16:50 Newcastle

Wednesday 21 February 2018

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

sunbets.co.uk Handicap

Off time: 16:54 | Winning time: 1m 38.80s

1^st

(2)

Ifubelieveindreams

49-1

7/2

T: I Mohammed & J SantosJ: S Donohoe

Tracked leader, led final furlong, kept on well op 9/2

2^nd

(6)

Lost At Sea

49-4

3/1

T: K R BurkeJ: B A Curtis

Led, headed final furlong, kept on op 9/2

3^rd

(4)

Mutarakez

69-3

8/1

T: Mrs R CarrJ: J P Sullivan

In rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong op 6/1 tchd 11/2 and tchd 9/1

4^th

1 ¾

(5)

Newmarket Warrior

78-6

10/1

T: I JardineJ: Jamie Gormley (5)

Mid-division, ridden and kept on inside final furlong tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1

5^th

(3)

Zabeel Star

68-10

7/1f

T: Karen McLintockJ: Connor Murtagh (5)

Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 7/2

6^th

2 ¼

(1)

International Law

48-11

5/1

T: A BrittainJ: Cam Hardie

Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened inside final furlong op 10/1 tchd 8/1

7^th

(8)

Roaring Forties

59-7

10/1

T: Rebecca BastimanJ: Jason Hart

Mid-division, pushed along over 1f out, soon weakened op 16/1 tchd 9/1

8^th

1 ½

(7)

Glory Awaits

89-6

8/1

T: D M SimcockJ: J P Spencer

Held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong op 9/1 tchd 12/1

Also Ran

N/A

Testa Rossa

169-9

T: J S GoldieJ:

N/A

The Third Man

158-4

T: H SpillerJ:

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.30Pl:£2.00, £1.40, £2.70EX:£22.30Trifecta:£182.20Tricast:£173.98SF:£26.73Swingers:£3.00, £12.00, £8.20

Forecasts

Lost At Sea (3/1), Ifubelieveindreams (7/2), International Law (5/1), Zabeel Star (7/1), Mutarakez (8/1), Glory Awaits (8/1), Newmarket Warrior (10/1), Roaring Forties (10/1)

Not so deep in numbers as some of the other handicaps on a very strong Newcastle card, but competitive enough with International Law and Lost At Sea locking horns after fighting out the finish to a similar race over C&D earlier this month. Both horses are much respected despite inching up the weights, but a couple of the others are slightly more enticing. Ifubelieveindreams merits close inspection in the prelims, and she should go very close if repeating her excellent fast finishing second to Favourite Royal at Lingfield in November, with her trainer Ismail Mohammed not known for sending runners North to Newcastle solely for the good of their health (4 from 12 on the AW, and 2 from 8 on the old turf track). However, we'll take a chance that Ruth Carr can work her magic on MUTARAKEZ. She's an expert handler at rejuvenating horses who have lost their way, and this largely AW untested new recruit (cost £22,000) is absolutely thrown in off a mark of 81 if able to regain some of his old sparkle from 2015.

Mutarakez
Ifubelieveindreams
International Law

Prize Money

1st: £5,923.002nd: £1,773.003rd: £886.004th: £444.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00