17:55 Newcastle
Saturday 31 January 2026
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- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  7f 14y  |  9 Runners  |  Allweather
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Progressed into quite a useful handicapper for Mick Appleby last season. Sold for 22,000 gns since seen in October. The betting should help guide to expectations.
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Course winner last summer but below par on first 2 comeback starts this winter and refused to race here with a visor added last time. No headgear this time. Can only watch.
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C&D winner. Seventh of 11 in handicap (15/2) at Chelmsford (7f) 20 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Went close over C&D off only 1 lb higher last month. Has to enter calculations.
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C&D winner. 40/1, creditable sixth of 10 in handicap at Southwell (6f) 11 days ago, merely closing up late. Should be sharper for that first outing in 7 months.
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16/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (6f) on reappearance 5 days ago. Back on a workable mark.
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Has thrived since Phil Kirby, notching 3 course wins, including this trip in December. Two good placed efforts over 1m here have followed and another bold show is likely.
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Blinkered first time, fifth of 8 in handicap (11/2) at Kempton (1m) 10 days ago, unable to sustain effort after racing keenly. The drop to 7f may help. Well handicapped again.
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First sign ability remains after a long absence when third of 9 at Chelmsford (7f) 4 weeks ago but he typically looked reluctant in the early stages. Not one for maximum faith.
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Course winner. Off 12 months. ninth of 11 in 6f handicap here 7 days ago. Needs to have come on a lot in a short time.
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Forecasts
The Green Man (6/4), Space Cowboy (9/2), Midnight's Dream (13/2), War Howl (8/1), Benacre (10/1), Northern Spirit (12/1), Beattie Is Back (12/1), Abduction (14/1), Kitaab (20/1)
THE GREEN MAN is taken to make it 4-8 at this venue since joining Phil Kirby. Benacre had an excuse at Chelmsford last time and is likely to play a prominent role if bouncing back to the form he showed when narrowly denied over C&D last month. The shortlist is completed by Midnight's Dream, who may benefit from the drop back to 7f.
Prize Money
1st: £5,653.002nd: £2,652.003rd: £1,325.004th: £663.005th: £330.00
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