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15:10 Newcastle

sunbets.co.uk Handicap (Class 2)

  • 14 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 14y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £45,000 added
  • Winner: £28,012
  • 2nd: £8,388
  • 3rd: £4,194
  • 4th: £2,097
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 24.79s
  • Off Time: 15:12:20
  • 14 Ran
1(3)
Silk - Royal blue, white hoop, striped sleeves, white cap, royal blue star
9/1
  • Form 75394-6
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 100

held up in rear, not clear run and switched right over 1f out, soon closed, quickened to lead inside final furlong, ran on well

2(7)
Silk - Dark blue, large yellow spots

Amazour (IRE)

40 p CDCD
15/2
  • Form 30710-1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 99

mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, effort over 1f out, never on terms

3(12)
Silk - Orange, White cross belts and sleeves, White cap, Orange spots
25/1
  • Form 700-433
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 98

held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, driven and kept on same pace inside final furlong

4(2)
Silk - PURPLE, white seams, white cap

Hayadh

14 D
9/1
  • Form 12641/1
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 95

led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

5(10)
Silk - Red, black chevron, black sleeves, red armlets, red cap, black diamond

Suzi's Connoisseur

40 ht DCD
14/1
  • Form 30703-5
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 95

chased leaders, driven 2f out, not much room and lost place over 1f out

6(5)
Silk - Black and orange (quartered), white sleeves, black cap
6/1
  • Form 1/1757-2
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 94

slowly into stride, behind, hampered over 1f out, switched left inside final furlong, never dangerous

7(14)
Silk - Light blue, royal blue stars, halved sleeves, royal blue cap, light blue stars
16/1
  • Form 029-212
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 94

prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out

8(1)
Silk - Light blue, pink star, sleeves and star on cap

Lualiwa

128 D
14/1
  • Form 211260-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 93

slowly into stride, held up towards rear, ridden and struggling on outside over 2f out

9(11)
Silk - White, royal blue stars, red and white diabolo on sleeves, white cap, red star
11/4
  • Form 222/11-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 92

chased leaders, effort over 2f out, led inside final furlong, soon headed, 3rd and held towards finish

10(13)
Silk - Black, Red armlets

London (FR)

36 h D
33/1
  • Form 0529-18
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 91

chased leaders, driven over 3f out, no impression over 1f out

11(9)
Silk - Mauve, white seams, mauve sleeves and cap
12/1
  • Form 0934-55
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 89

towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on, not reach leaders

12(6)
Silk - White, brown seams, white sleeves and cap
  • Form 0907-26
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 89

prominent, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

13(4)
Silk - Black, Light Blue epaulets and armlets

Gallipoli (IRE)

249 h D
33/1
  • Form 86/1290-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 88

tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no impression on winner towards finish

14(8)
Silk - Pink, Light Green cross belts, White sleeves, Light Green cap
  • Form 4802-51
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 87

held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, not much room over 1f out, headway entering final furlong, never on terms

In depth

Verdict

This looks a cracking contest but Amazour goes on the short-list after beating Brittanic and My Target in a conditions race over course and distance last month, though the placed horses are better off at the weights. Swift Approval has improved for the fitting of blinkers but he likes to make the running and this can be a difficult track on which to make all. Andrea Atzeni rides the latter’s stablemate SUZI’S CONNOISSEUR and he can reverse Lingfield running with Edward Greatrex’ mount and land this nice prize. He’s run well the last twice and is back on the same mark as when beating Holiday Magic over track and trip just over a year ago. Hayadh was returning from a lengthy absence when winning at Wolverhampton and is only 3lb higher while What's The Story is a fascinating newcomer to all-weather racing as he won his only two starts on Turf last year and remains unexposed.

Formwatch

Straight Right (FR) 3-1 (9-6) Raced wide, keen, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 6, 9 1/2l behind Arcanada (9-3) at Lingfield 1m stks (2) pol in Jan.

Amazour (IRE) 6-5fav (9-2) Slowly away, bumped start, tracked leaders in 3rd place, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well towards finish, won at Newcastle 7f stks (3) pol in Jan beating Brittanic (9-2) by 1 3/4l, 4 ran.

My Target (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd and held towards finish, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Chevallier (8-13) at Lingfield 1m hcp (2) pol in Feb.

Hayadh 20-1 (9-6) Made all, ridden inside final furlong, held on close home, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (3) pol in Feb beating Unforgiving Minute (8-13) by nk, 12 ran.

Suzi's Connoisseur 12-1 (9-2) In touch, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge, 5th of 8, 1 1/4l behind Swift Approval (8-12) at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Jan.

Brittanic (IRE) 5-4 (9-2) Slowly away, bumped start, in rear and in touch, in 3rd place over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd place towards finish, 2nd of 4, 1 3/4l behind Amazour (9-2) at Newcastle 7f stks (3) pol in Jan.

Swift Approval (IRE) 3-1fav (9-2) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Star Quality (8-2) at Kempton 7f hcp (2) pol in Jan.

Lualiwa 6-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 14 1/4l behind Muntadab (9-5) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (2) sft in Oct.

What's The Story 9-1 (9-5) Always prominent, led over 2f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on, won at Doncaster 7f hcp (3) sft in Nov beating Hajjam (9-1) by 2 1/2l, 20 ran.

London (FR) 7-1 (9-11) Dwelt, soon recovered chasing leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Lucymai (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp (3) pol in Jan.

Qaffaal (USA) 4-1 (8-11) Chased leaders on inside, outpaced over 1f out, never troubled leaders after, 5th of 6, 5l behind Star Archer (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Feb.

Holiday Magic (IRE) 5-1 (8-12) Tracked leader until halfway, chased leaders, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Star Quality (8-2) at Kempton 7f hcp (2) pol in Jan.

Gallipoli (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Mid-division on outside, weakened over 2f out, 15th of 18, 16 1/4l behind Viscount Barfield (9-0) at York 7f hcp (2) gf in Jun.

Heaven's Guest (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) In touch, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, driven out, won at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Karijini (9-7) by 1/2l, 8 ran.