14:52 Newcastle

Thursday 8 December 2022

All12:1212:4213:1713:5214:2214:5215:22

Living North Live Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:56 | Winning time: 4m 6.09s

1^st

Russian Virtue

511-2

13/2

T: R MenziesJ: Nathan Moscrop

Chased leaders, disputed lead 3 out, soon led, shaken up and went on before last, ridden out run-in, stayed on well, readily op 7/1 tchd 15/2

2^nd

4 ¾

Copper Fox

512-1

5/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Prominent, pressed leaders 3 out, ridden 2 out, ran on, no match for winner

3^rd

1 ¾

Misty Mani

711-0

7/1

T: P D NivenJ: Tom Midgley (5)

Tracked leaders, mistake 4th, disputed lead 3 out, soon pushed along and headed, hung left approaching 2 out, kept on, no extra run-in op 5/1 tchd 15/2

4^th

Zara's Universe

610-6

8/1

T: A CrookJ: Conor Rabbitt (7)

Chased leaders, pushed along 3 out, stayed on, not pace to challenge op 7/1 tchd 13/2

5^th

My Macho Man

510-7

5/2f

T: K ScottJ: Bruce Lynn (3)

Rear mid-division, headway to track front rank 4 out, pushed along and not fluent 3 out, kept on one pace op 2/1

6^th

4 ½

Six One Nine

711-1

10/3

T: C GrantJ: Danny McMenamin

Led, headed narrowly 3 out, soon pushed along and gradually weakened, not fluent last op 7/1 tchd 10/3

7^th

2 ¾

Non-Runners

Bollingerandkrug⁴⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: Miss Lucinda V Russell J: D R Fox

The Great Georgie²²

Weight: 10-8| Age: 7

T: Mrs J Stephen J: Craig Nichol

Cornell¹³

Weight: 11-1| Age: 4

T: J J Davies J: Callum Bewley

Charlie's Rockstar³⁴

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: Mrs A C Hamilton J: Jamie Hamilton

Licit²¹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 5

T: T D Easterby J: Mr William Easterby

Edgar Allan Poe²⁰

Weight: 11-10| Age: 8

T: J Parkinson & S Smith J: Thomas Willmott

Telhimlisten³⁶

Weight: 10-10| Age: 6

T: J Candlish J: Sean Quinlan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.50Pl:£2.50, £1.50, £1.90EX:£44.10Trifecta:£275.20Tricast:£239.89SF:£38.66Swingers:£7.70, £7.90, £7.00

Forecasts

My Macho Man (5/2), Bollingerandkrug (3/1), Six One Nine (10/3), Copper Fox (5/1), Russian Virtue (13/2), Misty Mani (7/1), Zara's Universe (8/1), Licit (10/1), Telhimlisten (10/1), Edgar Allan Poe (14/1), Archive (20/1), Bottle Hill (20/1), Bulls Aye (22/1), Cornell (33/1), Charlie's Rockstar (33/1), The Great Georgie (50/1), More To Follow (100/1)

TELHIMLISTEN's reappearance effort at Musselburgh was encouraging with a view to this manoeuvre into handicap company and, with improvement anticipated, he may well be the answer. Having performed with credit over C&D starting out for this yard, My Macho Man is next on the list but Russian Virtue is also of interest.

TELHIMLISTEN (IRE)
MY MACHO MAN (IRE)
RUSSIAN VIRTUE

Previous Winners

2021

Killane

Weight: 10-5 |Age: 6

J: Peter Kavanagh | T: D McCain Jnr

10/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,357.002nd: £2,007.003rd: £1,003.004th: £502.005th: £350.006th: £350.00