19:00 Newcastle

Friday 30 June 2017

All18:0018:3019:0019:3520:0520:4021:10

Betfred Gosforth Park Cup Handicap

Off time: 19:06 | Winning time: 58.58s

1^st

(10)

Line Of Reason

79-8

9/1

T: P T MidgleyJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up in rear, headway from over 2f out, driven and went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish, jumped through winning line after spotting trail across the surface tchd 11/1

2^nd

(14)

Lexington Abbey

69-4

12/1

T: K A RyanJ: K Stott

Chased leaders, improved over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, headed towards finish op 14/1

3^rd

(9)

Orion's Bow

69-12

2/1f

T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan

Held up, headway over 2f out, not clear run, hampered and lost place over 1f out, soon switched right, ran on inside final furlong, went 3rd close home op 11/4

4^th

(4)

Jack Dexter

88-11

16/1

T: J S GoldieJ: P Mulrennan

Chased leaders, ridden inside final furlong, not pace of leaders and lost 3rd close home op 12/1

5^th

1 ¾

(1)

Robot Boy

79-10

12/1

T: T D BarronJ: Fran Berry

Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong

6^th

(8)

Soie D'leau

59-2

11/1

T: Kristin StubbsJ: T Hamilton

Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong op 12/1 tchd 10/1

7^th

(5)

Escalating

58-9

14/1

T: M ApplebyJ: Ray Dawson (7)

Behind, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on from over 1f out but never threatened op 16/1 tchd 12/1

8^th

nse

(7)

Confessional

108-11

40/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: J Garritty

Prominent, ridden 2f out, not much room over 1f out, no extra op 33/1

9^th

3 ¾

(11)

Rasheeq

48-13

5/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Rachel Richardson (3)

Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out op 6/1 tchd 7/1

10^th

(3)

Doc Sportello

59-9

12/1

T: M HerringtonJ: C Lee (5)

Chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 22/1

11^th

3 ½

(6)

Distant Past

68-13

25/1

T: K A RyanJ: T Eaves

Prominent, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out op 22/1

12^th

(13)

Afandem

39-5

11/1

T: H PalmerJ: Josephine Gordon

Not much room start, pushed along early towards rear, ridden over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out op 9/1 tchd 17/2 and 12/1

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Non-Runners

(12)

Hoofalong²⁶⁵

Weight: 9-4| Age: 7

T: M & D Easterby J: Nathan Evans

(2)

Art Collection²²

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: Mrs R Carr J: J P Sullivan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.50Pl:£2.60, £3.50, £1.40EX:£86.80Trifecta:£240.10Tricast:£303.52SF:£112.36Swingers:£18.90, £3.10, £7.10

Forecasts

Orion's Bow (2/1), Rasheeq (5/1), Line Of Reason (9/1), Soie D'leau (11/1), Afandem (11/1), Lexington Abbey (12/1), Robot Boy (12/1), Doc Sportello (12/1), Art Collection (12/1), Escalating (14/1), Jack Dexter (16/1), Hoofalong (20/1), Distant Past (25/1), Confessional (40/1)

An open-looking sprint handicap, where a class act could prove the answer, and with that in mind AFANDEM is interesting. A Group 3 winner in France, he has run some excellent races in other top contests and still has scope for further improvement off what could prove to be a lenient handicap mark. If able to steal this race from the head of affairs likely front-runner Sole D'leau is also of interest, while Escalating is worth a try at this level having run some great races in lower-grade events.

Afandem
Soie D'leau
Escalating

Prize Money

1st: £28,012.002nd: £8,388.003rd: £4,194.004th: £2,097.005th: £1,048.006th: £526.00