18:45 Newcastle

Thursday 9 March 2017

All17:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:15

Betway Sprint Handicap

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 1m 11.99s

1^st

(2)

Jaywalker

69-3

8/1

T: Rebecca BastimanJ: P J McDonald

Prominent, led halfway, pressed inside final furlong, driven out, gamely

2^nd

(6)

Captain Dion

49-8

7/4f

T: K A RyanJ: K Stott

Led, headed halfway, tracked winner, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, edged right and unable to quicken towards finish op 6/4

3^rd

(11)

Tatlisu

79-9

10/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Sebastian Woods (7)

Towards rear, pushed along and headway entering final furlong, ran on, not reach leaders op 8/1

4^th

(5)

Intense Style

59-7

14/1

T: J L EyreJ: Connor Beasley

Close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, one pace final furlong op 20/1

5^th

(12)

God Willing

69-9

9/2

T: D CarrollJ: D Tudhope

Held up, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on op 7/1

6^th

1 ½

(1)

Aguerooo

49-8

20/1

T: Ollie PearsJ: A Mullen

Steadied start, held up, pushed along 2f out, never nearer op 16/1

7^th

(3)

Luis Vaz De Torres

58-11

20/1

T: R A FaheyJ: P Hanagan

Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong tchd 18/1

8^th

1 ½

(10)

Giant Spark

510-0

14/1

T: P T MidgleyJ: P Mulrennan

In rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms op 11/1

9^th

(8)

Professor

79-11

11/1

T: M J AttwaterJ: L Morris

In touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong op 12/1

10^th

(4)

Elysian Flyer

58-12

14/1

T: P T MidgleyJ: G Lee

Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong op 12/1 tchd 16/1

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Non-Runners

(9)

Glenrowan Rose¹⁴⁹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: K Dalgleish J: Connor Beasley

(7)

Dubai One⁹⁶

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: S bin Suroor J: Oisin Murphy

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.80Pl:£2.10, £1.50, £2.60EX:£25.80Trifecta:£182.20Tricast:£145.54SF:£21.50Swingers:£3.70, £10.30, £5.50

Forecasts

Captain Dion (7/4), Dubai One (5/2), God Willing (9/2), Glenrowan Rose (7/1), Jaywalker (8/1), Tatlisu (10/1), Professor (11/1), Intense Style (14/1), Giant Spark (14/1), Elysian Flyer (14/1), Aguerooo (20/1), Luis Vaz De Torres (20/1)

A fascinating sprint handicap which is by far and away the best race of the evening. Dubai One is the notable eye-catcher, contesting this deep race as an inexperienced three-year-old filly. Connections clearly feel she's up to the task, but she may have her eye on races ahead; either at Lingfield on Good Friday, or possibly even the new £100,000 Burradon Stakes at Newcastle (1m), based upon her Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas entry. Others such as God Willing might have the Lincoln as a future target, whilst it's interesting to see the massively progressive Giant Spark switched to synthetics. However, despite the sharp step up in grade, ELYSIAN FLYER looks a possible major improver for Paul Midgley, and from a fair mark can be taken to spring a potential surprise at decent odds.