14:27 Newbury

Saturday 5 March 2022

All13:1513:5014:2715:0215:3716:1216:47

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Off time: 14:27 | Winning time: 4m 5.50s

1^st

Punctuation

511-0

11/8f

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Held up towards rear, mistake 3rd, headway approaching 3 out, soon close up, about 1 length down last, hung left flat, led inside final 100 yards, stayed on well op 6/5

2^nd

1 ¼

Irish Hill

410-5

4/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Chased leaders, brought stands side and led 3 out, about 1 length ahead when untidy last, headed inside final 100 yards, held towards finish op 6/1 tchd 7/2

3^rd

Pearly Island

611-7

18/1

T: L WadhamJ: Bryony Frost

Held up in rear, pushed along after 5th, stayed on from 3 out, went 3rd towards finish, no impression on front pair op 14/1

4^th

1 ¾

Mark Of Gold

511-12

7/2

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Chased leaders, outpaced before 2 out, 4th and beaten before last, plugged on op 4/1

5^th

4 ½

Flinteur Sacre

710-12

12/1

T: N J HendersonJ: Aidan Coleman

Led until 3 out, weakened from last, weakened into 4th flat op 11/1

6^th

4 ¾

Fred Bear

410-2

66/1

T: Miss S WestJ: M Goldstein

Soon close up on outside, every chance 3 out, weakened before next, mistake last op 50/1

7^th

John Betjeman

611-4

11/1

T: Mark GillardJ: Fergus Gillard (3)

Prominent, ridden before 3 out, lost place 2 out tchd 9/1

8^th

6 ½

Sherborne

611-8

14/1

T: C L TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Held up towards rear, not fluent 1st, ridden and weakened before 3 out op 12/1

Also Ran

Madiba Passion

811-4

33/1

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Held up in mid-division, pushed along on outside after 5th, weakened before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 22/1 tchd 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.40Pl:£1.20, £1.70, £3.10EX:£9.30Trifecta:£73.40Tricast:£67.47SF:£7.83Swingers:£1.90, £8.00, £11.40

Forecasts

Punctuation (11/8), Mark Of Gold (7/2), Irish Hill (4/1), John Betjeman (11/1), Flinteur Sacre (12/1), Sherborne (14/1), Pearly Island (18/1), Madiba Passion (33/1), Fred Bear (66/1)

PUNCTUATION justified support in good style starting out for Fergal O'Brien in January and, given his Flat form, this revised mark ought to be within range. Mark of Gold is a big threat on handicap debut, while it would be no surprise to see Irish Hill get back on the up.

PUNCTUATION
MARK OF GOLD
IRISH HILL (GER)

Previous Winners

2021

Iron Heart

Weight: 10-5 |Age: 4

J: Fergus Gillard | T: D Pipe

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £3,431.002nd: £1,581.003rd: £790.004th: £396.005th: £350.006th: £350.00