15:40 Newcastle

Thursday 29 June 2017

All14:0014:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:2017:55

Betfred Seaton Delaval Handicap

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 1m 38.43s

1^st

(8)

Constantino

48-11

10/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Mid-division, headway over 2f out to chase leaders, led over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong tchd 9/1

2^nd

1 ½

(13)

Kentuckyconnection

48-13

16/1

T: B SmartJ: Connor Beasley

Chased leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd place close home op 20/1 tchd 25/1

3^rd

(3)

Qaffaal

68-12

15/2

T: M & D EasterbyJ: Nathan Evans (3)

Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 3rd place close home op 6/1

4^th

nse

(9)

One Word More

79-0

20/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan

Slowly away, behind, headway over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards finish op 14/1

5^th

(2)

Claim The Roses

68-12

22/1

T: E F VaughanJ: P Makin

Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2 places close home op 20/1 tchd 25/1

6^th

2 ¼

(1)

Mountain Rescue

58-10

20/1

T: C F WallJ: L Morris

Chased leaders, every chance over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened last 100 yards op 25/1

7^th

(14)

Top Notch Tonto

79-3

11/1

T: B EllisonJ: B A Curtis

Close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 10/1 tchd 12/1

8^th

nse

(10)

Replenish

49-1

5/1

T: J R FanshaweJ: T P Queally

Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra op 6/1

9^th

1 ¼

(11)

Chestnut Fire

58-11

7/1

T: D M LoughnaneJ: Lewis Edmunds (5)

Always behind

10^th

4 ½

(7)

Swift Emperor

58-11

11/1

T: T D BarronJ: P J McDonald

Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened op 10/1 tchd 12/1

11^th

2 ¼

(12)

Hammer Gun

48-4

12/1

T: D ShawJ: F Norton

Behind, effort over 1f out, never dangerous op 14/1

12^th

(6)

Briardale

59-7

7/2f

T: J D BethellJ: P Hanagan

Led, ridden over 2f out, soon headed, weakened over 1f out op 9/2

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Non-Runners

(5)

Examiner¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 6

T: S C Williams J: D Tudhope

(4)

Storm Rock¹

Weight: 8-6| Age: 5

T: H J L Dunlop J: Josephine Gordon

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.90Pl:£2.30, £5.20, £2.30EX:£172.80Trifecta:£2,213.90Tricast:£1,287.07SF:£151.06Swingers:£30.60, £6.40, £20.50

Forecasts

Briardale (7/2), Replenish (5/1), Examiner (6/1), Chestnut Fire (7/1), Qaffaal (15/2), Constantino (10/1), Top Notch Tonto (11/1), Swift Emperor (11/1), Hammer Gun (12/1), Kentuckyconnection (16/1), One Word More (20/1), Mountain Rescue (20/1), Claim The Roses (22/1), Storm Rock (25/1)

An ultra competitive straight mile handicap is the feature event of the afternoon, with Zetland Gold Cup winner and dual 1m2f course winner Briardale heading the weights. He's much respected, but it'll take a massive effort to follow up with a 10lb rise. Top Notch Tonto is heading in the other direction, and could outrun his odds with his trainer turning to the AW in an attempt to reinvigorate this once classy performer. Qaffaal and Constantino are both solid perfomers over this straight mile but possibly a fraction high in the weights, whilst support for Examiner shouldn't go unnoticed with Stuart Williams already landing one valuable handicap here in 2017 with Suzi's Connoisseur. Although SWIFT EMPEROR needs to improve a fraction to take a hand, it's feasible that we've not yet quite seen the best of this unexposed sort, and with proven C&D form on the table, he's a speculative play at decent odds.

Swift Emperor
Examiner
Top Notch Tonto

Prize Money

1st: £21,788.002nd: £6,524.003rd: £3,262.004th: £1,631.005th: £816.006th: £410.00