17:10 Newcastle

Thursday 4 January 2024

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Off time: 17:12 | Winning time: 1m 45.32s

1^st

(7)

Hale End

49-5

4/1

T: M DodsJ: C Lee

Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, ridden out op 9/2 tchd 5/1

2^nd

2 ¼

(3)

Ivory Madonna

49-7

8/1

T: R SpencerJ: Jason Hart

Held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, switched left and headway over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, no impression on winner op 15/2

3^rd

2 ¼

(10)

Star Shield

99-8

16/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Ben Robinson

Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, went 3rd well inside final furlong, kept on op 11/1

4^th

(5)

Trais Fluors

109-7

17/2

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

Held up rear of mid-division, pulled hard, headway over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out until inside final furlong, no extra towards finish op 9/1

5^th

(11)

August

49-8

13/8f

T: M ApplebyJ: Alistair Rawlinson

Led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 7/4

6^th

(9)

Dragons Will Rise

89-8

50/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Aiden Brookes (5)

Mid-division, outpaced over 3f out, plugged on but no impression final furlong op 40/1

7^th

4 ¾

(6)

Sucellus

89-4

22/1

T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Harry Russell

Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out tchd 20/1

8^th

1 ¼

(4)

Covert Legend

49-3

10/1

T: T CollierJ: D Swift

Edged right and awkward start, always towards rear op 8/1

9^th

3 ½

(2)

Young Fire

99-9

16/1

T: D O'MearaJ: D Nolan

Held up in touch in mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 14/1

10^th

(12)

Rocket Rod

79-1

17/2

T: G A HarkerJ: S H James

Slowly away, always in rear op 8/1 tchd 15/2 and tchd 9/1

11^th

9 ½

(1)

Spacer

59-4

66/1

T: D LoughnaneJ: Laura Pearson

Held up rear of mid-division, ridden over 4f out, well beaten final 2f op 40/1

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Non-Runners

(8)

Flylikeaneagle²⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: Miss Lucinda V Russell J: O J Orr

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£1.50, £2.40, £3.60EX:£21.70Trifecta:£239.10Tricast:£477.22SF:£36.07Swingers:£5.50, £8.00, £12.10

Forecasts

August (13/8), Hale End (4/1), Ivory Madonna (8/1), Trais Fluors (17/2), Rocket Rod (17/2), Covert Legend (10/1), Flylikeaneagle (10/1), Star Shield (16/1), Young Fire (16/1), Sucellus (22/1), Dragons Will Rise (50/1), Spacer (66/1)

HALE END continued in good heart when fifth at Wolverhampton 13 days ago, meeting trouble having travelled as well as any, so he could be ready to return to winning ways this time around. August has made an encouraging start for Mick Appleby and is feared most, ahead of last-time-out C&D winner Star Shield.