15:45 Newcastle

Friday 8 December 2023

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Off time: 15:48 | Winning time: 1m 41.79s

1^st

(11)

Star Shield

89-6

9/2j

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Fly-leap start, held up towards rear, headway from 3f out, pushed along before 2f out, ridden and still a lot to do when making headway 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on strongly when led inside final 50 yards, kept on, just prevailed op 4/1

2^nd

(2)

Khathak

49-5

11/1

T: R A FaheyJ: D Nolan

Prominent, raced in fourth from halfway, ran on strongly on near side from 1f out, every chance when disputed inside final furlong, dropped top second in bunch finish inside final 50 yards, kept on tchd 12/1

3^rd

nse

(9)

Hortzadar

89-12

13/2

T: D O'MearaJ: Mark Winn (3)

Midfield, still a lot to 3f out, travelling well when making headway from 2f out, every chance when went second 1f out, briefly led inside final 110 yards, headed inside final 50 yards, dropped to third in bunch finish final strides op 7/1 tchd 6/1

4^th

(3)

Crownthorpe

89-12

25/1

T: A D BrownJ: Archie Young (7)

Smartly away and led group of 3 down centre early, headed before 1f, remained close up before led again 2f out, ridden when went two lengths clear before 1f out, soon hard pressed both sides, no extra when dropped to fourth in bunch finish final strides tchd 33/1

5^th

(7)

Trais Fluors

99-7

11/2

T: Miss L A PerrattJ: Tommie Jakes (7)

Towards rear of midfield, switched towards far side when making headway before 2f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong, kept on but not pace of front four near finish op 9/2

6^th

1 ¾

(10)

Open Choice

39-5

9/2j

T: E BethellJ: P J McDonald

Raced in third in leading group of three early, outpaced from 3f out, soon struggling, weakened to sixth inside final furlong op 4/1 tchd 18/5

7^th

1 ¼

(8)

Million Thanks

49-7

9/1

T: R MenziesJ: Morgan Cole (5)

Held up last early, still a lot to 3f out, ridden 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on, never nearer op 17/2 tchd 10/1

8^th

(12)

Showmedemoney

49-5

10/1

T: I JardineJ: A Mullen

Smartly away, soon prominent near side, led after 1f, set strong tempo, pushed along when faced challenge before 2f out, soon struggling, weakened to eighth inside final furlong tchd 11/1

9^th

(5)

Alexander James

79-11

18/1

T: M HerringtonJ: T Eaves

Towards rear, chased leaders from 2f out, soon struggling, weakened from 1f out op 16/1

10^th

1 ¼

(4)

Dragons Will Rise

79-11

80/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Aiden Brookes (5)

Prominent in chasing group, pushed along 3f out, son struggling, weakened from 1f out op 50/1

11^th

(1)

Flag Flying

39-3

66/1

T: D LoughnaneJ: Laura Pearson

Never better than midfield, outpaced before 2f out, soon weakened and dropped to last before 1f out op 33/1

Also Ran

RTR

(6)

Vindobala

59-5

11/2

T: S EnglandJ: Joanna Mason

Remained in stalls and refused to race op 7/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£1.70, £3.60, £2.30EX:£58.30Trifecta:£360.60Tricast:£331.15SF:£55.28Swingers:£11.30, £6.20, £17.20

Forecasts

Star Shield (9/2), Open Choice (9/2), Trais Fluors (11/2), Vindobala (11/2), Hortzadar (13/2), Million Thanks (9/1), Showmedemoney (10/1), Khathak (11/1), Alexander James (18/1), Crownthorpe (25/1), Flag Flying (66/1), Dragons Will Rise (80/1)

TRAIS FLUORS made a winning start in gutsy fashion for this yard over C&D last month, and with a 7 lb claimer more than negating a small rise in the weights, Linda Perratt's 9-y-o is taken to follow up at the expense of Star Shield, who found only stablemate Hortzadar too strong over C&D 5 weeks ago. Showmedemoney and Open Choice are another couple to consider in what looks a wide-open contest.