17:45 Newcastle

Thursday 27 November 2025

All15:2816:0516:4017:1517:4518:1518:4519:15

Midnite: Built For 2025 Not 2005 Handicap

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 1m 0.18s

(4)

Zuffolo^v³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Rhys Elliott⁽⁵⁾| T: M Dods| OR: 60| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. Eleventh of 14 in handicap at this C&D (16/1) 37 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 251570

(1)

Pockley^b⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: P Mulrennan| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 60| BF| CD

6/1

Six-time C&D winner. 4 wins from 17 runs this year. Latest win here in October. 3/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (6f) 7 days ago, not clear run. Can make presence felt.

Form: 577016

(12)

Papa Don't Preach²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: William Pyle⁽³⁾| T: K Frost| OR: 60| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2024. Creditable third of 6 in handicap at Chelmsford City (5f, 7/2) 28 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 242283

(11)

Desert Champion^v⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Mark Winn| T: P T Midgley| OR: 60| D

9/1

Second of 8 in handicap at this C&D (7/2) 7 days ago. Solid chance of going one better off the same mark.

Form: 080092

(6)

Kyber Crystal^v1,t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: P J McDonald| T: R Menzies| OR: 57| D

50/1

Latest win at Pontefract in September. 33/1, last of 9 in handicap at Redcar (6f, good) 23 days ago. Hopes now pinned on the first-time visor working the oracle.

Form: 583019

(7)

Henery Hawk³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Ryan Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 56| CD

10/1

Four-time C&D winner. Latest win here in July. 16/1, creditable third of 14 in handicap at this C&D 31 days ag and he's an each-way player.

Form: 121933

(5)

Bibendum^v²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: K Stott| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 56| BF

85/40

One win from 25 Flat runs. Winner at Redcar in August. 10/3, bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap at this course (6f) 21 days ago, finishing with running left. Not without a chance.

Form: 813627

(3)

Azucena^v²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: T Eaves| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 54| CD

28/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Leicester in June. 25/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 24 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 173040

(8)

Little Mi Mi²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 49

9/1

Creditable second of 12 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, soft, 12/1) 22 days ago, no match for winner. Now 0-13 and she looks vulnerable once again.

Form: 002802

(10)

Rogue De Vega^h³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 47| D

10/3

4/1, ninth of 14 in handicap at this C&D 31 days ago. Will need to raise his game in order to take this.

Form: 674769

(2)

Desert Master³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Alex Jary⁽³⁾| T: A Brittain| OR: 46| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 7¾ lengths tenth of 13 to Pockley in handicap (17/2) at this C&D 37 days ago, doing too much too soon. Will have a real chance if settling better this time.

Form: 274560

Non-Runners

(9)

Ramon Di Loria⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 7

T: Ewan Whillans J: Rowan Scott

Forecasts

Bibendum (85/40), Rogue De Vega (10/3), Pockley (6/1), Ramon Di Loria (13/2), Little Mi Mi (9/1), Desert Champion (9/1), Henery Hawk (10/1), Papa Don't Preach (12/1), Desert Master (16/1), Zuffolo (18/1), Azucena (28/1), Kyber Crystal (50/1)

DESERT CHAMPION has fallen a long way down the weights since scoring at Chelmsford during the spring, and he posted his best effort since that breakthrough success when finding one too good over this C&D last week. Papa Don't Preach hasn't got his head in front for a while, but he has posted more good efforts than bad ones this year and is feared most ahead of Desert Master and Pockley.