17:45 Newcastle

Saturday 8 April 2017

All14:0514:4015:2015:5516:3017:0017:45

Perfect Partnerships Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:48 | Winning time: 5m 2.80s

1^st

Starplex

711-11

4/1

T: K DalgleishJ: Craig Nichol

Chased leaders, mistake 5th, led before 2 out, clear last, ran on strongly op 9/2 tchd 7/2

2^nd

Captain Mowbray

611-13

3/1f

T: R MenziesJ: Tony Kelly

Behind, outpaced 5 out, headway after 3 out, chased winner before last, kept on well tchd 10/3

3^rd

Toarmandowithlove

910-8

10/1

T: S CorbettJ: James Corbett (7)

Mid-division, under pressure 3 out, weakened next op 12/1 tchd 14/1 and 9/1

4^th

1 ¼

Next Hight

1010-0

80/1

T: J C HaynesJ: Dale Irving (5)

Prominent, led 2nd, headed 5th, weakened 3 out op 100/1

5^th

Civil Unrest

1111-12

15/2

T: J EwartJ: Steven Fox (5)

Led until 2nd, led again 5th, headed before 2 out, faded approaching last op 8/1 tchd 7/1

5^th

Rebel Roger

810-0

100/1

T: Miss T JacksonJ: Sam Coltherd (5)

Behind, jumped left 3rd, weakened 4 out, pulled up before next tchd 80/1 and 125/1

6^th

Backinthesaddle

911-11

10/1

T: B ArtheyJ: Brian Hayes

In touch, effort 3 out, no impression op 8/1 tchd 7/1

7^th

Oishin

511-10

5/1

T: M A BarnesJ: Daragh Bourke (5)

Chased leaders, weakened before 5 out op 9/2

8^th

1 ¾

Captain Sharpe

910-0

28/1

T: Kenny JohnsonJ: Ross Turner (7)

Mid-division, mistake 4th, beaten after 4 out op 25/1

9^th

Kings Eclipse

711-0

9/1

T: A WilsonJ: R D Day (3)

In touch, pushed along 7th, never on terms op 12/1

10^th

Arantes

610-8

20/1

T: A B HamiltonJ: Sean Quinlan

Mid-division, weakened 3 out tchd 18/1

Also Ran

Classical Sound

511-7

28/1

T: R DobbinJ: A Nicol

Mid-division, hampered 3rd, soon in rear, weakened before 5 out, pulled up before next op 20/1

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Non-Runners

Vodka Red²¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 9

T: Kenny Johnson J: Callum Bewley

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.40Pl:£1.90, £2.40, £3.00EX:£21.20Trifecta:£191.70Tricast:£110.99SF:£15.56Swingers:£4.70, £3.90, £1.90

Forecasts

Captain Mowbray (3/1), Starplex (4/1), Oishin (5/1), Civil Unrest (15/2), Kings Eclipse (9/1), Toarmandowithlove (10/1), Backinthesaddle (10/1), Vodka Red (10/1), Arantes (20/1), Captain Sharpe (28/1), Classical Sound (28/1), Next Hight (80/1), Rebel Roger (100/1)

Strong in terms of numerical turnout, but this race doesn't have an awful lot else going for it. However, there has to be a winner, and Civil Unrest is far better treated over hurdles than over fences as he demonstrated when hanging on grimly at Musselburgh last month. He has an extra four furlongs to cover at this stiffer track, so is opposed with the top-weighted CAPTAIN MOWBRAY who has been running consistently well over slightly shorter trips at Wetherby of late, and appears more reliable than most (hence his rising mark) in a really low key conclusion to the jumps season at Newcastle.