16:35 Newcastle

Sunday 11 May 2025

All14:5015:2516:0016:3517:1017:4518:1518:45

Celebrating The Life Of Lee Murphy Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Off time: 16:37 | Winning time: 2m 38.57s

1^st

(9)

Sam Hawkens

49-0

11/2

T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand

Wore hood to post, chased leaders, headway going well over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on well final furlong op 4/1 tchd 18/5

2^nd

1 ¾

(8)

Steel Tiger

49-5

10/3

T: S & E CrisfordJ: Harry Davies

Held up in midfield, headway when ridden 2f out, went second over 1f out, kept on well final furlong op 4/1

3^rd

4 ½

(11)

Humble Spark

59-3

14/1

T: J S GoldieJ: P Mulrennan

Very slowly away, in rear, headway into mid-division after 2f, headway going well 2f out, ridden 1f out, went third and edged left final furlong, kept on op 10/1

4^th

(5)

Dancing In Paris

59-6

22/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: D C Costello

Wore hood to post, mid-division, headway over 2f out, kept on when carried left inside final furlong op 20/1 tchd 25/1

5^th

1 ¾

(2)

Kildare Legend

49-10

5/2f

T: J FergusonJ: Daniel Muscutt

Midfield, switched right and headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra when edged right 1f out op 11/4

6^th

(7)

Something

48-10

14/1

T: Jedd O'KeeffeJ: J Fanning

Led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon faded tchd 18/1

7^th

(10)

Sheradann

59-8

8/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: Billy Loughnane

Wore hood to post, prominent, ridden 2f out, soon weakened tchd 7/1

8^th

1 ¼

(3)

Miss Alpilles

49-0

50/1

T: E WalkerJ: George Downing

Missed break, held up towards rear, outpaced over 3f out, never in contention op 33/1

9^th

(12)

Federated

58-10

9/2

T: J ButlerJ: D Egan

Midfield, pushed along over 3f out, made no impression op 6/1

10^th

(1)

Arrange

79-4

33/1

T: M TodhunterJ: D Nolan

Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out op 28/1 tchd 40/1

11^th

(6)

Ensured

79-7

33/1

T: Dr R NewlandJ: Hollie Doyle

Towards rear, outpaced over 5f out, eased over 3f out, tailed off op 40/1

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Non-Runners

(4)

Bulldog Spirit¹

Weight: 8-4| Age: 5

T: B Ellison J: Joanna Mason

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£2.00, £1.60, £3.60EX:£30.20Trifecta:£279.50Tricast:£252.39SF:£24.34Swingers:£5.00, £13.40, £9.30

Forecasts

Kildare Legend (5/2), Steel Tiger (10/3), Federated (9/2), Sam Hawkens (11/2), Sheradann (8/1), Humble Spark (14/1), Something (14/1), Bulldog Spirit (20/1), Dancing In Paris (22/1), Arrange (33/1), Ensured (33/1), Miss Alpilles (50/1)

The thriving FEDERATED has done very well since stepping up in trip and he remains one to keep on the right side of. Steel Tiger is the obvious threat as he bids for the hat-trick, while Sam Hawkens can be expected to go close with his reappearance run under his belt.

FEDERATED (USA)
STEEL TIGER (IRE)
SAM HAWKENS (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Fairbanks

Weight: 9-5 |Age: 4

J: Oisin Murphy | T: A M Balding

13/8

Prize Money

1st: £17,010.002nd: £7,982.003rd: £3,988.004th: £1,996.005th: £994.00