11:55 Newcastle

Saturday 23 December 2023

All11:5512:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:25

bet365 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 11:56 | Winning time: 4m 10.00s

1^st

The Kalooki Kid

511-9

10/11f

T: N G RichardsJ: Danny McMenamin

Mid-division on inside, smooth headway tracking leaders turning in, led after 3 out, mistake and stumbled next, soon recovered, shaken up and clear before the last, kept on strongly op 4/6

2^nd

St John's Road

410-9

33/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Jack Power (7)

Mid-division, headway out wide tracking leaders before 3 out, went 2nd next, no chance with winner op 20/1 tchd 40/1

3^rd

2 ¾

Muzaffar

411-2

8/1

T: A KeatleyJ: Henry Brooke

Held up and behind, steady headway chasing leaders approaching 3 out, stayed on into 3rd run-in op 17/2 tchd 12/1

4^th

Paddy O'Mahler

511-2

5/2

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Tom Midgley (3)

Chased leaders, pushed along and every chance 3 out, weakened and lost modest 3rd run-in op 4/1

5^th

2 ¼

Lemoine

411-2

22/1

T: J EwartJ: R T Dunne

Off the pace towards rear, headway out wide into 3rd approaching the last, weakened run-in op 25/1 tchd 20/1 and tchd 28/1

6^th

1 ½

Mr Mahler

511-2

100/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Callum Bewley

Never closer than mid-division op 66/1

7^th

Jeteye

611-2

66/1

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Behind, some late minor headway past weakening rivals, never involved tchd 80/1

8^th

8 ½

Kingston Rock

511-2

200/1

T: S CorbettJ: Edward Austin (5)

Chased leader who went clear after 3rd, not fluent 5th, led before 3 out, ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened next op 150/1

9^th

2 ¼

Trailblazer

411-2

150/1

T: A NicolJ: Jamie Hamilton

Tracked leaders in 5th, lost place 4 out, soon towards rear op 125/1

10^th

Deep Strato

511-2

20/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Chased leaders on inside, went 2nd 3 out, soon ridden, not fluent and lost 2nd next, ridden and weakened between last two, bad mistake last

11^th

7 ½

Raffles Wonder

611-2

11/2

T: R MenziesJ: Nathan Moscrop

Raced keenly, led and went clear after 3rd, reduced lead home turn, headed and weakened quickly before 3 out op 5/1 tchd 4/1

Also Ran

Run At Dawn

411-2

300/1

T: A NicolJ: David Noonan

Towards rear, behind and struggling before 3 out, tailed off and pulled up before next op 250/1

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Non-Runners

Lord De Vinci²⁵¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: D Bourke J: Craig Nichol

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.91Pl:£1.10, £4.90, £2.20EX:£27.40Trifecta:£319.50SF:£43.68Swingers:£6.80, £2.50, £23.30

Forecasts

The Kalooki Kid (10/11), Paddy O'Mahler (5/2), Raffles Wonder (11/2), Muzaffar (8/1), Deep Strato (20/1), Lemoine (22/1), St John's Road (33/1), Lord De Vinci (33/1), Jeteye (66/1), Mr Mahler (100/1), Trailblazer (150/1), Kingston Rock (200/1), Run At Dawn (300/1)

THE KALOOKI KID impressed with the way he went through the race when running out a comfortable winner at this venue last month and is selected to defy a penalty back down in trip. Hurdling-debutant Muzaffar and Paddy O'Mahler can battle it out for minor honours.