17:50 Newcastle

Saturday 29 June 2019

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Off time: 17:52 | Winning time: 2m 12.12s

1^st

(1)

Anythingtoday

59-12

9/2

T: D O'MearaJ: S De Sousa

Tracked leaders, led inside final 2f, ridden clear over 1f out, ran on strongly op 3/1

2^nd

3 ¾

(5)

Howman

49-6

6/4f

T: R VarianJ: Andrea Atzeni

Raced keenly, tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, kept on same pace, no chance with winner op 5/2

3^rd

1 ¾

(3)

Lawmaking

69-7

4/1

T: M ScudamoreJ: Jason Watson

Held up in touch and keen, ridden over 1f out, plugged on into 3rd towards finish op 5/1

4^th

(7)

Windsor Cross

49-0

12/1

T: R A FaheyJ: P Hanagan

Restless in stalls and slowly into stride, soon recovered to lead, ridden and headed 2f out, soon lost 2nd, no chance with 1st 2, weakened into 4th towards finish op 10/1

5^th

1 ¾

(9)

Time Change

49-5

10/1

T: R M BeckettJ: B A Curtis

Held up in touch, headway on wide outside halfway, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 1f out, no impression final furlong tchd 12/1

6^th

1 ¼

(4)

Eye of The Storm

99-0

28/1

T: C R DoreJ: P J McDonald

Held up in last pair, ridden and no impression over 2f out op 25/1

7^th

(10)

Thaayer

49-5

16/1

T: R MenziesJ: Alistair Rawlinson

Held up last, behind final 2f, never a factor op 12/1

8^th

(2)

Rose Tinted Spirit

49-3

16/1

T: Karen McLintockJ: L Morris

Raced keenly, held up and always towards rear op 12/1

9^th

(6)

Bobby K

49-12

17/2

T: S & E CrisfordJ: Kerrin McEvoy

Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off op 9/1 tchd 8/1

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Non-Runners

(8)

Irish Minister³

Weight: 8-6| Age: 4

T: D Thompson J: A Elliott

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£1.80, £1.10, £1.60EX:£10.30Trifecta:£52.30Tricast:£30.25SF:£12.22Swingers:£1.90, £4.20, £2.10

Forecasts

Howman (6/4), Lawmaking (4/1), Anythingtoday (9/2), Bobby K (17/2), Time Change (10/1), Windsor Cross (12/1), Thaayer (16/1), Rose Tinted Spirit (16/1), Eye of The Storm (28/1), Irish Minister (33/1)

Thursday was a difficult day for the Varian/Atzeni combination but the pair will be hopeful of concluding the 2019 Northumberland Plate Festival with a winner courtesy of the unexposed Howman who has proved most productive when allowed to force the early pace. However, he mightn't have things all his own way with the likes of Time Change and Windsor Cross both racing from winning marks, and Lawmaking, Thaayer and Rose Tinted Spirit all being previous Newcastle scorers. However, we'll take a chance on the top-weight ANYTHINGTODAY who is probably a fraction better than a Class 4 handicapper, and has been running well in defeat at Ripon of late.

Anythingtoday
Howman
Time Change

Previous Winners

2018

Light Of Joy

Weight: 9-8 |Age: 4

J: Fran Berry | T: D R Lanigan

3/1

Prize Money

1st: £5,531.002nd: £1,646.003rd: £823.004th: £411.005th: £400.006th: £400.007th: £400.008th: £400.00