Racecards
16:10 Newcastle
BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap (Class 2)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 6y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £25,200 added
- Winner: £13,190
- 2nd: £6,189
- 3rd: £3,092
- 4th: £1,547
- Form 560023-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 103
- Trainer E Walker
- Jockey Hector Crouch
held up in headway near side rail over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
- Form 53/2260-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer Miss J A Camacho
- Jockey Jason Watson
steadied and went left start, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong not pace to challenge
- Form 1/11-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer R Varian
- Jockey J Mitchell
steadied start and bit awkwardly away, raced keenly in last pair, pushed along over 2f out, never on terms
- Form 613045-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Cam Hardie
pulled hard tracking leader, pushed along and lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened quickly, soon behind
- Form 080166-
- Age 7
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer J & S Quinn
- Jockey Jason Hart
led, towards near side, pushed along inside final 2f, ridden and headed soon after, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 443941-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer K A Ryan
- Jockey Rowan Scott
tracked leading trio and keen, good headway between horses into 2nd over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, always held
- Form 432333-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Hayley Turner
raced keenly in close 3rd, near side rail, went 2nd gong well over 2f out, led inside final 2f, ridden and clear when hung left inside final furlong, soon corrected and ran on well
Formwatch
Popmaster (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Held up in mid-division, headway when not much room over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd close home, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Poker Face (9-6) at Kempton 1m lst stks (1) pol in Dec.
Symbol Of Light 25-1 (8-12) Off the pace and always towards rear, never involved, 14th of 17, 14l behind Point Lynas (9-6) at York 1m hcp (2) gd in May.
Qazaq (FR) 13-8fav (9-9) Made virtually all, ridden over 1f out, hard pressed final furlong, held on, won at Southwell 1m hcp (3) pol in Nov beating Magnum Opus (9-10) by shd, 12 ran.
Blue Prince (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) Raced keenly, held up in last pair, headway out wide under pressure over 1f out, kept on towards finish, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Sterling Knight (8-10) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Empirestateofmind (IRE) 10-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, pushed along out wide over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Sterling Knight (8-10) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Apiarist (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Steadied start, held up towards rear centre, headway going well from over 3f out, challenged over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out, won at Newcastle 1m hcp (3) pol in Dec beating Dragon Icon (9-10) by nk, 11 ran.
Storm Star 7-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, pressing for 2nd over 1f out, no impression on winner, kept on, 3rd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Sardinian Warrior (9-4) at Southwell 1m hcp (2) pol in Nov.