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17:25 Newcastle

Betway Best Odds Guaranteed Plus Handicap (Class 4)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £10,000 added
  • Winner: £6,301
  • 2nd: £1,886
  • 3rd: £943
  • 4th: £472
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 11.35s
  • Off Time: 17:27:28
  • 10 Ran
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1
Silk -

Handsome Dude

9/2

    2
    Silk -

    Bahamian Dollar

    15/2

      3
      Silk -

      Dark Side Dream

      4/1

        1(3)
        Silk - Red, large royal blue spots

        Newstead Abbey

        115 D
        14/1
        • Form 000300-
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 82

        towards rear, effort over 1f out, never dangerous

        2(9)
        Silk - Purple, mauve stars, purple sleeves

        Handsome Dude

        49 b D
        9/2
        • Form 100660-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 82

        with leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well

        3(7)
        Silk - Yellow, black chevron, yellow sleeves, black stars, black cap

        Extrasolar

        180 D
        125/1
        • Form 50/0029-
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 81

        held up in touch, weakened over 1f out

        4(4)
        Silk - Orange, emerald green spots, emerald green sleeves, orange spots, emerald green cap

        Buccaneers Vault (IRE)

        23 p D
        8/1
        • Form 17572-5
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-5
        • Official Rating 80

        in rear, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace

        5(1)
        Silk - Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap

        Gramercy (IRE)

        14 D
        25/1
        • Form 110/3-47
        • Age 10
        • Weight 9-5
        • Official Rating 80

        mid-division, ridden and weakened over 1f out

        6(6)
        Silk - Red and dark blue (quartered), striped sleeves, dark blue and red quartered cap

        Fairway To Heaven (IRE)

        14 D
        7/2
        • Form 1064-42
        • Age 8
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 79

        held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace

        7(8)
        Silk - Orange, Black stars on sleeves, Black cap, Orange star

        Bahamian Dollar

        31 D
        15/2
        • Form 41430-0
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 78

        tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong

        8(10)
        Silk - Pink and royal blue stripes, pink sleeves, royal blue armlets, royal blue cap

        Fujin

        7 v D
        12/1
        • Form 6-91126
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 77

        led, headed over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong

        9(5)
        Silk - Dark blue, white disc, hooped sleeves, white cap

        Merdon Castle (IRE)

        13 e
        8/1
        • Form 790-468
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-0
        • Official Rating 75

        rear division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong

        10(2)
        Silk - Dark Green, Red epaulets and sleeves

        Dark Side Dream

        23
        4/1
        • Form 2225-32
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 73

        mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra towards finish

        In depth

        Verdict

        Dark Side Dream is usually thereabouts without being quite good enough and has just the one win in 26 starts. Fairway To Heaven is also a rare winner nowadays but ran well at Kempton last time but Fujin is 10lb higher than when landing a double last month. GRAMERCY missed most of last year and has changed trainers since his latest start at Lingfield. But the handicapper has taken a chance dropping him 7lb and he gets a speculative vote ahead of Buccaneers Vault, a runner-up here on his penultimate start.

        Formwatch

        Newstead Abbey 9-1 (9-7) Close up, ridden to chase leader over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 15, 7 1/4l behind Shouranour (9-4) at Catterick 7f hcp (4) sft in Oct.

        Handsome Dude 20-1 (8-10) Close up, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 5 1/2l behind Amazour (9-9) at Newcastle 6f hcp (3) pol in Dec.

        Extrasolar 5-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, pushed along and hanging left 4th andwhen not much room on rail over 1f out, eased when nno chance final furlong, last of 9, 19 3/4l behind King Crimson (9-5) at Brighton 5f hcp (4) gf in Aug.

        Buccaneers Vault (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Took keen hold, chased winner until just over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 3 3/4l behind Captain Dion (9-7) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.

        Gramercy (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 7th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Flowers On Venus (9-10) at Lingfield 7f stks (6) pol in Feb.

        Fairway To Heaven (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on under pressure inside final furlong, went 2nd final 100 yards, no chance with winner, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Dutch Golden Age (9-6) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

        Bahamian Dollar 14-1 (8-11) Mid-division on outside, pushed along over 2f out, weakened soon after, 12th of 13, 9l behind Intransigent (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (3) pol in Jan.

        Fujin 8-1 (9-8) Chased leaders, every chance 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 3l behind Custard The Dragon (9-8) at Southwell 7f hcp (5) pol in Feb.

        Merdon Castle (IRE) 16-1 (9-1) Behind, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace, never on terms, 8th of 12, 3l behind Free Code (9-2) at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

        Dark Side Dream 9-2 (8-9) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, went 2nd just over 1f out, no impression on winner, kept on, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Captain Dion (9-7) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.