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18:15 Newcastle

Bombardier Novice Stakes (Class 5)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 5y
  • Going: Standard / Slow
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £5,300 added
  • Winner: £3,429
  • 2nd: £1,020
  • 3rd: £510
  • 4th: £255
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 39.65s
  • Off Time: 18:16:32
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Silent Hunter

1/5

    2
    Silk -

    Calculus (IRE)

    33/1

      1(1)
      Silk - Maroon, Grey Cross of Lorraine

      Khulu

      39 p
      100/1
      • Form 80
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5

      held up in 6th, ridden and plugged on in 4th final 2f

      2(2)
      Silk - Royal blue

      Silent Hunter

      759
      1/5
      • Form 42/
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5

      tracked leaders in 3rd, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, soon led, well on top inside final furlong

      3(6)
      Silk - Purple, Yellow chevron, sleeves and star on cap

      Well I Never

      28
      100/1
      • Form 89
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-5

      raced keenly tracking leaders, weakened over 2f out

      4(3)
      Silk - Emerald green, dark blue stars on sleeves, emerald green cap, dark blue star

      Calculus (IRE)

      138
      33/1
      • Form 6
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-4

      led, ridden over 1f out, soon headed, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner

      5(7)
      Silk - Light green, white epaulets, white sleeves, light green stars, light green cap, white star

      Kells (IRE)

      57
      4/1
      • Form 6-52543
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 74

      tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, one pace in 3rd inside final furlong

      7(8)
      Silk - White, black spots, black and white quartered cap

      Magic Girl

      28/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-13

      bit keen, held up in last trio, pushed along and weakened well over 2f out, tailed off

      8(4)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White chevrons and armlets

      Quella Cosa

      25/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-13

      slowly into stride, always behind, tailed off

      6(5)
      NR

      Thrill Seeker (IRE)

      41
      7/4
      • Form 8-33
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 68

      NonRunner

      Previous results

      2019
      (1)
      Silk -

      Yuri Gagarin

      2/5
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-4

      2018
      (6)
      Silk -

      Thaayer

      13/2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2

      2017
      (1)
      Silk -

      Choral Clan (IRE)

      3/1
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-0

      In depth

      Verdict

      Without a win in seven starts in Ireland, Kells has switched yards and is weighted to beat THRILL SEEKER. But the latter has been gelded since beaten over 1m2f at Chelmsford and improvement is expected back over a shorter trip today. Silent Hunter showed some ability on the all-weather as a two-year-old back in 2018 and has been kept in training. The Godolphin colt should be noted in the betting but the remainder are hard to recommend including the newcomers.

      Formwatch

      Khulu 250-1 (9-7) Prominent on near side, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 10, dist behind Troll Peninsula (9-5) at Redcar 7f mdn stks (5) sft in Oct.

      Silent Hunter 5-2 (9-2) Tracked leaders, driven 3f out, ridden 2f out, went 2nd and kept on final furlong, not trouble easy winner, 2nd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Nivaldo (9-9) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Nov.

      Well I Never 300-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, ridden and detached over 2f out, no extra, 9th of 10, 10 1/4l behind Hong Kong Harry (9-9) at Newcastle 7f stks (5) pol in Nov.

      Calculus (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 21 1/2l behind Roberto Escobarr (9-2) at York 1m 2f stks (5) gd in Jul.

      Kells (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Settled behind leaders, 5th halfway, ridden in 4th 2f out, no impression in 3rd 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 13, 4 3/4l behind Salsa (9-2) at Thurles 1m mdn sft in Oct.

      Magic Girl Heeraat filly out of Magic Echo.

      Quella Cosa Fountain Of Youth filly out of Bombalarina.

      Thrill Seeker (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Prominent 1f, chased leaders, effort and close up over 1f out, soon outpaced by winner, 3rd and no impression inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 10 1/2l behind Real World (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Oct.