12:55 Newcastle

Saturday 5 January 2019

All11:5512:2512:5513:3014:0014:3515:10

Border Minstrel Pub Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 12:56 | Winning time: 4m 0.10s

1^st

Mountain Hawk

711-5

5/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Jamie Hamilton

Mid-division, lost place after 3rd, headway into modest 5th 3 out, 15 lengths 3rd last, stayed on well flat, led towards finish tchd 4/1

2^nd

1 ½

For Three

511-5

66/1

T: J EwartJ: Steven Fox (5)

Held up in rear, headway on outside 6th, went 2nd 10 lengths 2nd 2 out, led flat, headed towards finish op 80/1 tchd 50/1

3^rd

2 ¾

Point Break

511-5

9/1

T: Mrs A HamiltonJ: Ross Chapman (3)

Led, clear after 2nd, mistake 6th 10 lengths ahead 2 out, still clear when bad mistake last, headed flat, 3rd and no extra towards finish tchd 12/1

4^th

Lord Of The Rock

711-11

9/4f

T: L A MullaneyJ: C R King

Took keen hold, chased clear leader, lost 2nd before 2 out, weakened flat op 5/2

5^th

Ice Galley

611-5

18/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Sean Quinlan

Held up towards rear, well beaten 3 out op 12/1 tchd 9/1

6^th

Dunly

611-5

10/1

T: J EwartJ: B S Hughes

Held up towards rear, headway after 5th, not fluent 6th, weakened and hung left before 2 out tchd 8/1

7^th

Fisher Green

611-5

22/1

T: M A BarnesJ: Dale Irving (3)

Mid-division, mistake and stumbled 1st, not fluent 5th, ridden next, weakened before not fluent 3 out op 18/1

8^th

1 ¾

King's Coinage

511-5

80/1

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Took keen hold in rear, well beaten 3 out op 125/1

9^th

Capton

611-5

11/4

T: M & D EasterbyJ: Harry Bannister

Mid-division, not fluent 1st, slow 6th, weakened before 3 out, soon hanging left op 3/1 tchd 5/2 and tchd 10/3

Also Ran

Im Too Generous

911-5

14/1

T: R MenziesJ: Nathan Moscrop (5)

Tracked leaders, weakened quickly 6th, pulled up before 3 out op 20/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£2.40, £21.70, £3.40EX:£331.50Trifecta:£1,202.00SF:£255.71Swingers:£18.90, £7.10, £18.90

Forecasts

Lord Of The Rock (9/4), Capton (11/4), Mountain Hawk (5/1), Point Break (9/1), Dunly (10/1), Im Too Generous (14/1), Ice Galley (18/1), Fisher Green (22/1), For Three (66/1), King's Coinage (80/1)

Not an overly strong race, so a couple worthy of consideration include the penalised Sedgefield scorer Lord Of The Rock and the recent Hexham runner-up Mountain Hawk. However, it could be worth taking a chance on DUNLY who was in the process of running a sound race on his first start for 12 months when losing all chance with a bad mistake three out at Ayr in November. The winner of that race (Buster Valentine) has created a most pleasing impression since, so with Brian Hughes in the saddle, this 6yo rates as the clear pick of the James Ewart-trained pair.