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20:00 Newcastle

Festive Celebrations At The Grand Hotel Handicap (Class 6)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £5,700 added
  • Winner: £2,983
  • 2nd: £1,400
  • 3rd: £699
  • 4th: £350
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 58.96s
  • Off Time: 20:00:38
  • 9 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Azucena (IRE)

17/2

    2
    Silk -

    Howzak

    16/1

      3
      Silk -

      Rockley Point

      8/1

        1(5)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Dark Blue Cross of Lorraine and sleeves

        Silky Robin (IRE)

        51
        5/1
        • Form 3-06044
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-11
        • Official Rating 60

        dwelt, mid-division, pushed along 2f out, no response

        2(4)
        Silk - Black, orange hoop and armlets, quartered cap

        Howzak

        10 D
        16/1
        • Form 215350
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-11
        • Official Rating 60

        wore red hood to post, pressed leader, pushed along 2f out, ridden 1f out, stayed on one pace

        3(1)
        Silk - White, Emerald Green hoop, sleeves and cap

        Azucena (IRE)

        17 CD
        17/2
        • Form 08-3707
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 56

        prominent, pushed along well over 1f out, ridden and led over 1f out, soon cleared away and drifted left to far rail, ran on well

        4(8)
        Silk - Red and white diamonds, striped sleeves, red cap, white diamond

        Kyber Crystal (IRE)

        2 t BFD
        3/1
        • Form 614312
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 51

        awkward start, mid-division, pushed along 2f out, kept on, never on terms

        5(6)
        Silk - Dark green, white triple diamond and diamond on cap

        Musical Diva (IRE)

        10 v BFD
        9/2
        • Form 225634
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 55

        handy, pushed along 2f out, soon beaten

        6(3)
        Silk - WHITE, DARK BLUE stars, DARK BLUE sleeves, WHITE stars

        Better (IRE)

        74
        33/1
        • Form 754006
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 55

        went to post early, slowly away, towards rear, pushed along well over 1f out, ran on strongly closing stages, nearest finish

        7(9)
        Silk - Dark Blue, large Red spots, sleeves and cap

        Never This Way (IRE)

        50 h
        16/1
        • Form 689070
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 52

        mounted in chute and went to post early, fly jumped badly start, always detached in rear

        8(2)
        Silk - Yellow, light blue seams, hooped sleeves, light blue cap

        Street Life

        5 v DCD
        5/1
        • Form 022392
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-13
        • Official Rating 48

        led narrowly, raced keenly, pushed along 2f out, headed over 1f out, gradually weakened

        9(7)
        Silk - Royal blue, pink diamond and armlets, white cap

        Rockley Point

        3 b CDCD
        8/1
        • Form 287503
        • Age 11
        • Weight 8-11
        • Official Rating 45

        mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, disputed 2nd 110 yards out, not trouble winner

        Previous results

        2023
        (9)
        Silk -

        Phoenix Star (IRE)

        11/2
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-9

        In depth

        Formwatch

        Silky Robin (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Bumped start, prominent, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Willolarupi (9-2) at Beverley 5f hcp (5) gf in Aug.

        Howzak 33-1 (9-7) Raced in mid-division far side of group, weakened final 2f, 10th of 13, 10 1/4l behind Alfa Whiteburd (9-10) at Newcastle 6f hcp (6) pol in Sep.

        Azucena (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Midfield, outpaced passing halfway, ridden 2f out, weakened final 110 yards, 7th of 10, 6 3/4l behind Maris Angel (9-9) at Redcar 5f hcp (6) gf in Sep.

        Kyber Crystal (IRE) 11-4fav (9-7) Prominent, lost some ground 3f out, not much room when effort over 1f out, squeezed through inside final furlong, went 2nd and edged right, not trouble winner, 2nd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Royal Duke (8-11) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (6) gd in Oct.

        Musical Diva (IRE) 10-3jfav (9-4) Chased leader on inside, led inside final 2f, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd final 100 yards, dropped to 4th final stride, 4th of 12, 1 3/4l behind Ifonlytheycudtalk (8-9) at Beverley 5f hcp (6) gd in Sep.

        Better (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Slowly away, pushed along and outpaced in rear, never a factor, 6th of 8, 3 3/4l behind Taygar (9-6) at Ayr 5f hcp (6) gd in Jul.

        Never This Way (IRE) 28-1 (8-7) Off the pace and soon towards rear far rail, never involved, last of 10, 14 1/2l behind Opal Storm (8-7) at Beverley 5f hcp (5) gf in Aug.

        Street Life 5-2 (8-11) Prominent, led over 1f out, edged right, headed entering final furlong, no impression towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Sankari (9-8) at Southwell 5f hcp (6) pol in Sep.

        Rockley Point 33-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, disputing 2nd from over 1f out until inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 12, 1 3/4l behind Dash Gordon (9-3) at Newcastle 5f hcp (6) pol in Oct.