14:40 Newcastle

Thursday 2 March 2017

All14:1014:4015:1015:4516:2016:5517:25

Betway Stayers Handicap

Off time: 14:41 | Winning time: 3m 38.98s

1^st

(6)

Stoneham

610-0

11/2

T: I JardineJ: Lewis Edmunds (5)

Held up towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, chased leaders 2f out, ridden in close 3rd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on and in command towards finish op 4/1

2^nd

(8)

Royal Flag

79-11

3/1

T: B EllisonJ: T Eaves

Held up towards rear, closer in 4th place 7f out, ridden and switched left to inside over 2f out, 2nd inside final 2f, led entering furlong, soon ridden and headed, chased winner and every chance until no extra near finish tchd 11/4

3^rd

2 ¼

(4)

Ryan The Giant

48-6

2/1f

T: K DalgleishJ: Connor Beasley

Tracked leaders, tracked clear leader 9f out, closed 4f out, pushed along over 3f out, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong op 5/2

4^th

(9)

Jan Smuts

99-6

9/1

T: W StoreyJ: Megan Nicholls (5)

Steadied start, took keen hold, held up in rear, steady headway on outside 5f out, pushed along chasing leaders over 3f out, ridden 2f out, 4th and one pace over 1f out tchd 17/2 and 10/1

5^th

(5)

He's Magic

68-7

80/1

T: T J FitzGeraldJ: J P Sullivan

Held up off the pace in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, soon ridden and outpaced, no chance after op 100/1 tchd 66/1

6^th

(1)

Thorntoun Care

69-12

28/1

T: I JardineJ: Jamie Gormley (7)

Led, clear after 2f until 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out op 22/1 tchd 16/1

7^th

(2)

Bilko's Back

58-10

200/1

T: S CorbettJ: Joey Haynes

Chased leaders, weakened over 2f out op 150/1

8^th

(7)

Cosmic Tigress

69-5

11/2

T: J & S QuinnJ: Jason Hart

Chased leader over 7f, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out op 6/1

9^th

(3)

Yasir

99-10

14/1

T: C R DoreJ: P Mulrennan

Always behind, never a factor, tailed off op 12/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£1.80, £1.30, £1.40EX:£22.70Trifecta:£68.00Tricast:£41.54SF:£20.98Swingers:£4.00, £2.80, £2.70

Forecasts

Ryan The Giant (2/1), Royal Flag (3/1), Stoneham (11/2), Cosmic Tigress (11/2), Jan Smuts (9/1), Yasir (14/1), Thorntoun Care (28/1), He's Magic (80/1), Bilko's Back (200/1)

Jan Smuts can be fancied to reverse placings with Ryan The Giant despite missing his regular partner Hollie Doyle, and the faster they go early the better his chance of winning the race. Royal Flag is on the up, but we don't quite know about his true ability over this trip after that farce of a contest over C&D in January, so the vote goes to YASIR who appeared to be crying out for a step up in trip when third at Wolverhampton last time, with the added bonus of Paul Mulrennan taking the ride. 1. Yasir 2. Jan Smuts 3. Royal Flag