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14:30 Newcastle

Betway Maiden Stakes (Class 5)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 98y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £5,500 added
  • Winner: £3,558
  • 2nd: £1,059
  • 3rd: £529
  • 4th: £265
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 41.68s
  • Off Time: 14:31:19
  • 8 Ran
1(1)
Silk - White, Royal Blue chevron, Pink cap
  • Form -
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-9

held up in rear, headway towards inside when not clear run over 2f out, soon switched right, ridden chasing leading pair 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner

2(6)
Silk - White, Light Green seams, sleeves and cap
7/4
  • Form 2-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9

tracked leading pair, 2nd 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, one pace when dropped to 3rd inside final furlong, well held when eased close home

3(4)
Silk - Black, pink stripe, chevrons on sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 74-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9

slowly into stride, held up in last pair, headway over 3f out, 2nd 2f out, led 1f out, ridden out, stayed on well

4(7)
Silk - Emerald green, yellow cross belts, emerald green sleeves, yellow stars, yellow cap
7/4
  • Form 66222-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 81

raced keenly, led but pressed, headed over 2f out, chased leaders, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, battled on for 4th

5(5)
Silk - Yellow, orange hoop, halved sleeves, orange cap
50/1
  • Form 063-9
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 65

went left start, held up towards rear, headway on wide outside over 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after

6(2)
Silk - Black, red spots, black cap, white spots
11/1
  • Form 47477-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 64

held up in 5th, headway on inside 3f out, ridden and battling for modest 4th final furlong

7(3)
Silk - Dark Green, Red hooped sleeves, Red cap
25/1
  • Form 34806-4
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 54

tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along inside final 5f, headway on outside over 3f out, pushed along chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out

8(8)
Silk - Royal Blue, Red seams, striped sleeves, Red cap, Royal Blue star
  • Form 353393-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 67

soon pressing leader, pushed along and lost 2nd 3f out, weakened over 2f out

In depth

Verdict

Rated 81, HENRY CROFT should have the measure of these. He was well ahead of Palindrome when runner-up over track and trip last time. Summer Collection looks next best and is weighted to beat the others on handicap ratings as there was little between Codeshare and Persian Steel when the former was a well-beaten second over 1m2f here recently. After Toniight won a bumper back in 2014 but makes a belated debut in this code.

Formwatch

After Toniight (FR) 14-1 (10-12) Towards rear, went 5th before 5 out, went 4th from 3 out, no impression, 4th of 11, dist behind Master Of Irony (10-12) at Catterick 2m 3f (4) gs in Dec.

Codeshare 7-2 (9-8) Slowly away, held up, towards rear, headway over 3f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 2nd of 8, 6l behind Adalene (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.

Persian Steel (IRE) 80-1 (9-8) Dwelt, pushed along towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 7 3/4l behind Adalene (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.

Henry Croft 7-2 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase clear leader over 2f out, one pace over 1f out, no chance with winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 4 1/2l behind Paris Magic (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.

Palindrome (USA) 10-1 (9-4) Dwelt, close up, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out, tailed off, 9th of 10, dist behind Jan Smuts (9-3) at Newcastle 2m hcp (5) pol in Jan.

Im Waiting (IRE) 50-1 (9-10) Rear of mid-division, pushed along 2f out, ridden in 7th 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 7th of 14, 8 1/4l behind Black Label (9-12) at Dundalk 1m 4f hcp pol in Nov.

Page Of Wands 12-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, chased leader 6f out, ridden over 2f out, keeping on same pace when hampered over 1f out, 4th of 6, 6 3/4l behind Diamond Kut (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 2f mdn stks (4) pol in Jan.

Summer Collection (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Took keen hold, held up in 4th place, ridden over 2f out, no impression when edged left over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 8 1/2l behind Go George Go (8-7) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.