17:45 Newcastle

Friday 19 December 2025

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  • 3YO plus  |   Class 6  |   1m 5y  |   Standard  |   9 Runners  |   Allweather  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 17:47  |   Winning time: 1m 41.15s
1st
Horse silk
4
(1)
Tasever
59-10
9/4f
T: P MorrisJ: D Nolan
Prominent, stayed towards far side with one other rival, overall leader halfway, ran all well when faced sustained challenge inside final 110yds, all out and hung right towards finish, just held on op 3/1 tchd 10/3
2nd
Horse silk
nk
6
(2)
Powerful Response
59-9
9/2
T: G A HarkerJ: Sean Kirrane
Prominent, stayed far side with one other rival, chased winner from over 1f out, every chance inside final 110yds, carried right and no extra towards finish op 4/1 tchd 5/1
3rd
Horse silk
2 ¾
7
(3)
Minshaar
39-8
8/1
T: R A FaheyJ: Warren Fentiman (5)
Midfield, went third and chased leaders over 1f out, ran on op 15/2 tchd 7/1 and tchd 9/1
4th
Horse silk
¾
2
(8)
Falcon Nine
59-10
15/2
T: I JardineJ: Mohammed Tabti (5)
Held up towards rear, some headway over 1f out, kept on tchd 17/2
5th
Horse silk
½
9
(5)
Pop Favorite
78-9
25/1
T: S DixonJ: Joey Haynes
Midfield, some headway 2f out, hung left over 1f out, weakened final 110yds op 22/1 tchd 18/1
6th
Horse silk
1
1
(7)
The Cookstown Cafu
69-12
17/2
T: Fionn McSharryJ: C J Orr (3)
Led, soon edged towards near side, headed halfway, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened op 15/2 tchd 6/1 and tchd 9/1
7th
Horse silk
nk
3
(4)
Mercurius Power
79-10
11/2
T: Jessica MaceyJ: George Wood
Prominent, pushed along 2f out, ridden 1f out, weakened quickly final 110yds op 15/2
8th
Horse silk
1 ½
5
(9)
Volenti
69-9
6/1
T: B HaslamJ: Cam Hardie
Held up towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened op 9/2 tchd 4/1
9th
Horse silk
7
8
(6)
Shifter
69-7
100/1
T: W StoreyJ: Paula Muir (3)
Always towards rear, behind and outpaced from over 1f out, never on terms op 66/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.10Pl:£1.70, £2.00, £2.10EX:£17.20Trifecta:£78.20Tricast:£68.86SF:£12.49Swingers:£3.40, £5.40, £6.10

Forecasts

Tasever (9/4), Powerful Response (9/2), Mercurius Power (11/2), Volenti (6/1), Falcon Nine (15/2), Minshaar (8/1), The Cookstown Cafu (17/2), Pop Favorite (25/1), Shifter (100/1)

Verdict

A very open handicap but multiple C&D scorer VOLENTI has slipped back down to a winning mark so looks the way to go. Course specialist Pop Favorite is next on the list on the back of a good C&D second last time, with Powerful Response, Tasever and Mercurius Power all firmly in the picture too.

  1. VOLENTI (IRE)
  2. POP FAVORITE
  3. POWERFUL RESPONSE (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £3,140.002nd: £1,474.003rd: £736.004th: £368.005th: £184.00

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