15:55 Newcastle

Saturday 23 February 2019

All13:3514:1014:4015:2015:5516:3017:05

Navigating Brexit With Vertem Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 4m 0.54s

1^st

Joke Dancer

611-2

10/3

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Danny Cook

Held up towards rear, headway before 4 out, led before 2 out, clear before last op 3/1 tchd 11/4 and tchd 7/2

2^nd

Albert's Back

511-12

8/1

T: M & D EasterbyJ: B S Hughes

Held up in rear, headway before 2 out, chased winner before last, kept on and no impression op 7/1

3^rd

Ted Veale

1211-6

6/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: Mr Kit Alexander (5)

Towards rear, headway before 3out, kept on to take 3rd place run-in op 11/2 tchd 5/1

4^th

Zig Zag

610-9

3/1f

T: P A KirbyJ: Sean Quinlan

Prominent, blundered 2 out, weakened run-in op 7/2 tchd 11/4

5^th

Aristo Du Plessis

911-8

9/2

T: J EwartJ: Lucy Alexander

With leader, led 7 out, blundered 4 out, ridden and headed before 2 out, soon weakened op 6/1

6^th

Katgary

911-3

5/1

T: Miss P RobsonJ: Liam Quinlan (7)

Held up in touch, weakened before 3 out tchd 6/1

7^th

Altruism

911-10

16/1

T: James MoffattJ: Callum Bewley

Led, headed 7 out, lost place quickly before 3 out, tailed off op 22/1 tchd 25/1

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Non-Runners

Ninepointsixthree¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 9

T: S England J: Jonathan England

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.30Pl:£2.00, £2.70EX:£29.70Trifecta:£182.60Tricast:£152.55SF:£28.80Swingers:£2.70, £5.80, £13.30

Forecasts

Zig Zag (3/1), Joke Dancer (10/3), Aristo Du Plessis (9/2), Katgary (5/1), Ted Veale (6/1), Albert's Back (8/1), Ninepointsixthree (8/1), Altruism (16/1)

A very competitive handicap hurdle. The narrow choice is old man Ted Veale, a one-time smart handicaper for Tony Martin. He ran well enough last time off a higher mark and could give them all something to think about off this mark if back on song. Top weight Albert's Back is unbeaten in two starts over hurdles so there could be more to come. We'll find out a lot more about him here, while recent runaway winner Ninepointsixthree and last year's winner of this race Joke Dancer, are others with claims.

Ted Veale
Albert's Back
Joke Dancer

Previous Winners

2018

Joke Dancer

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 5

J: Danny Cook | T: J Parkinson & S Smith

7/2

Prize Money

1st: £9,495.002nd: £2,805.003rd: £1,402.004th: £702.005th: £351.00