19:45 Newcastle

Thursday 9 March 2017

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

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Off time: 19:45 | Winning time: 1m 25.51s

1^st

(2)

Via Via

59-7

11/10f

T: J TateJ: L Morris

In touch, headway to track leader over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, driven to lead towards finish, gamely tchd Evens

2^nd

(6)

War Department

49-10

7/2

T: K DalgleishJ: Connor Beasley

In rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, headed towards finish

3^rd

(9)

Twin Appeal

69-9

7/2

T: T D BarronJ: P Makin

Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, kept on op 4/1

4^th

(7)

Enjoy Life

48-12

12/1

T: K A RyanJ: T Eaves

Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong

5^th

(10)

Hail Clodius

59-5

14/1

T: R Fell & S MurrayJ: D Tudhope

Prominent, lost place over 2f out op 16/1

6^th

(1)

Baltic Prince

78-8

20/1

T: A W CarrollJ: George Downing

Close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 25/1

7^th

(8)

Glorious Poet

48-13

25/1

T: A W CarrollJ: A Mullen

Dwelt, always in rear

8^th

(5)

Shootingsta

58-12

33/1

T: B SmartJ: P Mulrennan

Pulled hard soon tracked leader, weakened 2f out, eased final furlong, tailed off op 25/1

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Non-Runners

(4)

Gramercy²⁰

Weight: 8-11| Age: 10

T: P Morris J: G Lee

(3)

Bouclier⁷

Weight: 9-0| Age: 7

T: M Appleby J: Oisin Murphy

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.10Pl:£1.10, £1.30, £1.50EX:£5.70Trifecta:£12.20Tricast:£10.42SF:£5.21Swingers:£1.90, £1.80, £2.50

Forecasts

Via Via (11/10), War Department (7/2), Twin Appeal (7/2), Bouclier (8/1), Enjoy Life (12/1), Hail Clodius (14/1), Baltic Prince (20/1), Gramercy (20/1), Glorious Poet (25/1), Shootingsta (33/1)

Probably only Via Via stands between this being a straight shoot-out between War Department and BOUCLIER. James Tate's Via Via should appreciate the switch to Tapeta having scored on fast ground at Newmarket in October 2016, and a 5lb rise is far from prohibitive. However, he's likely to find it tough to down the two rivals who clashed over C&D last week. The selection is 5lb better off with his conqueror, and fully entitled to improve for the switch to Mick Appleby, and he just gets the nod over a most solid dual C&D winner who hails from a stable in form in a race where the margins promise to be extremely fine.