17:15 Newcastle

Saturday 25 February 2023

All13:1013:4314:1814:5315:2516:0316:3817:15

Vertem Investing For The Future Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 4m 16.37s

1^st

Moonlight Glory

811-11

11/2

T: M WalfordJ: Tom Midgley

Tracked leaders, pushed along home turn, not fluent 3 out, pressed front pair last, ridden and led over 110 yards out on flat, stayed on well, won going away tchd 5/1

2^nd

3 ¼

Crack Du Ninian

812-2

13/2

T: J CandlishJ: Theo Gillard

Prominent, joined leaders 5th, led clearly home turn, hit 3 out and pushed along, faced challenge 2 out, ridden and headed over 110 yards out on run-in, no extra op 8/1

3^rd

1 ¾

Yellow Jacket

610-8

14/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: Abbie McCain (3)

Rear mid-division, headway home turn, went 4th 3 out, pushed along before next, switched right approaching last, stayed on one pace op 10/1 tchd 16/1

4^th

Tonto Foley

510-5

7/2

T: Christian WilliamsJ: Ellis Collier (8)

Chased leaders, went 2nd before 3 out, ridden after 2 out, every chance last, weakened run-in tchd 10/3 and tchd 4/1

5^th

1 ¼

Hapy La Vie

610-2

33/1

T: J EwartJ: Edward Austin

Disputed lead, pushed along and headed home turn, ridden before 3 out, gradually faded op 40/1 tchd 28/1

6^th

1 ¾

Largy Reach

711-4

6/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: Peter Kavanagh (3)

Mid-division, ridden after 3 out, plugged on, never a danger tchd 13/2

7^th

7 ½

Couldntgivamonkeys

511-10

100/1

T: R M SmithJ: William Shanahan (3)

Mid-division, pushed along before 3 out, no progress and weakened before last op 40/1

8^th

3 ½

Edmond Dantes

711-8

10/3f

T: F P MurtaghJ: Lorcan Murtagh

Mid-division, pushed along before 3 out, weakened next op 11/4 tchd 7/2

9^th

El Jefe

611-7

8/1

T: A B HamiltonJ: Alan Doyle

In rear, mistake 1st, pushed along home turn, never involved op 17/2 tchd 11/1

10^th

Wilhelm Vonvenster

910-12

25/1

T: N G RichardsJ: Conor Rabbitt (6)

Towards rear, pushed along before 3 out where not fluent, soon beaten op 28/1

Also Ran

Ten Ten Twenty

512-1

18/1

T: D J JeffreysJ: Lewis Dobb (5)

Raced keenly, disputed lead, not fluent 4th, shaken up and headed before 6th, soon lost position and tailed off, pulled up before 3 out op 20/1 tchd 16/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£1.90, £2.10, £3.40EX:£36.30Trifecta:£297.80Tricast:£482.31SF:£41.50Swingers:£6.00, £8.10, £14.20

Forecasts

Edmond Dantes (10/3), Tonto Foley (7/2), Moonlight Glory (11/2), Largy Reach (6/1), Crack Du Ninian (13/2), El Jefe (8/1), Yellow Jacket (14/1), Ten Ten Twenty (18/1), Wilhelm Vonvenster (25/1), Hapy La Vie (33/1), Couldntgivamonkeys (100/1)

If a return to timber sparks CRACK DU NINIAN back to life he could take a bit of stopping as he's running here off a 10 lb lower mark than when placed in a Carlisle Class 3 on his latest hurdle start back in October. A market move for Christian Williams handicap newcomer Tonto Foley would make him a potentially dangerous opponent. Ten Ten Twenty is another to consider.

CRACK DU NINIAN (FR)
TONTO FOLEY (IRE)
TEN TEN TWENTY (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Hungry Tiger

Weight: 11-9 |Age: 8

J: D B Hurst | T: G Bewley

7/2

Prize Money

1st: £3,406.002nd: £1,567.003rd: £784.004th: £392.005th: £195.00