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15:30 Newcastle

Bombardier 'March To Your Own Drum' Handicap (Class 5)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 14y
  • Going: Standard / Slow
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £6,545 added
  • Winner: £3,429
  • 2nd: £1,020
  • 3rd: £510
  • 4th: £300
1(1)
Silk - Brown and Orange (quartered), Orange sleeves, Brown armlets, Orange cap

Ghathanfar (IRE)

5 BFCDCD
  • Form 58312-4
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 72

2(2)
Silk - Light Blue, Red epaulets, Dark Blue sleeves, Red cap

Al Suil Eile (FR)

8 D
  • Form 365-163
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 70

3(8)
Silk - Red and dark blue check, white sleeves, dark blue cap

Kindly

7 p
  • Form 546-653
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 69

4(7)
Silk - Black and pink check, pink sleeves, black armlets, black cap

Thaayer

13 CCD
  • Form 36018-6
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 66

5(3)
Silk - white, maroon chevron

My Boy Lewis (IRE)

5 p D
  • Form 0032-65
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 65

7(4)
Silk - Yellow, dark blue seams, dark blue and yellow chevrons on sleeves, yellow cap

Chosen World

20 p CD
  • Form 82283-1
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 62

8(5)
Silk - Emerald green, yellow seams, royal blue sleeves, yellow stars, orange cap

Rhyme Scheme (IRE)

25 p
  • Form 64565-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 62

6(6)
NR

Tommy G

13 D
  • Form 2089-73
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 64

In depth

Verdict

Ghathanfar won here in October then made a bold bid to defy a 3lb rise in December. He started favourite here on Friday but never got into contention though stayed on well. My Boy Lewis didn't stay 1m2f here last time but his earlier form over the trip gives him a shout. Chosen World had been a beaten favourite three times before gaining his fourth victory on the track last month. He's up 4lb but doesn't look to have much more to do. However, KINDLY (NAP) was staying on very strongly over the trip at Lingfield and the assessor has taken a chance dropping her 2lb so she looks the one to be on. Tommy G, six-times a winner on Turf, is 0-20 on the all-weather.

Formwatch

Ghathanfar (IRE) 3-1fav (8-13) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Storm Over (9-0) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

Al Suil Eile (FR) 5-1 (8-12) Raced wide close up, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Defence Treaty (9-10) at Southwell 1m stks (6) pol in Feb.

Kindly 33-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, last trio and plenty to do entering straight, good headway and switched left to rail over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went never nearer 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 12, 3 1/4l behind Full Intention (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Thaayer 16-1 (9-5) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 7l behind Bobby Joe Leg (8-9) at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Jan.

My Boy Lewis (IRE) 28-1 (8-12) Held up in mid-division, ridden for effort over 2f out, kept on at same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Starfighter (9-1) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Chosen World 9-2 (9-0) Held up towards rear, switched right and good headway on near side rail over 1f out, went 2nd and ran on inside final furlong, led last strides, won at Newcastle 7f hcp (6) pol in Jan beating Bobby Joe Leg (9-0) by hd, 12 ran.

Rhyme Scheme (IRE) 28-1 (9-7) Raced wide, prominent, led 5f out, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 12, 8 1/4l behind Catch My Breath (9-5) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.

Tommy G 16-1 (9-2) Held up in 6th, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 7, 3 1/4l behind Bobby Joe Leg (8-9) at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Jan.