Racecards
19:45 Newcastle
Betway Sprint Handicap (Class 5)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard / Slow
- Surface: AllWeather
- £4,500 added
- Winner: £2,911
- 2nd: £866
- 3rd: £433
- 4th: £216
- Form 0/668-81
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer A Brittain
- Jockey Cam Hardie
raced keenly, chased leaders, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, not pace of 1st 2
- Form 3261-13
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer M Dods
- Jockey Paula Muir
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Form 8/800-48
- Age 8
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer M Herrington
- Jockey Barry McHugh
steadied start and awkwardly away, held up in rear, good headway near side of group over 1f out, ran on to lead post
- Form 835-875
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey Jamie Gormley
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened well inside final furlong
- Form 88920-3
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer S Corbett
- Jockey P Mulrennan
chased leader and keen, pushed along halfway, ridden and lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened towards finish
- Form 11U292
- Age 6
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer D C Griffiths
- Jockey Phil Dennis
led, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, headed post
- Form 0/0079-5
- Age 7
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 54
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Verdict
Mininggold has been in winning form at Southwell but is best on the Fibresand and Archimedes went close at the same track recently. The latter had earlier fallen victim to TATHMEEN over course and distance and Antony Brittain’s charge is fancied to go in again raised only 2lb having joined his current yard off a much higher mark back in November. Gowanbuster ran well over 6f here recently but Lord Of The Glen has plenty to find with the selection.
Formwatch
Tathmeen (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Steadied start, in touch, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, hard ridden, all out, won at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Archimedes (9-1) by nk, 7 ran.
Mininggold 13-2 (8-8) Prominent, every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Ornate (10-3) at Southwell 5f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Jan Van Hoof (IRE) 22-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, outpaced 2f out, soon beaten, last of 8, 4 3/4l behind Fendale (9-5) at Newcastle 5f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Lord Of The Glen 7-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, effort over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, 5th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Tathmeen (9-7) at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Gowanbuster 12-1 (9-3) Led, soon clear, ridden and still 4 lengths clear when edged left towards far side rail over 1f out, reduced advantage inside final 100 yards, headed and dropped to 3rd final strides, 3rd of 8, 1/4l behind Epeius (9-2) at Newcastle 6f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Archimedes (IRE) 9-4 (9-5) Chased leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 4, nk behind Spirit Power (9-5) at Southwell 5f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Bahango (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, mid-division, headway over 2f out, driven to chase leader inside final 2f, soon ridden and one pace, never on terms, lost place final furlong, 5th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Encoded (8-9) at Newcastle 5f hcp (6) pol in Jan.