 13:09 | Winning time: 4m 3.07s

Cueros⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Harry Derham

5/2

Fairly useful multiple Flat winner at up to 1½m on Jersey. Joined a good yard for hurdle career and interesting to see what the betting makes of him.

Form:

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Kids Say Lastgojoe¹⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B S Hughes| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 93

85/40

Won a Catterick bumper last November but failed to make in 3 hurdles in the first half of 2025. Brian Hughes rides on return but it's still likely he's best watched.

Form: 415U-7

Marhaba The Champ¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny McMenamin| T: Mrs S Leech

7/4

Fairly useful Flat performer. Could only manage remote last of 4 on recent Hereford hurdle debut but this race lacks depth and no surprise were he to leave the Hereford effort behind.

Form: 4

Masterminding^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Peter Kavanagh| T: M A Barnes| OR: 86

16/1

Modest maiden on Flat and made little impact in maiden/novice hurdles.

Form: 9-P56

Apache Eagle^t²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: J Bedi

28/1

Modest form at best on the Flat, including in Catterick handicap 4 weeks ago for new stable after nearly a year off. Outsider now hurdling.

Form:

Crimson Road^h,t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: S Corbett

25/1

Fairly useful handicapper at best on Flat but disappointing in that sphere this season and only minor promise in novice hurdles at Perth and Carlisle this autumn, pulling too hard. Needs to settle better if he's to progress in this sphere.

Form: 76

De Deli Counter¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford

66/1

Fourth of 5 finishers in Irish point in May and no short-term encouragement when distant last of 4 in Wetherby novice hurdle on recent Rules debut.

Form: 44

L'insurge^h⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul Robson

200/1

Showed a bit in bumpers in the spring but down the field in 2 hurdles this month. Outsider.

Form: 54-80

Crazy About Her^h²⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: J Coulson

14/1

Went backwards from opening bumper second but got her career back on track after a 5-month break (had wind surgery) when 13 lengths second of 4 in 2m Chepstow novice on hurdle debut in April. Off again since but evidently capable fresh. Considered.

Form: 2782-

Forecasts

Marhaba The Champ (7/4), Kids Say Lastgojoe (85/40), Cueros (5/2), Crazy About Her (14/1), Masterminding (16/1), Crimson Road (25/1), Apache Eagle (28/1), De Deli Counter (66/1), L'insurge (200/1)

If CUEROS can translate his Flat ability to hurdles this could represent a good chance for him to make a winning start for Harry Derham. Crazy About Her was runner-up in a similar contest at Chepstow when last seen in the spring, while Marhaba The Champ failed to shine on his recent Hereford hurdle debut but it's too soon to write him off in this sphere given the level he reached on the Flat.