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19:20 Newcastle

Megan O'Brien 30th Birthday Handicap (Class 3)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 5y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £12,000 added
  • Winner: £7,763
  • 2nd: £2,310
  • 3rd: £1,154
  • 4th: £577
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 38.10s
  • Off Time: 19:20:25
  • 11 Ran
1(12)
Silk - White, black cap
5/2
  • Form 1418-31
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 94

held up in rear, headway over 1f out, no impression and eased inside final furlong

2(8)
Silk - Royal blue
11/2
  • Form 1-34566
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 93

held up in rear, headway over 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no impression on winner, kept on

3(7)
Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

Ibraz

31 D
5/2
  • Form 3117-06
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 91

chased leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace

4(9)
Silk - grey, orange seams, orange cap
8/1
  • Form 124028
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 89

held up towards rear, effort over 2f out, no impression

6(2)
Silk - Mauve, Yellow sash
12/1
  • Form 12943-8
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 88

held up in last, headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, kept on

7(6)
Silk - Yellow, Red disc, Yellow sleeves, Red stars, Red cap
33/1
  • Form 0311-80
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 88

went left start, led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

8(11)
Silk - Black, orange stars, orange and black striped cap

Crownthorpe

26 BFD
10/1
  • Form 26-5415
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 88

held up towards rear, headway 3f out, went 2nd over 1f out, led entering final furlong, ran on well

9(3)
Silk - Grey, pink and grey halved sleeves, pink cap

Shrewd

30
100/1
  • Form 09330/8
  • Age 9
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 87

mid-division, struggling over 2f out

10(1)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow seams, diamonds on sleeves, Yellow cap

Florenza

18 D
100/1
  • Form 409-510
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 86

chased leader until over 3f out, soon weakened

11(4)
Silk - Purple, red stars on sleeves, black cap
80/1
  • Form 81506-9
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 82

chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, soon well behind

12(10)
Silk - White, red braces, red and white striped sleeves, black cap
12/1
  • Form 240-51
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 78

mid-division, headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

5(13)
NR

Trevithick

13 CD
10/1
  • Form 8-12236
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 89

NonRunner

13(5)
NR

Paparazzi

4 DCD
20/1
  • Form 9-12177
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 77

NonRunner

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Lush Life narrowly won in this grade at Sandown recently and has been raised 3lb while Bedouin's Story has been racing in better company though remains 10lb higher than when last successful. But IBRAZ also drops in class having posted a better effort behind Elector at Newmarket last month and it’s Roger Varian’s colt that gets the vote to return to winning ways. Algaffaal is upped in distance having won over 7f here last time while last month’s Beverley winner Crownthorpe will appreciate this return to a mile. Ulshaw Bridge will be sharper for a recent comeback run at York while Tough Remedy and Trevithick finished almost upsides when filling the places over track and trip in April.

Formwatch

Lush Life (IRE) 11-4 (9-4) Held up last, headway on outside over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Sandown 1m hcp (3) gd in May beating War Glory (9-6) by nk, 8 ran.

Bedouin's Story 6-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, held up in last pair and pushed along at times, brief effort on outside over 1f out, soon beaten, 6th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Beringer (9-5) at Newmarket 1m hcp (2) gf in Apr.

Ibraz 7-1 (8-7) Tracked leader, pushed along to lead over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Elector (8-7) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp stks (2) gf in May.

Tough Remedy (IRE) 11-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, never figured, 8th of 11, 11 1/2l behind Uae Prince (9-6) at York 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in May.

Ulshaw Bridge (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Slowly away, behind, switched left and headway over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 8th of 14, 4 1/2l behind What's The Story (9-5) at York 1m hcp (2) gf in May.

Parys Mountain (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) In touch, under pressure over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 16, 13 3/4l behind Hayadh (8-12) at Thirsk 1m hcp (2) gd in May.

Crownthorpe 2-1fav (9-7) Held up, ridden over 2f out, headway under pressure to go 3rd approaching final furlong, no extra and lost 2 places towards finish, 5th of 13, 5 3/4l behind Mr Top Hat (9-3) at Chester 1m 2f hcp (3) sft in May.

Shrewd 40-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, beaten over 3f out, last of 8, 20 1/2l behind Rare Groove (9-3) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (3) gf in May.

Florenza 20-1 (9-13) Mid-division, pushed along 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 13th of 15, 12 3/4l behind Agincourt (9-9) at York 7f hcp fll (3) gf in May.

London Protocol (FR) 20-1 (9-7) Always behind, driven halfway, soon tailed off, eased over 1f out, last of 9, dist behind Crownthorpe (9-6) at Beverley 1m hcp (4) gd in May.

Algaffaal (USA) 14-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, led inside final 50 yards, won at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Apr beating Glengarry (9-6) by 1/2l, 8 ran.

Trevithick 9-2 (9-2) Tracked leader, lost place over 2f out, last of 6, 17 1/4l behind Universal Gleam (9-12) at Ayr 1m hcp (4) gf in May.

Paparazzi 14-1 (9-6) Held up behind, headway on outside over 2f out, soon ridden, every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 4 3/4l behind Hammer Gun (8-11) at Doncaster 1m hcp (5) gf in May.