Racecards
17:00 Newcastle
Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football Novice Stakes (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 5y
- Going: Standard / Slow
- Surface: AllWeather
- £5,300 added
- Winner: £3,429
- 2nd: £1,020
- 3rd: £510
- 4th: £255

Cape Horn
16- Form 6
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey J P Sullivan
towards rear, ridden 3f out, no impression

- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey J P Spencer
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and challenged over 1f out, kept on one pace

- Form 6
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer W J Knight
- Jockey J Fanning
towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer K A Ryan
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off

Meritorious
23- Form 92
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey R Havlin
led, pressed over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened

- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong

- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
prominent, ridden and lead over 1f out, kept on

- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer A Watson
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
slowly away, mid-division, pressed leader 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out

Trevolli
25- Form 94
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer A West
- Jockey Jason Hart
in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on without threatening inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
MERITORIOUS was given a rest after a poor debut effort and ran a much better race at Newmarket last time when runner-up ahead of a subsequent winner. The Gosden colt is taken to go one better, though Trevolli ran well for fourth at Salisbury and steps up in trip along with Cape Horn. Of the newcomers, Manassas and Movin Time share ownership with the former costing a million guineas as a half-brother to five winners including the high-class pair Without Parole and Tamarkuz. Rebel's Romance and Tio Mio are others to note.
Formwatch
Cape Horn 10-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, off the pace in last pair, some headway inside final furlong, never on terms, 6th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Baradar (9-8) at York 7f stks (3) sft in Oct.
Carrothers (USA) Mshawish colt out of Queenofperfection.
Liger King (IRE) 80-1 (9-5) Slowly away, in rear, stayed on from over 1f out, never on terms, 6th of 11, 6 1/4l behind Siskany (9-5) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Sep.
Manassas Dubawi colt out of Without You Babe.
Meritorious 7-1 (9-5) Keen tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Mystical Dawn (9-5) at Newmarket 1m mdn stks (4) sft in Oct.
Movin Time Fastnet Rock colt out of Time On.
Rebel's Romance (IRE) Dubawi gelding out of Minidress.
Tio Mio (IRE) Teofilo colt out of Celeste De La Mer.
Trevolli 40-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, one pace and lost 3rd towards finish, 4th of 13, 2 1/4l behind Champagne Piaff (9-5) at Salisbury 7f stks (4) sft in Oct.