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15:25 Newcastle

St James Security Handicap (Class D)

  • 15 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 32y
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 9.93s
  • 15 Ran
1(13)
Silk - ORANGE and PURPLE (halved), sleeves reversed, quartered cap
12/1
  • Form 040045
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-0

slowly into stride, held up from behind, in touch halfway, lost pace over 3f out, soon weakened and eased

2(2)
Silk - White, Emerald Green diamond, sleeves and diamond on cap
  • Form 033-00
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-9

mid-division ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong

3(7)
Silk - LIGHT BLUE and GREY stripes, LIGHT BLUE sleeves, hooped cap

Arjay

20
7/1
  • Form 40-0240
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-8

chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, ridden and lost pace over 2f out, soon weakened

4(8)
Silk - BLACK and RED (quartered), BLACK sleeves, RED cap
  • Form 063050
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-5

behind, pushed along and outpaced halfway, ridden and ran on well final 2f, nearest finish

5(10)
Silk - Yellow, Light Blue triple diamond, Light Blue and Yellow hooped cap
  • Form 412120
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4

mid-division, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, no impression

6(15)
Silk - Red, Emerald Green epaulets and sleeves, Red and Royal Blue check cap

Explode

20
50/1
  • Form 005350
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-4

tracked leader, challenged 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened quickly inside final furlong

7(5)
Silk - Black, Orange chevron, sleeves and diamonds on cap
  • Form 030501
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3

always behind

8(9)
Silk - Red, Dark Green chevrons, Red cap
12/1
  • Form 2-04353
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-13

chased leaders, ridden and efforts over 1f out, soon every chance, no extra towards finish

9(4)
Silk - Light blue, orange stars on sleeves, light blue cap, orange star
16/1
  • Form 655100
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12

towards rear, switched inside and headway over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on one pace

10(1)
Silk - Pink, White stripe, striped sleeves and cap
9/4
  • Form 0-04242
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-7

chased leaders, driven and headway on inside over 2f out, ridden to lead final 100 yards, kept on

11(12)
Silk - Emerald Green and Royal Blue (halved), quartered cap
12/1
  • Form 0-10254
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-5

slowly into stride, raced keenly in rear, ridden and headway on outside 2f out, kept on, never nearer

12(11)
Silk - Red and white (halved), white sleeves and cap
  • Form 420/020
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-4

towards rear, outpaced over 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on strongly over 1f out, nearest finish

13(14)
Silk - White, Red sash, White sleeves, Purple armlets, Red cap
20/1
  • Form 000310
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-4

mid-division, lost place 3f out, soon weakened

14(6)
Silk - WHITE, LIGHT BLUE and YELLOW striped sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 500056
  • Age 12
  • Weight 8-3

soon behind, never dangerous

15(3)
Silk - Purple, Red epaulets
  • Form 000-006
  • Age 5
  • Weight 7-12

led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra final 100 yards

In depth

Verdict

A tough handicap here for punters to fathom with many in form rivals in opposition including Ruby Legend, Emerging Star and Movie King and we will take a chance on Ruby Legend. The five year old was a good second last time out behind Princes Theater, that form has since been franked and with conditions again in his favour he will be hard to beat, Emerging Star rates the main danger he won well last time out when defeating Arpeggio but he has risen in the weights for that win and that may just find him out. Movie King is also worthy of consideration despite top weight but although he has won over this trip his best efforts have been over slightly shorter so for that reason he is opposed on this occasion. Lunar Leader is another that has been in fine form of late but he gave the impression the handicapper had caught up with him when he was disappointing at Sandown last time. Of the remainder Parkansilla is from a shrewd yard and is worth noting in the market off what looks a fair mark but we are happy to side with the bang in form Ruby Legend.