16:55 Newcastle

Saturday 3 March 2018

All14:0514:4015:1515:5016:2016:5517:30

188Bet Extra Places At Cheltenham Friday 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 3m 50.30s

1^st

Ballyvic Boru

611-4

11/10f

T: B EllisonJ: Danny Cook

Tracked leading pair, 2nd over 2f out, shaken up to lead over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on well op 4/11

2^nd

2 ¾

Stay In Touch

711-4

4/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leader, led inside final 3f, ridden and headed over 1f out, chased winner, stayed on same pace inside final furlong op 7/1

3^rd

2 ¾

Captain Mowbray

711-4

5/1

T: R MenziesJ: Nathan Moscrop (5)

Held up last, plugged on into modest 3rd inside final 2f op 11/2

4^th

It's All About Me

610-11

8/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Joe Colliver

Led, ridden and headed inside final 3f, soon lost 2nd, weakened 2f out, behind and eased final furlong op 12/1

Also Ran

N/A

Wor Verge

511-4

8/1

T: S CorbettJ: James Corbett (5)

NonRunner

N/A

Lots Ov

410-3

16/1

T: J S WainwrightJ: G Lee

NonRunner

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.10EX:£4.10Trifecta:£6.40SF:£4.37Swingers:£1.60

Forecasts

Ballyvic Boru (11/10), Stay In Touch (4/1), Captain Mowbray (5/1), It's All About Me (8/1), Wor Verge (8/1), Lots Ov (16/1)

Entirely possible that Danny Cook will keep this simple and seek to make all on Ballyvic Boru, and assuming that he's anywhere near his best level of form in bumpers, he should be taking this race with relative ease. However, for whatever reason, he's not seen too much competitive action since July 2017, and this race might be more about the future than the present. Therefore, we'll seek an alternative, and the horse who springs into mind is STAY IN TOUCH. Truthfully, he looks more of a stayer, but could prove well suited by an end to end gallop (a distinct possibility), and with the suspicion that he's better than we've seen so far in England, he's the token suggestion.