17:45 Newcastle

Friday 24 March 2017

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

Betway Stayers' Handicap

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 3m 38.76s

1^st

(3)

Medicine Hat

69-9

6/4f

T: Mrs Marjorie FifeJ: P Makin

Tracked leader, challenged going well over 2f out, led well over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, comfortably op 5/2

2^nd

1 ½

(6)

Stoneham

69-7

3/1

T: I JardineJ: Callum Rodriguez (7)

Held up well off the pace in last, headway over 2f out, went 2nd and stayed on inside final furlong, no impression on winner op 11/4 tchd 10/3

3^rd

(2)

Cavalieri

79-3

15/2

T: P A KirbyJ: K Stott

Led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong op 7/1 tchd 13/2 and 8/1

4^th

1 ¼

(1)

Fair Loch

99-3

4/1

T: B EllisonJ: Kieran Schofield (7)

Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong op 3/1

5^th

2 ¾

(4)

Jan Smuts

98-10

10/1

T: W StoreyJ: Hollie Doyle (3)

Held up in 5th well off the pace, closed over 4f out, ridden 3f out, hung left and one pace 2f out op 8/1

6^th

(5)

Masterful Act

109-12

20/1

T: J BaldingJ: B A Curtis

Held up in 4th, weakened from 3f out, well behind over 1f out tchd 18/1

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Non-Runners

(7)

Main Fact²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: Mrs Dianne Sayer J: J P Sullivan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.20Pl:£1.20, £1.50EX:£6.50Trifecta:£19.30SF:£5.97Swingers:£1.40, £2.30, £3.30

Forecasts

Medicine Hat (6/4), Stoneham (3/1), Fair Loch (4/1), Cavalieri (15/2), Jan Smuts (10/1), Masterful Act (20/1), Main Fact (33/1)

Plenty of C&D form to get stuck into in this stayers contest, but it might just be as easy to follow the mare in form. STONEHAM appeared to enjoy her first experience of this track on a rare away day from Musselburgh when downing the fair Royal Flag earlier this month. Whilst she's 3lb higher today, she's ridden by a 7lb claimer (instead of Lewis Edmunds; claims 5lb), so is effectively only 1lb above her last winning mark. Fair Loch remains a maiden on the Flat (winning hurdler), but he's the most likely danger on the strength of a good run here last time behind the reliable Rebecca Menzies trained veteran Zakatal.