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20:00 Newcastle

Newcastle International Airport Handicap (Class 3)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 14y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £9,704
  • 2nd: £2,888
  • 3rd: £1,443
  • 4th: £722
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 26.16s
  • Off Time: 20:01:19
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Dubai Legacy (USA)

5/6

    2
    Silk -

    Glorious Lover (IRE)

    4/1

      1(7)
      Silk - White, royal blue stars, red and white diabolo on sleeves, white cap, red star

      What's The Story

      216 p CD
      7/1
      • Form 514600-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-0
      • Official Rating 96

      in touch in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, edged right inside final furlong, ran on

      2(5)
      Silk - White, gold braid, green sleeves, green cap with gold tassel

      Hajjam

      15 D
      11/1
      • Form 72017-5
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 94

      in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on one pace

      3(2)
      Silk - Black, Light Blue epaulets and armlets

      Gallipoli (IRE)

      14 b D
      8/1
      • Form 61-7224
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 92

      went left start, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, held when short of room and hampered inside final furlong

      4(4)
      Silk - Light blue, purple star, dark blue sleeves, orange stars, purple cap, orange stars

      Hyperfocus (IRE)

      197 C
      25/1
      • Form 002002-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 89

      tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong

      5(1)
      Silk - Black, large orange spots, black sleeves, orange spots, quartered cap

      Citron Major

      210 CD
      25/1
      • Form 051730-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 89

      hampered start took keen hold, pressed leader until 2f out, weakened final furlong

      6(6)
      Silk - Pink, royal blue braces

      Glorious Lover (IRE)

      279
      4/1
      • Form 312-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 97

      held up, switched left 3f out, headway to press winner approaching final furlong, unable to quicken inside final furlong

      7(3)
      Silk - Royal blue

      Dubai Legacy (USA)

      295 D
      5/6
      • Form 101-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 95

      close up, pushed along and headway 2f out, hung left and led over 1f out, ridden and ran on

      Previous results

      2018
      (9)
      Silk -

      Spanish City

      5/4
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-6

      In depth

      Verdict

      Gallipoli is usually thereabouts without being quite good enough though beat Hyperfocus when scoring at Chelmsford back in October. Hajjam is at home at this level though remains 5lb higher than when scoring at Ayr last autumn and Dubai Legacy steps up in trip for his handicap debut having won carrying a penalty over 6f at Epsom last summer. The Godolphin colt should figure but GLORIOUS LOVER also returns to action having found only one too good in a Listed race over today’s trip at Ascot in July and Ed Walker’s charge gets the vote having been gelded subsequently.

      Formwatch

      What's The Story 40-1 (9-1) Raced centre, mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon weakened, 26th of 33, 36 3/4l behind Wissahickon (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp (2) gf in Sep.

      Hajjam 20-1 (8-11) Went left start, held up, headway on far rail over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Mubtasim (9-7) at Newmarket 7f hcp (2) gf in Apr.

      Gallipoli (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Held up rear of mid-division, ridden over 2f out, ran on final 100 yards, nearest finish, 4th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Goring (9-11) at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Apr.

      Hyperfocus (IRE) 14-1 (9-10) Led early, chased leaders, led again over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Gallipoli (9-9) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (4) pol in Oct.

      Citron Major 25-1 (9-0) In touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 23 1/2l behind Blue Mist (9-0) at Ascot 1m stks (3) gd in Oct.

      Glorious Lover (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Held up in last pair, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd final strides, never able to challenge, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Victory Command (9-3) at Ascot 7f lst stks (1) gf in Jul.

      Dubai Legacy (USA) 4-7fav (9-9) Tracked leader, shaken up to lead over 1f out, kept on well, won at Epsom 6f stks (5) gf in Jul beating Napanook (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 5 ran.