12:50 Newcastle

Monday 26 December 2022

All11:4512:1512:5013:2514:0014:3515:10

Gary Wood Memorial Handicap Chase

Off time: 12:52 | Winning time: 4m 22.20s

1^st

Ritson

712-2

5/1

T: R MenziesJ: Aaron Anderson (5)

In touch, headway to track leaders 6th, ridden to lead last, ran on(first fence past winning post omitted) tchd 6/1

2^nd

Six One Nine

711-1

18/1

T: C GrantJ: Tom Midgley (5)

Led, clear 3rd, headed briefly 5th, ridden and headed 3 out, rallied to go 2nd close home op 6/1

3^rd

Mcgarry

811-10

7/4f

T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd

Tracked leaders, led when not fluent 3 out, ridden and headed last, no extra and lost 2nd close home op 5/1 tchd 6/4 and tchd 11/2

4^th

5 ½

Coolmoyne

611-4

28/1

T: S WaughJ: J Kington

Tracked leader, led briefly 5 out, ridden next, kept on same pace op 22/1 tchd 20/1 and tchd 33/1

5^th

Fourth Of July

711-2

10/1

T: R M SmithJ: Ryan Mania

Close up, ridden 4 out, weakened next op 8/1 tchd 15/2 and tchd 14/1

6^th

Budarri

910-8

16/1

T: W ColtherdJ: Danny McMenamin

Held up, ridden 4 out, never on terms op 10/1 tchd 9/1

7^th

Edmond Dantes

612-0

10/3

T: Ruth JeffersonJ: B S Hughes

Held up, ridden and lost touch 6 out tchd 3/1 and tchd 5/1

8^th

Roxyfet

1210-9

50/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Miss Becky Smith

Always in rear, behind 3 out op 33/1 tchd 28/1

Also Ran

Choix Des Armes

1010-12

33/1

T: Mrs A C HamiltonJ: Alan Doyle (5)

Prominent when unseated rider 1st op 28/1 tchd 40/1

Chemical Warfare

510-6

13/2

T: T CollierJ: Craig Nichol

Towards rear, blundered 4th and rider lost iron briefly, some headway 4 out, not fluent next, very slow next, pulled up last op 9/2 tchd 7/1

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Non-Runners

Rocco Storm³⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: D Brooke J: Henry Brooke

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£2.00, £3.40, £1.30EX:£84.60Trifecta:£496.70Tricast:£219.06SF:£81.16Swingers:£14.20, £3.80, £10.10

Forecasts

Mcgarry (7/4), Edmond Dantes (10/3), Rocco Storm (7/2), Ritson (5/1), Chemical Warfare (13/2), Fourth Of July (10/1), Budarri (16/1), Six One Nine (18/1), Coolmoyne (28/1), Choix Des Armes (33/1), Roxyfet (50/1)

Already a dual winner this autumn, ROCCO STORM again ran well when runner-up to one potentially thrown-in at Sedgefield 5 weeks ago. Nicely on top of the remainder that day, he remains one to be positive about and gets the nod. Edmond Dantes looks a live threat under Brian Hughes, whilst chase-debutant McGarry and Fourth of July are others making the shortlist.

ROCCO STORM (IRE)
EDMOND DANTES (FR)
MCGARRY (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021

Blueberry Wine

Weight: 11-13 |Age: 5

J: B S Hughes | T: D McCain Jnr

10/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,901.002nd: £2,258.003rd: £1,129.004th: £565.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00