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14:50 Newcastle

Bandera Handicap Chase (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 75y
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £10,000 added
  • Winner: £6,498
  • 2nd: £1,908
  • 3rd: £954
  • 4th: £477
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 23.10s
  • Off Time: 14:50:51
  • 7 Ran
1
Silk - DARK GREEN, dark green cap, light green star
5/2
  • Form 1243-88
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 120

held up, in touch, headway into 3rd after 9th, kept on same pace in 3rd from 4 out

2
Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow stripes, White sleeves
  • Form 417735
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 120

tracked winner, mistake 8th, blundered and lost 2nd next, chased leaders, weakened before 3 out

3
Silk - Light Blue, White chevrons, White sleeves, Light Blue armlets, Light Blue and White striped cap

Caraline (FR)

275 CD
20/1
  • Form 91111P-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 120

took keen hold, held up, tracking leaders, pushed along when switched left approaching 4 out, soon 4th, no impression before next

4
Silk - Dark Blue, White sash, White cap

Kumbeshwar

33 pt D
9/1
  • Form 4513P6
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-10
  • Official Rating 118

reminder after 4th, outpaced when jumped right next, soon tailed off, mistake 4 out, pulled up soon after

5
Silk - Red, yellow cross belts, hooped sleeves and cap

Zaru (FR)

27 p CCD
4/1
  • Form U13P/34
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-8
  • Official Rating 116

chased leaders, reminder after 1st and approaching 6th, weakened before 4 out, pulled up before 3 out

7
Silk - DARK BLUE, large PINK spots, PINK cap
11/2
  • Form 8742-06
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-11
  • Official Rating 105

led, pushed along before 4 out, narrowly headed 3 out, chased leader, ridden approaching last, led again run-in, kept on gamely

8
Silk - Orange, Black chevron, chevrons on sleeves, Black cap

Rosquero (FR)

12 hb DCD
15/2
  • Form 14P32B
  • Age 11
  • Weight 10-6
  • Official Rating 100

tracked leading pair, went 2nd 9th, led narrowly 3 out, not fluent last, headed and no extra run-in

6
NR
2/1
  • Form 353211
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 105

Nonrunner

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Thankyou Very Much is on a hat-trick after victories at Musselbugh and Leicester but softer going and a penalty are concerns. ZARU won this back in 2013 when 2lb higher and looked to be on the way back here last time. He gets a tentative vote ahead of the returning Caraline, another course and distance winner, and Boss Des Mottes, whose yard won this two years ago. Kumbeshwar would have a chance on his best form but is not the force of old.

Formwatch

Captain Hox (IRE) 40-1 (11-9) Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along in 5th 2 out and no extra before last, weakened run-in, 8th of 10, 18 1/4l behind That's A Wrap (10-13) at Navan 2m hcp Yielding - Soft in Nov.

Boss Des Mottes (FR) 20-1 (10-10) Always behind, 5th of 7, 27 3/4l behind Waiting Patiently (10-11) at Sedgefield 2m hcp (3) sft in Nov.

Caraline (FR) 9-4 (11-2) In touch and in rear, weakened from 7 out, soon pulled up, at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp (3) hvy in Mar.

Kumbeshwar 14-1 (11-7) Always behind, 6th of 8, 20 3/4l behind Imjoeking (11-11) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp (3) gs in Nov.

Zaru (FR) 4-1 (11-6) Led, mistake 5 out, headed before last, no extra, 4th of 7, 5 1/4l behind Jet Master (11-12) at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp (3) gs in Nov.

Groomed (IRE) 25-1 (10-11) Held up, mistake 3rd, reminder after 5th, well beaten next, 6th of 10, 37 3/4l behind Italian Riviera (11-7) at Catterick 2m 3f hcp (4) gd in Nov.

Rosquero (FR) 22-1 (10-11) Mid-division, brought down 2nd, at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Nov.

Thankyou Very Much 1-2fav (11-7) Tracked leading pair, went 2nd on long run to 4 out, challenged 2 out, led approaching last, pushed clear run-in, readily, won at Leicester 2m hcp (4) fm in Dec beating Nefyn Bay (11-10) by 11l, 3 ran.