15:10 Newcastle

Wednesday 21 February 2018

All14:0514:4015:1015:4516:2016:5017:25

sunbets.co.uk Handicap

Off time: 15:12 | Winning time: 1m 24.79s

1^st

(3)

Straight Right

49-10

10/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up in rear, not clear run and switched right over 1f out, soon closed, quickened to lead inside final furlong, ran on well tchd 8/1 and tchd 10/1

2^nd

(4)

Gallipoli

58-12

20/1

T: R A FaheyJ: J Garritty

Tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no impression on winner towards finish op 40/1

3^rd

(11)

What's The Story

49-2

7/1f

T: K DalgleishJ: Callum Rodriguez (3)

Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, led inside final furlong, soon headed, 3rd and held towards finish op 5/1

4^th

1 ½

(9)

Qaffaal

78-13

16/1

T: M & D EasterbyJ: Nathan Evans

Towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on, not reach leaders

5^th

1 ½

(7)

Amazour

69-9

11/2

T: I Mohammed & J SantosJ: S M Levey

Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, effort over 1f out, never on terms op 6/1 tchd 8/1

6^th

(12)

My Target

79-8

12/1

T: M WighamJ: F Norton

Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, driven and kept on same pace inside final furlong tchd 22/1

7^th

(8)

Heaven's Guest

88-11

10/1

T: R A FaheyJ: P Hanagan

Held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, not much room over 1f out, headway entering final furlong, never on terms

8^th

(2)

Hayadh

59-5

8/1

T: Rebecca BastimanJ: Jason Hart

Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 8/1 tchd 7/1

9^th

(6)

Holiday Magic

78-13

20/1

T: M & D EasterbyJ: Harrison Shaw (7)

Prominent, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 18/1

10^th

(10)

Suzi's Connoisseur

79-5

10/1

T: S C WilliamsJ: Andrea Atzeni

Chased leaders, driven 2f out, not much room and lost place over 1f out op 12/1 tchd 16/1

11^th

(5)

Brittanic

49-4

6/1

T: D M SimcockJ: J P Spencer

Slowly into stride, behind, hampered over 1f out, switched left inside final furlong, never dangerous op 15/2 tchd 8/1

12^th

(1)

Lualiwa

49-3

12/1

T: K A RyanJ: K Stott

Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, ridden and struggling on outside over 2f out op 10/1 tchd 9/1

13^th

1 ¼

(13)

London

59-1

20/1

T: P S McEnteeJ: Josephine Gordon

Chased leaders, driven over 3f out, no impression over 1f out tchd 28/1

14^th

(14)

Swift Approval

69-4

7/1

T: S C WilliamsJ: Edward Greatrex

Prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 14/1

Also Ran

N/A

Mutawathea

159-10

T: S & E CrisfordJ:

N/A

Early Morning

159-10

T: H J L DunlopJ:

N/A

Dragon Mall

139-8

T: D M SimcockJ:

N/A

Ower Fly

139-1

T: Mrs R CarrJ: J P Sullivan

N/A

Testa Rossa

168-11

T: J S GoldieJ:

N/A

Twin Appeal

158-9

T: T D BarronJ: B A Curtis

N/A

Firmdecisions

168-6

T: N TinklerJ:

N/A

Welliesinthewater

168-5

T: D ShawJ: P Mathers

N/A

Deansgate

138-4

T: Miss J A CamachoJ:

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.60Pl:£2.70, £15.70, £2.10EX:£356.90Trifecta:£2,720.90Tricast:£1,063.80SF:£287.18Swingers:£42.50, £7.60, £28.90

Forecasts

Amazour (11/2), Brittanic (6/1), What's The Story (7/1), Swift Approval (7/1), Hayadh (8/1), Straight Right (10/1), Heaven's Guest (10/1), Suzi's Connoisseur (10/1), My Target (12/1), Lualiwa (12/1), Qaffaal (16/1), Gallipoli (20/1), Holiday Magic (20/1), London (20/1)

An ultra competitive 7f handicap which features some very talented performers, and is therefore far from straight-forward to solve. One wouldn't want to be in any hurry to put a line through too many of the runners, and the open looking market reflects this fact. Suzi's Connoisseur took the prize in 2017, out-pointing Holiday Magic by just a head, with both horses holding similar claims of a repeat from identical and much lower handicap marks respectively. Amazour, Brittanic and My Target met in a C&D Conditions Stakes last month, and whilst the first named of that trio now races on less favourable terms, he scored with a little bit up his sleeve and could well confirm placings. The early pace will be fierce with Hayadh, Swift Approval, Lualiwa and London amongst those who race prominently, so you'll need to be with a hold up performer. Suzi's Connoiseur fits that bill perfectly, but so to does QAFFAAL. He's not won a race since March 2017, but he's fully effective in this grade at Newcastle as he's shown on plenty of occasions in the past, and could well pop up latest of all at fairly rewarding odds.

Qaffaal
Suzi's Connoisseur
Heaven's Guest

Prize Money

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