14:35 Newcastle

Saturday 18 March 2017

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30

Bet & Watch At sunbets.co.uk Handicap Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 7f 91y  |   Heavy (Soft in places)  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:35  |   Winning time: 6m 39.63s
1st
Horse silk
7
Joseph Mercer
1010-5
2/1f
T: Miss T JacksonJ: A Nicol
With leader, reminders before 5th, left in lead 8th, kept on wel from last op 6/4 tchd 11/8
2nd
Horse silk
5
4
Rosquero
1211-6
18/1
T: Kenny JohnsonJ: Blair Campbell (7)
Held up towards rear, headway 6 out, chased winner 5 out, kept on and held from last op 16/1
3rd
Horse silk
41
1
Sharney Sike
1111-12
4/1
T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd (5)
Tracked leaders, left 2nd from 8th, one pace in 3rd from 4 out op 5/1
4th
Horse silk
19
2
Bassarabad
611-11
9/2
T: Tim VaughanJ: James Best
Held up in touch, ridden before 4 out, no impression op 4/1 tchd 5/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
3
The Ramblin Kid
911-6
15/2
T: Micky HammondJ: B S Hughes
Mid-division, weakened from 9 out, pulled up before 6 out op 8/1
UR
Horse silk
5
Allez Cool
811-6
11/1
T: G BewleyJ: Jonathon Bewley (5)
Led, blundered and unseated rider 8th op 16/1 tchd 10/1
PU
Horse silk
6
Bankhall
611-3
9/1
T: M WalfordJ: Jamie Hamilton (3)
Always behind, blundered 10 out, soon pulled up op 8/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.70Pl:£1.60, £5.90EX:£30.90Trifecta:£177.00SF:£27.84Swingers:£5.70, £1.70, £11.30

Forecasts

Joseph Mercer (2/1), Sharney Sike (4/1), Bassarabad (9/2), The Ramblin Kid (15/2), Bankhall (9/1), Allez Cool (11/1), Rosquero (18/1)

Verdict

Joseph Mercer is thrown in from this mark if able to translate his improvement over hurdles to fences, but this is a shorter trip than he's been winning over at Sedgefield, with the ground despite being largely soft, now nowhere near as testing. The evergreen Brian Harding is an excellent booking for BASSARABAD, with Tim Vaughan never afraid to send his runners the length of the country for an ideal opportunity is taken to follow up his gritty Warwick success on just his third career start over fences. 2014 winner Sharney Sike is likely to give the long distance traveller most to think about if able to recapture his best form now dropped in grade.
  1. Bassarabad
  2. Sharney Sike
  3. Joseph Mercer

Prize Money

1st: £3,769.002nd: £1,107.003rd: £553.004th: £277.00

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