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16:55 Newcastle

Skopes Menswear Metrocentre Store Handicap (Class 5)

  • 14 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Standard / Slow
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £9,000 added
  • Winner: £4,711
  • 2nd: £2,210
  • 3rd: £1,104
  • 4th: £553
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 0.03s
  • Off Time: 16:56:36
  • 14 Ran
1(13)
Silk - Orange, royal blue stars on sleeves
5/1
  • Form 854632
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-11
  • Official Rating 77

towards rear, headway 2f out, short of room briefly over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on well to lead final strides, cosily

2(4)
Silk - Red, White seams and armlet, Red cap

Castan

20 DCD
12/1
  • Form 7-51997
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 76

prominent, ridden and lost place over 1f out, no extra final furlong

3(5)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE stars, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, RED cap
9/1
  • Form 97-0043
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 75

led, headed over 2f out, rallied well to dispute lead 1f out, headed final strides

4(14)
Silk - Yellow and White (quartered), Yellow sleeves, White armlets, Yellow cap
7/1
  • Form 14-2627
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 74

midfield, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on well to dispute lead 1f out, headed final strides

5(12)
Silk - Beige, Red seams, armlets and cap

Nelson Gay (IRE)

18 b DCD
6/1
  • Form 23-4773
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 72

edged left leaving stalls, held up in behind leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong

6(2)
Silk - Dark blue, red sleeves, white stars, dark blue cap, white star
  • Form 71-9060
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 72

took keen hold, midfield, ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong

7(9)
Silk - Turquoise with black striped cap
14/1
  • Form 9-14755
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 70

prominent, chased leaders after 2f, ridden 2f out, soon no extra

8(11)
Silk - Yellow, Black braces, Red and Yellow hooped sleeves, Black cap
16/1
  • Form 06-1275
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 68

short of room leaving stalls, soon recovered to go prominent, pushed along to lead over 2f out, headed 1f out

9(6)
Silk - Royal Blue, White stars, Royal Blue sleeves and cap

Borough

16 D
50/1
  • Form 12007-9
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 67

midfield, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong

10(10)
Silk - Dark blue, white disc, hooped sleeves, white cap
18/1
  • Form 7-18051
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 67

towards rear, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, plugged on one pace

11(1)
Silk - White, brown cross of lorraine, chevrons on sleeves, brown cap

Rory

6 CDCD
11/2
  • Form 183823
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 66

switched right soon after start, held up in rear, outpaced over 2f out, switched right towards near rail over 1f out, short of room 1f out, ran on final 50yds, nearest finish

12(8)
Silk - Orange, white stars, armlets and star on cap
25/1
  • Form 311054
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 66

midfield, ridden 2f out, made no impression

13(3)
Silk - Light green, grey hoop, grey and light green chevrons on sleeves, check cap

Lady Celia

29 CDCD
25/1
  • Form 34169-1
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 66

mid-division, ridden over 1f out, headway to challenge inside final furlong, no extra final strides

14(7)
Silk - Emerald green, pink star, white sleeves, pink cap
9/1
  • Form 183326
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 61

mid-division, pushed along over 1f out, short of room 1f out, carried left inside final furlong, unable to challenge

In depth

Formwatch

Elegant Erin (IRE) 7-4fav (9-13) Held up in last trio, good headway out wide halfway, went 2nd 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Angel Shared (9-7) at Carlisle 5f hcp fll (4) gs in May.

Castan 28-1 (9-2) Towards rear, never on terms, 7th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Tatterstall (9-5) at Catterick 5f hcp (4) gf in Jun.

Never Dark 40-1 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra and lost two places inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Copper Knight (9-5) at Chester 5f hcp (3) sft in Jun.

Paddy's Day (IRE) 11-2 (9-6) Never closer than mid-division, 7th of 13, 6 1/2l behind Secret Mistral (8-10) at Haydock 5f hcp (4) gd in Jun.

Nelson Gay (IRE) 7-1 (9-12) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, no impression on winner and lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Spring Is Sprung (9-11) at Pontefract 5f hcp (5) gd in Jun.

Our Absent Friends (IRE) 14-1 (9-9) Raced centre, led when groups merged over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 12, 18l behind Gulliver (9-6) at Thirsk 6f hcp (5) sft in Apr.

Thornaby Pearl 8-1 (9-5) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 5th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Grant Wood (9-11) at Haydock 6f hcp (5) gf in Jun.

Sugar Hill Babe (IRE) 10-1 (9-8) Led and set strong pace, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 9, 6 1/2l behind Sarah's Verse (9-0) at Bath 5f hcp (5) hvy in Apr.

Borough 9-1 (9-10) Raced centre, chased leader until over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 9, 5 1/4l behind Newyorkstateofmind (9-7) at Hamilton 5f hcp (5) gf in Jun.

Newyorkstateofmind 11-1 (9-7) Held up in last pair, good headway out wide over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Hamilton 5f hcp (5) gf in Jun beating Cuban Rock (8-4) by nk, 9 ran.

Rory 7-1 (9-7) Switched right start, held up in rear, ridden and not clear run 2f out, switched right 1f out, ran on well closing stages, not reach leaders, 3rd of 9, 1/4l behind Pop Star (9-10) at Ayr 6f hcp (5) gf in Jun.

Buraback (IRE) 18-1 (8-4) Chased winner, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Almaty Star (8-13) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (4) pol in Jun.

Lady Celia 33-1 (10-9) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, just did enough, won at Carlisle 5f hcp (5) sft in May beating Huddle Up (11-1) by nk, 11 ran.

Phoenix Star (IRE) 22-1 (8-5) Outpaced in last pair, hung right under pressure inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved, 6th of 14, 3 1/4l behind Jenever (9-6) at Sandown 5f hcp (4) gd in Jun.