14:00 Newcastle

Saturday 4 January 2020

All11:5012:2512:5513:3014:0014:3515:10

Border Minstrel Pub Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 4m 18.60s

1^st

Off The Beat

611-5

25/1

T: A M ThomsonJ: Ryan Mania

Held up, headway approaching 5th, not fluent 3 out, soon outpaced, rallied before last, ridden and edged left flat, stayed on to lead towards finish op 22/1 tchd 33/1

2^nd

1 ¼

Adjutant

512-3

5/1

T: O MurphyJ: Lewis Stones (7)

Chased leader, hit 3 out, led 2 out, ridden and no extra when headed towards finish op 11/2 tchd 4/1

3^rd

3 ½

Dusty's Choice

511-5

5/2

T: J & S QuinnJ: B S Hughes

Held up, hit 3rd, headway after 5th, shaken up after 3 out, reminder after 2 out, every chance when blundered badly last, not recover op 3/1

4^th

3 ¼

Flash De Clerval

511-11

6/4f

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Henry Brooke

Led, ridden after 3 out, blundered and headed 2 out, not recover op 2/1 tchd 9/4

5^th

Billy Ray

511-5

11/2

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Held up in rear, mistakes 2nd and 5th, pushed along and short-lived effort 3 out op 4/1

6^th

Kilrush Getaway

711-5

100/1

T: B EllisonJ: Danny Cook

Held up and behind, niggled along and struggling after 5th

7^th

Holme Abbey

711-5

25/1

T: N G RichardsJ: R D Day

Prominent until weakened approaching 3 out op 20/1

Also Ran

Our Promise

610-12

16/1

T: S CorbettJ: Nathan Moscrop (3)

Blundered and unseated rider 1st op 14/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£40.70Pl:£7.50, £2.60, £1.20EX:£277.50Trifecta:£1,051.90SF:£144.25Swingers:£357.10, £357.10, £111.90

Forecasts

Flash De Clerval (6/4), Dusty's Choice (5/2), Adjutant (5/1), Billy Ray (11/2), Our Promise (16/1), Off The Beat (25/1), Holme Abbey (25/1), Kilrush Getaway (100/1)

The Ayr bumper scorer Dusty's Choice is certainly noteworthy on hurdles debut for John Quinn (Brian Hughes in the saddle). However, the returning Adjutant and the effortless Leicester scorer FLASH DE CLERVAL have already been there and got the t-shirt so to speak. Dr Richard Newland is clearly still getting to know his ex-Irish recruit (formerly trained by Elizabeth Doyle) but the early signs have all been positive ones and that's more than enough to stand him in good stead in a relatively modest 2m novices' hurdle.

Flash De Clerval
Adjutant
Dusty's Choice

Previous Winners

2019

Mountain Hawk

Weight: 11-5 |Age: 7

J: Jamie Hamilton | T: T D Easterby

5/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,769.002nd: £1,107.003rd: £553.004th: £277.00