14:15 Newcastle

Thursday 12 December 2019

All12:4013:1013:4514:1514:5015:20

Border Minstrel Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 4m 14.70s

1^st

Ilaya

512-3

7/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Miss Becky Smith (3)

Held up, headway 5 out, chased leaders next, led before 2 out, drew clear, easily tchd 8/1

2^nd

Calliope

611-1

9/2f

T: Mrs Dianne SayerJ: C O'Farrell

Led, joined 4th, headed before 3 out, rallied next, kept on same pace op 5/1

3^rd

1 ¾

Flaming Glory

511-1

6/1

T: K ScottJ: S Mulqueen (3)

Held up towards rear, headway halfway, chased leaders 3 out, no extra approaching last tchd 5/1

4^th

1 ½

Donald Dux

510-10

16/1

T: A CrookJ: J Kington

Mid-division, headway 4 out, chased leaders next, never able to challenge op 20/1 tchd 22/1

5^th

Canny Style

611-12

8/1

T: Miss J E FosterJ: Sean Quinlan

In touch, effort 2 out, no extra flat op 5/1

6^th

Pistol

1011-10

13/2

T: J E DixonJ: Mr John Dixon (7)

Held up, headway 3 out, never on terms op 8/1

7^th

1 ¾

Old Jewry

512-2

20/1

T: D BourkeJ: Alain Cawley

In touch, weakened before 3 out op 22/1 tchd 25/1

8^th

Hey Bob

711-4

7/1

T: C GrantJ: Thomas Dowson

Mid-division, headway 5th, chased leaders next, weakened before 3 out op 9/1

9^th

2 ¼

King's Coinage

511-5

9/1

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Behind, blundered 4th, soon beaten tchd 8/1

10^th

Outback Blue

610-0

8/1

T: G BewleyJ: Jonathon Bewley (3)

Prominent, joined leader 4th, led after 4 out, headed after next, blundered 2 out, weakened op 7/1 tchd 6/1

11^th

Spirit Of Dreams

411-2

66/1

T: H BurnsJ: William Shanahan (7)

Chased leaders, weakened before 3 out tchd 50/1

Also Ran

The Black Squirrel

612-3

12/1

T: H HogarthJ: Billy Garritty (5)

Prominent, joined leaders 5 out, lost place after next, behind when pulled up before 2 out tchd 11/1

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Non-Runners

Oceanus²⁸

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: Mrs Dianne Sayer J: Danny McMenamin

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.20Pl:£3.00, £1.70, £2.70EX:£44.80Trifecta:£309.90Tricast:£207.40SF:£40.69Swingers:£5.80, £8.00, £5.20

Forecasts

Calliope (9/2), Flaming Glory (6/1), Pistol (13/2), Ilaya (7/1), Hey Bob (7/1), Canny Style (8/1), Outback Blue (8/1), Oceanus (8/1), King's Coinage (9/1), The Black Squirrel (12/1), Donald Dux (16/1), Old Jewry (20/1), Spirit Of Dreams (66/1)

Every one of these needs excuses to be accepted before they can be backed, but the handicapper has handed out a few lifelines, not least to KING'S COINAGE, who has dropped 10lb for two completed handicap starts, and is well treated on the form he showed last season. He gets a rather tentative pick ahead of Pistol, who knows how to win and may have benefited from a recent breathing operation. Dianne Sayer has a pair of whom Calliope makes most appeal, but the market will be revealing.

King's Coinage
Pistol
Calliope

Previous Winners

2018

Copt Hill

Weight: 10-0 |Age: 10

J: Ross Chapman | T: Julia Brooke

16/1

Prize Money

1st: £2,794.002nd: £820.003rd: £410.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00