16:15 Newbury

Saturday 1 March 2025

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Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 5m 23.30s

1^st

Guard Duty

811-12

4/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: H Cobden

Held up in rear, headway from 3 out, challenged on bit last, led flat, very easily op 7/2 tchd 9/2

2^nd

Loverdose

611-2

3/1f

T: R WalfordJ: Harry Kimber

Prominent, led 6th, headed 3 out, led 2 out, ridden and joined last, headed flat, no impression on winner, kept on op 7/2

3^rd

2 ¾

Go To War

711-12

11/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Prominent, not fluent 3rd, led 3 out, headed and not fluent 2 out, jumped left last, kept on same pace op 7/1 tchd 15/2

4^th

Fine Casting

911-6

14/1

T: B PaulingJ: Callum Pritchard (5)

Held up in touch, went 3rd 7th, jumped left 2 out, soon ridden, 4th and no extra final 50 yards op 11/1 tchd 10/1

5^th

Solar System

611-6

6/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: M G Nolan

Held up in mid-division, not fluent 6th, outpaced after next, headway under pressure before 2 out, one pace and no impression last tchd 11/2

6^th

Aboutdamntime

611-8

40/1

T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Toby Wynne (3)

Held up towards rear on outside, took keen hold, well beaten 3 out

7^th

Eaton Anne

711-4

13/2

T: O MurphyJ: S Bowen

In touch on inside, not fluent 5th or 6th, weakened before 3 out op 6/1 tchd 11/2

8^th

Ninth Loch

611-8

15/2

T: Harry DerhamJ: Miss Victoria Malzard (5)

Held up towards rear, took keen hold, mistake 7th, well beaten 3 out op 11/2

9^th

Taita Hills

711-6

18/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Freddie Mitchell (5)

In touch, pushed along briefly after 3rd, effort after 7th, outpaced before 3 out, well beaten 2 out op 20/1 tchd 16/1

10^th

2 ¼

Lemoncello

611-5

22/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Led on outside, not fluent 5th, headed 6th, not fluent next, soon lost place op 40/1

Also Ran

Raffles Nobu

511-5

66/1

T: N J HendersonJ: Brendan Powell

Held up in mid-division, effort final bend, no impression, well beaten from 3 out, pulled up after tchd 80/1

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Non-Runners

Balboa¹⁷

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: J W Mullins J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£2.00, £1.50, £2.50EX:£20.50Trifecta:£136.60Tricast:£67.68SF:£16.98Swingers:£4.20, £6.30, £4.80

Forecasts

Loverdose (3/1), Guard Duty (4/1), Go To War (11/2), Solar System (6/1), Eaton Anne (13/2), Ninth Loch (15/2), Fine Casting (14/1), Taita Hills (18/1), Balboa (20/1), Lemoncello (22/1), Aboutdamntime (40/1), Raffles Nobu (66/1)

A decent race for the grade and while the testing ground should go some way to providing the stamina test that plenty of these are needing, there doesn't appear to be much pace on. That won't bother the highly-progressive LOVEDOSE who has sat close to the speed when winning 4 of his last 5 starts. He's most interesting ahead of Ninth Loch, who's shown plenty to suggest he's capable of going close from this mark, while Go To War can't be ruled out if recapturing the form of his stable debut.