14:10 Newbury

Thursday 11 June 2020

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:45

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Off time: 14:13 | Winning time: 1m 12.11s

1^st

(7)

Global Hope

59-4

3/1f

T: Miss Gay KellewayJ: Oisin Murphy

Restless in gate and slowly into stride, off the pace in last trio, headway on near side rail over 1f out, ridden and strong run inside final furlong, edged left and led towards finish op 11/4

2^nd

(4)

Rasheeq

79-9

11/2

T: M MoubarakJ: Cieren Fallon (3)

Always prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon edged right, ran on inside final furlong, headed and outpaced towards finish op 6/1

3^rd

(1)

Spanish Star

59-7

8/1

T: P R ChamingsJ: L P Keniry

Hit side of gate and slowly away, behind, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reach leaders

4^th

(3)

Bounty Pursuit

89-9

15/2

T: M BlakeJ: Megan Nicholls (3)

Outpaced in last pair, headway in centre over 1f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge tchd 7/1

5^th

(6)

Alfie Solomons

49-5

7/2

T: Mrs A J PerrettJ: P J Dobbs

Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 4/1

6^th

(8)

Our Oystercatcher

69-7

11/2

T: M PattinsonJ: H Crouch

Led, joined 2f out, headed over 1f out, chased leader, soon ridden and carried right, weakened inside final furlong op 5/1

7^th

4 ¼

(9)

Swanton Blue

78-9

11/1

T: E De GilesJ: Harry Bentley

Pulled hard and prominent, pushed along halfway, ridden inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out op 10/1

8^th

6 ½

(2)

Storm Melody

79-8

20/1

T: A StrongeJ: K T O'Neill

Hood off late and went left start, soon chasing leaders in centre, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after tchd 18/1

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Non-Runners

(5)

Gilt Edge¹⁹⁵

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: C Mason J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.80Pl:£1.10, £1.70, £2.40EX:£19.90Trifecta:£115.80Tricast:£119.00SF:£19.64Swingers:£4.80, £5.70, £4.40

Forecasts

Global Hope (3/1), Alfie Solomons (7/2), Rasheeq (11/2), Our Oystercatcher (11/2), Bounty Pursuit (15/2), Spanish Star (8/1), Swanton Blue (11/1), Gilt Edge (12/1), Storm Melody (20/1)

A tricky looking opener. From a handicapping perspective a case can be made for both Alfie Solomons and Swanton Blue, although neither horse can be labelled as a prolific winner, while Global Hope will almost certainly benefit for the run at Yarmouth last week and has the man of the moment Oisin Murphy in the saddle. However, for very small stakes we'll chance the Paul Chamings-trained SPANISH STAR who was successful on each of his first three starts last season, so shouldn't be unduly troubled by returning from a 219-day absence. Of the remainder, Rasheeq (sports a tongue-tie) and Gilt Edge both merit serious each-way consideration.