20:45 Newcastle

Friday 31 March 2017

All17:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:45

Betway Sprint Handicap

Off time: 20:46 | Winning time: 59.11s

1^st

(6)

Art Collection

49-8

14/1

T: Mrs R CarrJ: J P Sullivan

Held up towards rear, headway between horses over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, edged left well inside final furlong, led last strides op 20/1 tchd 12/1

2^nd

(3)

Orient Class

69-9

16/1

T: P T MidgleyJ: C Lee (5)

Chased leaders far side, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon hung left, caught final strides

3^rd

(7)

Lydia's Place

49-7

25/1

T: R C GuestJ: D C Costello

Led, ridden and narrowly headed over 1f out, kept on well in closing stages, not quite pace of 1st 2 op 33/1

4^th

(9)

Ambitious Icarus

88-10

7/1

T: R C GuestJ: Connor Beasley

Held up and behind, headway over 1f out, ran on under pressure inside final furlong, went 4th close home, not reach leaders op 8/1 tchd 9/1

5^th

(8)

Swirral Edge

49-7

16/1

T: D H BrownJ: Oisin Murphy

Chased leaders, ridden and every chance 1f out, kept on under pressure, lost 4th close home op 20/1

6^th

(1)

Lucky Beggar

79-8

10/1

T: D C GriffithsJ: D Allan

Chased leaders, 2nd halfway, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, held when slightly hampered and no extra towards finish tchd 9/1 and 12/1

7^th

(5)

Poppy In The Wind

59-8

6/1

T: A D BrownJ: Josh Doyle (5)

Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to threaten op 11/2

7^th

(14)

Royal Brave

69-5

7/1

T: Rebecca BastimanJ: P J McDonald

Held up and behind, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish op 13/2 tchd 6/1

9^th

(11)

You're Cool

59-4

4/1f

T: J BaldingJ: Lewis Edmunds (5)

Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 5/1

10^th

(2)

Extrasolar

79-7

66/1

T: G A HarkerJ: S H James

Held up towards rear, headway far side over 1f out, never going pace to threaten

11^th

(12)

Willbeme

99-2

12/1

T: N BycroftJ: Ben Robinson (7)

Chased leaders near side, ridden over 1f out, soon hung left and weakened

12^th

(4)

Indian Pursuit

48-11

7/1

T: J & S QuinnJ: Jason Hart

Chased leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 6/1

13^th

4 ½

(13)

It Must Be Faith

79-0

10/1

T: M ApplebyJ: B A Curtis

Chased leader until halfway, chased leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out tchd 11/1

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Non-Runners

(10)

Berlios³⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: T D Barron J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£14.90Pl:£3.80, £5.50, £5.40EX:£259.60Trifecta:£1,714.90Tricast:£5,457.42SF:£223.89Swingers:£47.70, £140.40, £85.60

Forecasts

You're Cool (4/1), Poppy In The Wind (6/1), Ambitious Icarus (7/1), Royal Brave (7/1), Indian Pursuit (7/1), Berlios (7/1), Lucky Beggar (10/1), It Must Be Faith (10/1), Willbeme (12/1), Art Collection (14/1), Orient Class (16/1), Swirral Edge (16/1), Lydia's Place (25/1), Extrasolar (66/1)

This race is likely to unravel deep inside the final furlong with the likes of Ambitious Icarus and ROYAL BRAVE set to be flashing home late. A plethora of course form is available to analyse, and one can tie themselves up in knots in weights and measures, but it's safe to say it would be no surprise at all to see the likes of Indian Pursuit and Poppy In The Wind involved. Both You're Cool and Orient Class have interwoven form lines and are respected with the former making giant strides on Tapeta at Wolverhampton in 2017. However, the vote goes to the Rebecca Bastiman trained C&D winner Royal Brave who remains on a fair mark, and may not be quite as fresh and keen as on his return to the track earlier this month; not that there's too much wrong with his fourth placed effort behind the progressive Just Us Two.