16:45 Newcastle

Tuesday 18 November 2025

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Set Deposit Limits At BetMGM Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:47 | Winning time: 1m 41.65s

(5)

Forest Caper^h¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: K Stott| T: D O'Meara| OR: 72| BF

9/4

Fairly useful gelding. Creditable third of 7 in handicap (11/10) at this C&D 17 days ago. Solid each-way chance.

Form: 437633

(7)

Monty Beau²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin| T: H Palmer

10/3

Promising sort. Second of 5 in novice (13/8) at Lingfield (8f, AW) 22 days ago, slowly away. Remains open to improvement and should make a bold bid.

Form: 22

(2)

Ned Broy

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Mohammed Tabti⁽⁵⁾| T: I Jardine

200/1

€5,000 yearling, Prince of Lir gelding. Dam, 1½m winner who stayed 1¾m, half-sister to winner up to 1½m Reduit and 1¼m-1½m winner Sentinel (both useful). Yard rarely strikes with newcomers and this one is probably watched first time out.

Form:

(9)

Clouds Hill¹⁶⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jack Callan⁽⁵⁾| T: C Johnston

5/4

Twice-raced maiden. Second of 11 in maiden (9/1) at Leicester (8.2f, good to firm). That form is pretty decent and this Cracksman colt will surely have a big part to play if taking to tapeta.

Form: 22

(6)

Mao Shang Wong²²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: D O'Meara

22/1

Once-raced maiden. 7/2, tenth of 15 in maiden at Thirsk (7f, good) on debut. Off 7 months and he should do better in time. Yard saddles a stronger candidate on this occasion in Forest Caper.

Form: 0

(12)

Neptune Street²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Harry Russell| T: R A Fahey

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 66/1, last of 4 in novice at this C&D 22 days ago, slowly away. Opposable.

Form: 54

(1)

Storm The Dug⁴¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Oliver Stammers| T: L Russell & M Scudamore| OR: 69

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 9 in nursery (14/1) at Musselburgh (7.1f, good), left poorly placed. Off 13 months (gelded in the interim) and looks vulnerable.

Form: 5533-

(8)

Time Turner¹⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Hutchinson| T: E Bethell

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 10/1, ninth of 13 in novice at Wolverhampton (8.6f). Off 175 days. First run for yard after leaving Richard Hannon and he's another who will probably be better off in handicaps further down the line.

Form: 38-9

(10)

Wingstar^t1²⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Amie Waugh⁽³⁾| T: S England

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 14 in maiden at Naas (8f, heavy, 50/1) on debut. Off 8 months. First run for yard after leaving John Patrick Murtagh. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

(4)

Mr Dreamseller¹⁵

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: T D Barron J: William Pyle

(3)

Pinatubo's Legacy

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: T Kent J: Alistair Rawlinson

(11)

Treasure Islands²²

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: T D Easterby J: D Fentiman

Forecasts

Clouds Hill (5/4), Forest Caper (9/4), Monty Beau (10/3), Time Turner (9/1), Pinatubo's Legacy (14/1), Mao Shang Wong (22/1), Mr Dreamseller (25/1), Storm The Dug (28/1), Treasure Islands (50/1), Wingstar (125/1), Neptune Street (150/1), Ned Broy (200/1)

Having shown plenty when runner-up in maidens at Musselburgh and Leicester earlier this year, CLOUDS HILL looks the way to go. The form of his latest effort doesn't read at all badly and he is marginally preferred to Monty Beau, who has also found just one too good on each of his two starts and looks sure to pick up a race sooner rather than later. Forest Caper is best of the rest.